I did extensive web research before purchasing this laptop; while these seem a bit less common than their MSI and Asus brethren, the reviews were uniformly positive. The features that I was most interested in were long battery life, great keyboard, built-in bluetooth (I wanted to use my Microsoft wireless presenter mouse), and Windows 7 compatibility. After a few weeks of use, I am completely satisfied with the choice. It is a solid feeling little box, and the keyboard is better than most full-size laptops. The Windows 7 beta works great on it - battery life only a little less than with XP and performance at least as good as with XP. The display quality is excellent. I was initially concerned that the touch pad is rather small, but in practice that really doesn't seem to be a problem - I have no problem using it, although in general due to habit I prefer to use an external mouse, which thanks to the builtin bluetooth also works great. I have been a laptop user since about 1983, so have gone through quite a few of them, large and small, over the years. I am surprised in how little one really has to give up for this small package - obviously you're not going to do much 3d rendering on it, but for basic office work type stuff (authoring, web browsing, email, etc.) it is quite capable and more than sufficient for almost everything I do, and it sure is a delight to carry around. I usually don't even bother to lug the power supply (which itself is light and compact), since the battery life is so good. I would definitely buy it again if I had it to do over. Get more detail about Samsung NC10-14GB 10.2-Inch Blue Netbook - 6 Cell Battery.
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