Samsung GO N31013GB 10.1Inch Midnight Blue Netbook 9
February 18, 2010 by admin
Filed under $400 - $500, Products, Samsung
Life happens in places other than home. And life happens in colors other than shades of gray. That's why we created the Samsung Go™ netbook. The Samsung Go is a compact, lightweight netbook computer that's ready to go whenever, wherever. Feel like working at the park? You're there. Think you'd be more inspired at the lake or beach? Get going. Just want to work in the backyard? That's okay too. And since your life is fun and exciting, the Samsung Go netbook comes in four fun and exciting colors: Sunset Orange, Midnight Blue, Mint Blue and Jet Black. In fact, everything about the Samsung Go says fun and easy. Smoothly rounded corners simply look and feel better. A pebble-textured keyboard facilitates flying fingers, even those slippery from suntan oil. A spacious hard drive lets you bring along all your favorite music, photos, videos and movies. A 10.1 wide LED-backlit LCD display is brighter than ever. And with a 10-hour battery, the Samsung Go is always ready to go, go, go. Are you ready to go? The Samsung Go ntebook makes the journey more fun. ....read more Average Customer Rating
Brand: Samsung Model: NP-N310-KA04US Price: $479.00 |   | |
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5 out of 5
Samsung GO – for it – why not??
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Did a lot of online research and this product came up top of the lists. Excellent value for money. Easy to use – the keyboard is plenty big enough but I’m quite small with smallish hands. Getting used to the height of the screen – this is the only bother for me. Adjusting the brightness helps a lot with this – definition is excellent. I like the drag mouse – excellent for online shopping. Haven’t tried to load my cumbersome MS-DOS database on it yet. Responsive, very easy to use. ALso took note of online suggestions for lengthening the life of laptop batteries – some good advice that I have yet to take, but it’s good to know. Lovely colour – the finish unfortunately takes finger imprints excessively well but that’s the only downside so far. Excellent battery life so far. And light as can be – even the audio isn’t bad. CAn’t bring myself to use the camcorder – ick – but that’s a very personal preference!
sacrifice for portability
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
Got mine couple of weeks ago and bought the external DVD drive for additional $50 (very good price and comes in handy). Everything works out of the box with no messy setup needs, Windows 7 starter seems slow, guess it’s the processor itself. My main computer is a fast Lenovo laptop with discreet graphics so this unit is DEFINITELY slow in comparison. If you intend to do any processor or graphics intensive work, than DO NOT buy a netbook (any netbook) as you will be sorely disappointed. The ONLY reason, in my opinion, of buying a netbook is to have something light to carry outside of office/home for internet and typical MS Office software (or similar) use. The small size does feel restrictive after a while and the small screen is a strain. The level of brightness does not approach that of regular laptops (maybe it’s just this particular brand but I don’t think so). The most aggravating thing for me is the lack of responsiveness of the cursor. There is an annoying lag between your cursor movement and the actual response on the screen. It’s a killer fault as far as how really useful this netbook is for me. Yes, I can stand the irritation for short uses but it’s too much if it is intended to be be your primary computer.
The small size and good battery life make this netbook great for use on travels (which is the intent for my purchase) but the obvious shortcomings make it far from ideal for use as a primary computer. So buy it for what it’s intended for, and don’t be fooled by it’s cuteness.
Great Purchase
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I just love my netbook! It is compact, lightweight, and fast! The battery life is amazing! I would recommend this netbook highly!
Great little netbook!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I love this netbook. Some might be put off by its “childish” appearance, but it looks really nice in person.
The keyboard is nice, I was worried the smaller keys would be a huge problem, but I’m typing on it right now and I don’t seem to be having any more typing errors than usual.
Also nice about this is the wireless card is “atheros” brand, so if you are into wifi security, you can test yours for vulnerability.
The battery life is great. I don’t have an actual timespan that mine lasts because I frequently shut it or turn it off and on, but I can use it in school for 2-3 days without worrying about recharging it.
If you plan on putting windows 7 on it, you’re going to run into a couple problems! Since there is no disc drive (that’s a given) you have to install from a jump drive. My largest is only 2 GB so I used an ext. hard drive, which worked fine after a couple tries. I could have just had bad luck with it though.
It does everything I need it to well enough, the only problem is HD youtube videos, which stutter. I knew/expect this though, so no major letdown.
Anyway, I think this is a great option for notes/non-intensive work for only $350.
Samsung Go net book
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
What can I say, this netbook was the one I chose after researching the whole category thoroughly. I am extremely pleased. It has been flawless so far. I have added the 2gb upgrade and used the Samsung drive to load up all my software preferences.(perfect package) I cloned most of my main laptop’s data and programs and with a few hiccups it digested and runs all of them well. I also bought earbuds with a mic for skype and it works great including the video webcam in the unit. The sound is decent with SRS for small speakers but to hear it best you need exterior speakers or good earbuds. The case, keyboard and quality in general are first rate.
I paid more than some others with similar specs but I’m glad I did. It rocks! Note: I believe that the XP home operating system is most appropriate for these units. It comes with a 3 month freebie of McAfee which is OK as a virus checker and it also has a decent spam filter that sits inside Outlook if you are running office. My preference is webroot anti-virus and spyware software. So on this unit I added [...] free download as McAfee is weak on the spyware side.
Spend a couple of bucks more and get this unit!!
