New Samsung Netbooks Tout 11-Hour Battery Life For Marathon Squinting
New Samsung Netbooks Tout 11-Hour Battery Life For Marathon Squinting
Posted 03/24/2009 at 2:47pm
| by Andy Salisbury
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Just this week Samsung introduced two netbooks that reportedly last up to 11-hours on battery power alone – an impressive number.
The first of the new netbooks is the N110, a machine that features an Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB HDD, Intel’s GMA 950 graphics, a 1024x600 screen, and 802.11g WiFi.
Second up is the N130 (pictured), with an Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB HDD, Intel’s GMA 950 graphics processing, a 1024x600 screen and, of course, built-in WiFi.
Now, I do realize that I just repeated myself almost completely over the last two paragraphs, but other than aesthetics (and price) there’s nothing setting these two apart from one another. The N110 will cost $469 and be available during the first week of April, while the N310 is coming “in the next couple of months” for about $580.
Image Credit: Samsung
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DMI PC Repair
March 25, 2009 at 3:41am
Thats awesome. Let's waste a resource lick Li-on on crappy litte laptops. At this rate they won't be able to make a battery for my Beltone when I get old. For Same!!
Xcore don't mean X processors dang it!!!
TheMiddleman
March 24, 2009 at 9:42pm
Yawn... when are companies going to start building rigs with the newer atom processors, and upgraded graphics chips? It's been a year... how long does the upgrade cycle on these things take?
unixfool
March 27, 2009 at 7:18am
Netbooks aren't designed with cutting-edge technology in mind. The current CPU is fine and so are the graphics hardware...these are not gaming machines. They are built to browse e-mail and the web, but consume as little energy as possible.
It'll be awhile before you see any significant upgrades, IMO, although a CPU may be around the corner soon.
mlee19
March 24, 2009 at 3:45pm
Looks pretty slick but at those prices, why not jot get a REAL laptop?
unixfool
March 27, 2009 at 7:31am
The battery life isn't much more than some other netbooks that were released before these Samsung models...and those other netbooks were MUCH cheaper than these two. $200 extra for an efficient battery...screw that. You can more than likely get one cheaper than that with the same capacity from eBay.
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