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I purchased my Samsung NC10-14GB Netbook six weeks ago.

My last laptop was purchased in 1998 and was heavy, bulky & generally unusable.

I searched and pondered a laptop, notebook or netbook purchase for over a year.
Mostly, I use Internet applications and word processing. I also use Skype & like watching videos online.

Here are my requirements:
Ease of keyboarding
Several USB ports
Wifi
Easy to use with Skype
Good memory
Good hard drive
Light
Long battery life

This netbook filled all of these requirements.

I like a mouse rather than a touchpad, so I purchased a Microsoft wireless mouse.
It was a very happy surprise to discover that this netbook also has bluetooth capability. It is great to have my bluetooth earpiece and talk away on Skype!

I am very pleased and it fulfills all of my requirements.

The one drawback are the speakers - they are not good at all. In order to watch a video with sound, I have to be in a very quiet room. I have not hooked up other speakers to it, but I am sure that would work just fine.

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First off, I've been a Mac user for 2+ years, so the Windows XP on this little machine does not impress in any way. And of late I've been getting used to Vista - so XP in comparison is just plain boring.

Looks - Not attractive by any stretch. Almost ugly. (I got the sapphire blue one). 2.5 stars. 3 at the most.
Ports, H/W etc - may be good - 3-and-half stars. (4 star ? - thats a stretch).
Weight, size, form-factor - light, ok.
The screen - you cannot compare it to the screen on a regular laptop - its not as good. Better go with LED.
Build quality - nothing negative to report in the short time I have had it.
Keyboard - nothing special there, very small compared to a regular laptop, wont want to make you type long emails.

No major defects to report other than its usual 'Wintel' lameness -surely the world has moved on to iPhones, blackberrys and Palm Pre's.

So why did I buy it?
I bought this as a gift for someone, but I am almost regretting this decision... Except its likely they might like it a whole lot!!

I am not Apple fanboy, though I am both a seasoned Apple, Windows and Unix user. (not sure if thats relevant ).

You will of course get what you pay for - at this low price it maybe good, but consider this - you are adding one more boring , unproductive gadget to your life.
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