Larry
great netbook!!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Just received this today on 11/24/09. and i must say what a great netbook. I previously owned the toshiba and sold it to a friend didn’t like the frame around the screen (it was brown with diagonal lines) i thought it was to distracting when watching movies. so back to this. love the keyboard it has a textured feel to it and when pressed felt more solid. unlike the toshiba the keyes were smooth and loose feeling. the screen is “edge to edge” glass which looks more appealing also the glare is not as evident as the toshiba which was bad with reflections. the outer “shell” is rubberized therefore will not show fingerprints as such and you can keep a good grip on it when carrying it around. Hooking up to the internet was flawless. My only complaint would be where the memory card is placed into the computer it will not “clic” all the way inside it sticks out approximatly 1/2″. the toshiba’s was flush when inserted all the way.
I did upgrade to a 2GB crucial memory stick and purchased the caselogic neoprene case.
Samsung GO
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I have had my little Samsung GO! for over a month and really like how compact and light weight it is and easy to use. The battery life is amazing. I wish I could offer up more technical advice and specs but I’m a Mac user and very new to using a PC. I needed a smaller and lighter laptop to bring on my travels and this really seems to be the ticket. I would definitely recommend it.
Love this little computer
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I loved this little computer the minute I opened up the box. It’s all I need for my emailing, web browsing, music listening(I bought an iHome Rechargeable Mini Speaker for $19.99 and it sounds great!)and Skype-ing! It works perfectly! So far, I don’t have a negative thing to say about this netbook (I’ve only had it for a month)!
A great, stylish little netbook
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I’m really happy I purchased this netbook. It has a great screen, keyboard and battery life, the speakers’ sound is actually pretty decent (despite what I had read to the contrary), and to top it all, it is really stylish – more so than the famously stylish macs, in my opinion.
I take the netbook everywhere with me in a very small shoulder bag, and barely notice that it is there. And it’s fantastic to be able to work basically a whole day in different cafes etc, without needing to plug in until I get back home again.
Great work Samsung!
Practical Netbook Implementation
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I’ve looked at a number of netbooks, and most either have a dinky, unreadable screen, an unusable keyboard, or the construction looks very cheap. Samsung took these things into consideration when they created this model. The screen is sharp and bright, easy to read, the keyboard is adult sized, and the unit looks and feels solid.
I bought this unit for the wife to take to Europe so we can keep in touch without making AT&T rich, with the intention of loading Linux on it when she got back. However, Samsung’s configuration of XP Home is good enough to keep using it as-is. The wireless simply works — once you select an access point, you type in the encryption key and off it goes. The touchpad can actually be configured — you can turn off the taps, have it disabled while typing, or even turn it off completely. And you can also zoom the screen with two fingers a la iPhone technique.
Like all OEM window loads, there is lots of extra crap installed that can be deleted to save space. It has Bluetooth and it apparently works with all sorts of things from earpieces to Crackberries. It even worked with my Bluetooth GPS, but sadly, not my iPhone. If you really don’t need Bluetooth, disabling the auto startup speeds up the computer just a tad.
So far I’ve installed two different SIP phone clients, Open Office and Netstumbler, as well as the drivers and utilities for a Nikon point-n-shoot camera. Everything has worked without issue thus far.
Pros:
Solid unit with a unique coating on the case to make it easy to hang on to.
Wireless and touchpad drivers are not the stripped generic variety.
Battery life is pretty decent.
Cons:
AC adapter gets pretty darned hot.
Frequent / annoying pop-ups for security, driver and Windows updates.
Updates sometimes crash / fail to install.
Some preloaded software packages are only good for a certain period of time or pester you about buying the deluxe version.
Packaging Sets It Apart
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Like many have said before, these Netbooks come with, essentially, the same hardware/software. What you get have for the added $$$ is the packaging or more precisely the outside housings. Rounded corners and non-glossy paint in more than black and silver. The battery is good. I’ve surfed for 5 hours, playing videos and other energy eaters and then plug it in for a recharge. The power supply gets super hot while computer on and PS plugged in.
I’m real happy with my choice with this Samsung.
Nine hour battery life? I don’t think so…
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
The reason I chose to buy this unit was the claim of a nine hour battery life.
Nice unit – better sound than the NB10 – though the battery life is far from nine hours. Best I have seen so far is seven – though that’s not bad, anyway.
As advertised
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Good solid little machine. Exactly as advertised, battery life is great.
Keyboard is small but very usable, tactile response is very acceptable.
Screen is clear, sharp and the color is good.
Operation speed is noticeable, but acceptable, I helped this a bit by using portable apps.
It and my camera go with me everywhere.
Just the Ticket for Travel
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is the third netbook our household has purchased. The Samsung is far and away the best of the lot (previous: Asus and Lenovo). The keyboard is outstanding and the main reason I selected this model. There is a Ctrl button on both sides. The keys are fully separate from one another. This is as close to a full-sized keyboard I’ve used. Very little hunt and peck, unlike the previous machines.
The Samsung is unbelievably quiet. Even when the fan runs it is virtually inaudible. This is a big plus for me. I disagree with criticism offered by some others of the display. Even though it isn’t non-glare there is very little reflection in the glass; there is actually more in the black plastic surrounding the display. The image is crystal clear and doesn’t have the fuzziness sometimes associated with non-glare glass. Very bright and sharp.
I upgraded the memory to 2 gb and this is a modest cost that is well worth it. A simple exchange of modules does the trick. Overall the machine is quite speedy for what it is; I use a Verizon modem when away from home or a free WiFi site and get very good results. The internal WiFi card is very fast.
All in all, exactly what I was hoping for: a very light, compact, well-designed machine with an excellent keyboard, to take on my trips out of town one or more times a month. The overall performance is very good.
Highly recommended.