Samsung N510 :)

ravl585 said:
how's it going so far?
is the performance good, battery life?
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ive not tried the battery yet tbh, as it will only really move from desk at home to desk at work so will be running it on the mains in order to preserve the battery as long as possible, tried a few games and its not really upto much then again I didnt expect it to be, it would have been nice to have been able to play TF2 with acceptable fps but seems not, well at least not under 7, i may stick xp back on and give that a bash when i get a moment, in a very strange way i feel somehow slightly dissapointed with it, don't get me wrong its a lovely piece of kit but its not the step up from the nc10 i had been hoping for
 
that's a shame, maybe you were thinking that the ion would do wonders?
try not forget that this isn't a notebook, its a netbook still, and maybe you'll feel a bit better.
 
ravl585 said:
that's a shame, maybe you were thinking that the ion would do wonders?
try not forget that this isn't a notebook, its a netbook still, and maybe you'll feel a bit better.
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yeah, its still the cpu thats the weak link so not blaming the ion dont get be wrong its still nice, the build quality is superb, the keyboard is great and the touchpad is just about right
 
This is my worry about upgrading my mini 1000 to an ION, I keep tellimg myself I need it for the 1360x768 screen but other than that I cant see it being much of an upgrade.

Did you try TF2 in DX8 mode? that might make it playable
 
ninja2000 said:
This is my worry about upgrading my mini 1000 to an ION, I keep tellimg myself I need it for the 1360x768 screen but other than that I cant see it being much of an upgrade.

Did you try TF2 in DX8 mode? that might make it playable
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No i didnt try that actually, i wasnt aware you even could

hmm its greyed out on this possibly cause im on win 7?
 
cheers for that, im just doing a battery drain test now, showing 4.5hours from a fully charged battery, hmmmm i thought it would be more than that having said that its on 7 without any of the "samsung optimisations"

However anyone wanting to get one will be happy to know the xp version of easydisplay to control the fn + keys works a treat, my wlan card is a Realtek RTL8192E as thats the only device needed that doesnt auto install/detect, the lan detects and the wifi is installed via windows updates fine, you also need the nvidia ion chipset and vga drivers to be installed and your good to go!
 
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how is it coming along?
have you managed to run cs3 or vegas on it yet?
and what about hd video and hd youtube, do they play ok?
 
sorry guys i sold it on to my dad, wasnt quite what i was looking for bought a xps 13 instead, as far as the hdd it was a 320gb WD 5400rpm
 
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