Laptops (Netbooks) for Accountants

AccountingWEB has put together a top-10 list of recommend laptops that was compiled last month by AccountingWEB and UK Business Forum members. Given that it was put together mostly by accountants with a need for mobility, one would expect that most of the laptops on … Read more

Samsung NC20 – More Information (HD Video, Graphics, CPU)

Samsung NC20 A few days ago, gagadget, a (correction) Ukrainian gadget site for Russian-speaking readers, got their hands on a lot of information about 12.1″ Samsung NC20 and posted quite a few images, including screenshots of the hardware drivers and configuration as well as the keyboard layout. There is video and photos included showing off the built-in 1.3MP webcam. There is also quite a bit of information about HD video playback on the NC20.

The NC20 is based on the VIA Nano U2250 CPU (1.3GHz, 1MB L2 cache), and remember, the NVIDIA CEO had good things to say about the VIA Nano in comparison to the Intel Atom, although it is using a slightly older chipset.

From the software/driver downloads from Samsung UK and from the screenshots, more details about the hardware have emerged:
– VIA VX800 Chipset
– VIA Chrome9 HC3 Integrated
– Atheros Wireless
– Synaptics Touchpad
– 1.3MP Namuga Webcam
– Broadcom Bluetooth
– 160GB Samsung HM160HI Spinpoint M5 HDD (8MB Cache, 1.5Gbps)
– Already a BIOS firmware package – 04MQ

The VX800 chipset supports up 4GB of RAM, unlike the 2GB of Intel’s 945 chipset. It will be interesting to see if that translates to the NC20 – there are 4GB DDR2 SODIMMs out there – Crucial and some of the other memory makers produce them. They are very expensive (relative to the cost of netbooks).

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Samsung NC20 – it’s got a VIA Nano in it!

About three weeks ago, some specifications of the 12″ Intel Atom-powered Samsung NC20 leaked out through online retailers. Yesterday, news came of the user manual for the NC20 being online, and it’s confirmed some things that surprised me. I mentioned that I thought the VIA … Read more

Black Samsung NC10 (NC10-14GBK) Available in US

The 10″ Samsung NC10, model NC10-14GBK, has finally shown up as in stock on Amazon.com. It first showed up at Amazon towards the latter part of December and was listed as being sold by Amazon, although it was out of stock. Today, a third party … Read more

Samsung NC20 Leaked

Update, the Samsung NC20 is using a VIA Nano CPU. Is Samsung about to come out with a 12.1″ netbook? It certainly looks like it, although there are some continuity problems, since some sites are listing it with a VIA Nano CPU while others tack … Read more