I bought this and then immediately upgraded the memory so I could put Windows 7 beta on it. After some mucking around I found some decent enough drivers to get most of the NC10's hardware (camera, touchpad etc) working under Windows 7 and even managed to get the third party two finger scrolling application running.
Overall I've been very impressed. I now use this machine for meetings at work - we do a lot of meetings - and as a machine for surfing the web while watching TV at home. I've also taken it on a few plane flights. So far its exceeded expectations.
The NC10 is great for plane journeys. It is powerful enough to play media files although I found the sound to be a bit quite but that could have been the earbuds I was using. Even under Window 7 the power management still gives 4+ hours of battery life, you get more like 7 with the original XP install and Samsung's power management software.
I like the keyboard although I'm not a touch typist. It is on the small site but does have a nice feel.
Outlook can be a bit sluggish and I'd definitely recommend the additional GB of RAM.
The only negative is the 1000x600 screen format. This is challenging for a lot of applications that assume a squarer screen. Obviously this is a feature of the netbook format not just the NC10.
More details of running Windows 7 on the NC10 can be found here:
http://www.ademiller.com/blogs/tech/2009/01/windows-7-on-the-samsung-nc10-netbook/
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