Comments on: Samsung NC20 Hands-on review

By: George

George — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:19:00 +0000

Hi,
I do not see any other technical review of NC20 anywhere. Thank you for (re)posting it. I am also waiting for an affordable light big enough netbook without the having to spend on OS. The choices are Dell Mini 12 (GBP 309 in UK) and NC-20 (GBP 390 in UK). I like Dell Mini 12 for its sleek design which I guess is a little thinner and lighter than NC20. I guess the lower TDP of Z520+chipset makes it fan free. Besides it comes with Ubuntu and big enough key board. But Dell disappoint me with stupid 40GB HDD which I am not sure if upgradable by normal 2.5″ hard disk. Somewhere I read that its 1GB memory is on board, and can not be upgraded to 2GB. My questions about NC 20 are :

1) Is there any other in-depth review other than gagadjet?
2) Can anyone compare the key/key board size?
3) Can the RAM be upgraded to 2GB?
4) Can we change the HDD when required with any 2.5″?
5) Is there a provision for a solid state drive?
6) Any more news on fan noise?
7) Any news on an OS free NC-20?

By: cumulus

cumulus — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:56:42 +0000

Has any one seen if the NC20 will be available with 3G, as the NC10?

By: lauren

lauren — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:36:58 +0000

does it have inbuilt 3g internet capability ie i just put my card in a slot, or do i need to still use my usb dongle?

By: admin

admin — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:59:27 +0000

Hi Jonathan,
Well spotted !
Yes the review states the NC20 keyboard is 97% size, however it does look like the keys are the same as the NC10’s. The keys measure 18.5mm while a full size key is 19mm.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:50:28 +0000

About this: “Keyboard keys have not been changed.”

Is this refering, with regard to differences between the NC10 and the NC20, only to key placement, or also to key size? I’m curious if this is the EXACT same keyboard that’s on the NC10. I’ve seen another review that says the NC20 has a 97% of standard size keyboard, whereas 93% is the figure always mentioned re. the NC10.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:59:25 +0000

Thanks Ruslanio, we’ve updated with your comments.

By: Steven Horsman

Steven Horsman — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:54:09 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to translate this. I’ve big hopes for Samsung, i’m about to replace a 3 year old fujitsu amilo with something light, performing and affordable.

By: ruslanio alexandrovich

ruslanio alexandrovich — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:57:14 +0000

a little remark about google’s translation from russian..
‘the picture shows HD-video playback using the player on the site ‘fleshevogo vimeo.com’. Naturally to deal with this at any time is extremely difficult for a processor, which shows the Samsung is a great performing multi-tasking netbook’

better translated as:

‘the picture shows 80% CPU usage when doing HD-video playback using the flash player on video site ‘vimeo.com’. Naturally dealing with other running tasks is extremely difficult with this processor, so Samsung never said that nc20 is a great performer as a multi-tasking netbook..’