Comments on: The Netbook to Travel with: Samsung NC10

By: Flats in Barcelona

Flats in Barcelona — Thu, 05 May 2011 09:37:44 +0000

I think when your travelling the netbook are better cause they are much protable and light…this model of samsung is ok but it lacks a good processer…

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Campervan Tips – Where to Find a Place to Sleep at Night — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:38:23 +0000

[...] power (which is one reason why battery life is important when considering a laptop, I recommend a Samsung NC10 / or Apple Macbook [...]

By: What Stuff to Travel With

What Stuff to Travel With — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:00:59 +0000

[...] Originally I travelled with a 10.2″ Samsung NC10 which I have previously reviewed. It’s great and I can’t fault it apart from the obvious small size and processing [...]

By: Robert Lewington

Robert Lewington — Sun, 09 May 2010 11:20:58 +0000

Love my NC10 take it almost everywhere and using Ubuntu which manages all I’ve thrown at it so far. Need to find a compact lock for it, do worry a bit on trains and the one I’ve got is very bulky.

By: r4i karte

r4i karte — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:55:27 +0000

Brilliant keyboard- nice feel to it and is bigger than anything I have seen on competing laptops.

By: Darcy

Darcy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:04:55 +0000

Thank you for your help! Heading out to the stores to touch some keyboards..

By: AdventureRob

AdventureRob — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:39:39 +0000

Hi Darcy,

A netbook is ideal for taking out for use in public, I don’t find myself leaning into the screen. It might be worth going to a local computer store and spend 10 minutes playing around with a few to see how you get on with screen size, I found the 9″ monitors too small but the 10.2″ fine.

As for storage, you can pull apart most netbooks and replace the hard drive with a bigger unit, there is guides on how to do this on the sammy netbook link I provided in the article for the Samsung NC10. The other option is to take a external hard drive with you. I have a 500Gb hard drive which weighs around 300g (2/3 of a pound) which I got for SG$170, which is about US$80.

Really though netbooks are nearly all the same hardware, the ones which are different are either more expensive or cheap to the cost of the hardware, so my advice is to pick one on things like keyboard design (try to get the biggest possible) and any extra features it gets software wise from the factory.

Try Netbook For Travel to see the current selection out. My suggestion will stay with the NC10 for now though.

By: Darcy

Darcy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:06:48 +0000

I am looking to purchase a netbook. I’ll want to surf the web, update my quickbooks, write, do some light picture editing. I’ll want head phones. I think my pressing concerns are are size and storage. I don’t want something so small that I’m leaning into the screen but am not interested in a full size laptop. I want to have the option for upgrading my storage limits. I’ll be using it for coffee shops, occasional travel, couch time. Any suggestions? A few to consider? I’m not overly concerned with the appearance and have a windows PC desktop at home I’ll need to sink with.

Thank you for any help!

By: AdventureRob

AdventureRob — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:52:50 +0000

I had a look at the eeePC and they do seem pretty flimsy. One thing original reviewers noted on the NC10 is you can’t bend it like the eeePC (!) I suspect the Packard Bell would be a wise choice too.
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By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:24:27 +0000

Too true how useful these things are on the road. I recently got a Packard Bell Dot, which I will be taking with on my Cape to Cairo trip. It will be interesting to see how well it holds up to rough travel (an eeePC would die, I suspect)
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