The Samsung NC20 thread

Wingz · 28 Mar 2009 at 01:52

does the black version have a bigger battery capacity (5900 mah)?

manjuice · 28 Mar 2009 at 12:37

Wingz said:
my sister can't decide whether to get the black or white version both looks nice but I guess the black will show fingerprints. does the inside have a glossy look as well?

Inside should be the same as the NC10

Wingz said:
does the black version have a bigger battery capacity (5900 mah)?

I think it's the same battery as the NC10.

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Stock update: 03-04-09
Delivery ETA: 06-04-09

Wingz · 28 Mar 2009 at 14:43

found this picture which shows the inside to be glossy

also its been confirmed on other websites that the black will have the higher 5900-mah battery.

wolvers · 28 Mar 2009 at 15:00

Wingz said:
found this picture which shows the inside to be glossy

also its been confirmed on other websites that the black will have the higher 5900-mah battery.

I think it looks OK in that real life pic though.

Can you link to the info on the battery?

Wingz · 28 Mar 2009 at 15:14

wolvers69 said:
I think it looks OK in that real life pic though.

Can you link to the info on the battery?

i just googled "nc20 black 5900"

anyways i checked again http://www.netbookchoice.com/tag/nc20/ says the 5900 battery will only be for the U.S model and overseas will will get the normal 5200 battery

manjuice · 28 Mar 2009 at 16:00

Wingz said:
found this picture which shows the inside to be glossy

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7954/samsungnc20.jpg[IMG]

also its been confirmed on other websites that the black will have the higher 5900-mah battery.[/QUOTE]

That's not the NC20.
There are 2 mouse buttons as opposed to 1 on the NC20.
The one in the pic is the Samsung X360 which costs over £1000.

manjuice · 31 Mar 2009 at 13:45

09-04-09 is the more likely stock date.

manjuice · 1 Apr 2009 at 15:13

Triple post.
Cancelled my NC20 order, new date for stock is 15-04-09.

Ordered myself the NC10, delivery date tomorrow!

AFK_Matrix · 7 Apr 2009 at 14:33

So has anyone else go this laptop? I have just sold my 17" Macbook Pro as it wasn't getting used a lot (surfing the net) and it was just a hassle to carry around.

Now I was looking at a HP Pavillion 3600ea for £500 but that seems have been discontinued in favour of its more expensive brother. So I don't want to spend more than £500 but would like something portable. Have looked at the NC20 and I was wondering can you get it with 2GB and can you upgrade the HDD?

Wingz · 7 Apr 2009 at 14:55

AFK_Matrix said:
So has anyone else go this laptop? I have just sold my 17" Macbook Pro as it wasn't getting used a lot (surfing the net) and it was just a hassle to carry around.

Now I was looking at a HP Pavillion 3600ea for £500 but that seems have been discontinued in favour of its more expensive brother. So I don't want to spend more than £500 but would like something portable. Have looked at the NC20 and I was wondering can you get it with 2GB and can you upgrade the HDD?

I'm going to order the black nc20. hopefully it will come with the 5900mAH battery but it seems only the US will be getting it :mad:

you have to upgrade the ram yourself which is cheap and easy, also you can upgrade the HDD some people have even installed SDD.

VeNT · 7 Apr 2009 at 14:55

like those VIA Cpus, they clock at like 1.2 but overclock themselves to 1.6 (or up their clock speed, is it still overclocking when they are MADE to run at 1.6?)
I read somewhere that the NC20 maxes out at 1.5 for heat reasons tho? or somthing like that
nice review in one of the mags this month with "netbook killers" on front.

Wingz · 7 Apr 2009 at 15:04

this thread shows modifying the microcode boosts the cpu by around 68%???
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=4713541&postcount=27

AFK_Matrix · 7 Apr 2009 at 15:50

When you say its cheap to upgrade the ram, would it be cheaper than £35?

Wingz · 7 Apr 2009 at 15:56

AFK_Matrix said:
When you say its cheap to upgrade the ram, would it be cheaper than £35?

lets just say its half of your estimate

AFK_Matrix · 7 Apr 2009 at 16:02

Good good

So I assume I can just pull out the memory in there and find a 2GB stick of it on OCUK or another site?

Wingz · 7 Apr 2009 at 16:07

AFK_Matrix said:
Good good So I assume I can just pull out the memory in there and find a 2GB stick of it on OCUK or another site?

you just remove the 3 screws on the memory/HDD compartment cover and then remove the old ram and insert the new.

Grafter67 · 23 Apr 2009 at 16:33

Took delivery of a black one this morning and love it already.

JAKUS said:
And whats the Speaker sound quality like ?

It depends what they're bouncing off.

They're underneath and a bit tinny when on a hard surface (eg table) but not half bad when on a soft surface (eg jeans).

Borden · 24 Apr 2009 at 19:38

I'm glad i saw this thread. I was originally looking at notebooks ala the Dell Studio 15 or Sony Vaio BZ series but now i've changed my mind.

I need it for when i head off to uni but i will be taking my pc with me as well. So what's the point in taking a notebook with mroe power than i need. I will just be using it for word processing/browsing the net. The main thing about netbooks that put me off is the screen resolution, not so much the size. eg. The NC10 with higher resolution would be awesome. But this NC20 looks decent as well.

One question though. What's the deal with only one trackpad button? How do you right click?

For you guys having problems with youtube HD, try right clicking on the video and going to flash settings. Then change the local storage setting to 10mb or unlimited. Refresh the page and see if it fixes the stuttering.

Neil King · 1 May 2009 at 08:00

I decided to go for the NC20 over the N120 because of the bigger screen, i've heard some people find the bigger screen gives much less vertical scrolling.

Looking on the net for how well the via chipset handles games pre 2004 compared to the intel gma chipset, not that much info really but some say it's slightly slower, has anybody here played older games pre 2004 on the NC20 and do they compare well to the N10 and other netbooks using the intel GMA chipset?

Bigsy · 8 May 2009 at 17:43

Been playing with my NC20 for a few days now and tbh its not the great upgrade from my aspire one I had been hoping.

* Main complaint is LCD quality, leaky back lighting and washed out colours, AAO much better.
* Also it runs much hotter meaning the fan never stops, its not loud but still using the fan control tools I could get my aspire one browsing the net in silence with reasonable temps.

The screen size, resolution and keyboard are nice improvements over the AAO, but worth twice the price? I'm not so sure.