| It’s rare to find a netbook with everything you need, yet leaves you enough for a latte at your favorite hot spot. The value-laden Samsung N130 netbook features an Intel Atom N270 processor, comes with Microsoft Windows XP Home SP3 and features a matte white finish. A non-glossy 10.1-Inch screen gives you plenty of room to IM, adjust your playlist, and speed through your favorite applications. The 160GB HDD gives you space, while the built-in 0.3 MP webcam makes video chats easy. And the N130 weighs just 2.7 lbs., so it’s light enough to hit the road whenever you’re ready. |
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 Quality Price Convenience good looks |
| Review Date: December 20, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Robert G. Parish, NORTHWEST OHIO |
| I have been using this computer for about a month and have been extremely pleased with it. The only thing that i am able to complain about is the keyboard. For me it is very hard to get used to. But with time just maybe i will. Everything else is perfect. I have the XP operating system and am please with how it works and the speed of it. The packing and delivery from Amazon was excellent. Much better than i have excepted. Customer service from Samsung was great. The price of the net book from Amazon was acceptable and their service was very good, as always. I would recommend this product and Amazon to all. |
Excellent except for odd key layout
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| Review Date: December 15, 2009 |
| Reviewer: San Jose Reader, San Jose, CA |
I had the black version of this exact model.
Liked the matte finish - most netbooks have shiny frame around screen and often shiny plastic around keyboard and fingerprint-attracting exterior. Liked the low fan noise - some netbooks are like a miniature chainsaw in a quiet room. The keys have nice feel and have good tactile feedback.
Had to return it to store because I couldn't type reliably on the keyboard.
The small key size wasn't the issue.
Problem was that I kept hitting the "=" key instead of the Backspace key.
I compared it side-by-side with other netbooks in the store and discovered that - in order to make the keys very slightly larger than the keys on other netbooks - Samsung made some of the keys a lot smaller, including the Backspace key.
With standard keyboards - and most netbooks - the left edge of the backspace key is centered above the "}]" key.
On this machine, the Backspace key is not centered, it is quite a bit over to the right. The keys in the top row of the keyboard are not centered over the next row down - as with most netbooks, notebooks, and full-size keyboards.
Same issue with other normally big keys - but the Backspace key was the big problem for me.
If you don't use the backspace key, or if you use only this netbook and not other keyboards (so you don't have to switch keyboards all the time) - then this is a fine unit. |
Kids love it
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| Review Date: January 20, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Sus, Boston MA USA |
I bought this for my nieces who are 7 and 9 and they love it. Of course the pink color helps. They even had fun setting it up, giving it a name (Lilly) etc.
The internet works well and is easy to set up. Programs can be added by downloading or transfering the install files to a usb flash drive. It is lightweight and has a good battery life. There is a program to adapt screen resolution for programs that need it. Webkinz didnt work initially but then we found a link to an adapted version and it works great! The kids were just searching the web the other day for a paper on MLK. It is so portable they use it in the kitchen at home (under supervision while mom and dad are cooking) or they bring it to grandma's house. It is quiet and the underside only gets a little warm. Overall a fantastic purchase for under [...] bucks. The only criticism I have is that the Samsung website is a little light on support and we couldn't figure out how to activate the one year free of microsoft office. I set up a free message board on quicktopic so we can keep in touch easily as well as a private family video account on you tube so they can watch baby videos and other events we have filmed over the years. |
little gem!!!
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| Review Date: February 2, 2010 |
| Reviewer: sbanks, MD |
| No professional review from me even though I appreciate them very much.I am very pleased with this netbook! Very nice looking matte exterior, built in router, comes with one year trial of office 2007, webcam, bought it about a month ago and I just love it. The keyboard may be an issue for some, I can live with it but some may have a problem with it and the battery, well, not quite 6 hours, quite a bit less, maybe I need to figure out how to tweak things to conserve the battery a bit. But great colors, viewing, I stream without much problem for the first time, and while this isnt important the netbook comes with what I call its own little lullaby, it literally sings itself to sleep :)! For the price I say go for it, it's a bargain! |
"Love it"
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| Review Date: January 30, 2010 |
| Reviewer: K. Voigt, Mt Airy, MD |
| I bought this for my 24 yr old daughter for Christmas. Although she nor I are technical guru's (so I can't review on the technology within), for the casual web surfing and e-mailing - it is a great netbook. The color is a very pale pink which I was not sure she would like, but she absolutely loves it. It is very girly which keeps her husband from touching it. I bought this particular netbook because of the ratings from Consumer Reports - it was the most affordable Samsung in my price range. |
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