Samsung N13013P 10.1Inch Pink Netbook Up to 5.8
March 2, 2010 by admin
Filed under $200 - $300, Products, Samsung
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. ....read more Average Customer Rating
Brand: Samsung Model: NP-N130-KA05US Price: $350.99 |   | |
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4 out of 5
Excellent except for odd key layout
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
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.