Product Description

Samsung N140JA02 Atom N270 16GHz Windows 7 Starter 101 WSVGA Intel 950 128MB 1GB 1x1GB RAM 250GB HDD 80211BGN WLAN Bluetooth Webcam 6 Cell Battery Black NPN140JA02UK Laptops Notebooks

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #767 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Samsung
• Model: NP-N140-JA02UK
• Released on: 2009-10-24
• Dimensions: 2.87 pounds

Features

• TypeNetbook
• Operating SystemWindows 7 Starter
• ProcessorAtom N270 (1.6GHz)
• Memory Size1GB
• Hard Drive Capacity250GB

Manufacturer's Description
With the Samsung N140 netbook you not only get all day computing, but most of the night too. One 6 cell battery can deliver an incredible 10 hours plus of battery powered performance and because it weighs just 1.27kg you're always ready to go anywhere and do anything. With the N140's elegant slimline design, unique colors and sensuous styling the N140 looks good while you're on the move. Incorporating an extensive array of the latest wireless communications technology and data sharing capabilities to keep you in touch you don't have to sacrifice performance for portability. With a 10.1" LED LCD with a proper aspect ratio it also delivers brilliantly clear images and high resolution movies and for an enhanced multimedia experience the integrated 3 Watt stereo speakers provide rich High Definition audio, so it sounds as good as it looks.

Customer Reviews

Great Netbook - Time for Upgrade to Windows 7
For about £20 more than the Windows XP N140 you can upgrade to the Windows 7. After two weeks I can say that I'm overall satisfied (not wowed, but happy nonetheless). Boot up time is much less than my 4GB desktop or the 2GB Sony Vaio - both of which run XP. In fairness, I've only got AVG and Skype on the Samsung's start up menu but my gut feeling is that it is lot faster in an "apples to apples" comparison. No pun intended.

The look is much cleaner in terms of fonts, icons, etc. And Microsoft seems to have gone out of its way to be more deferential to its users in terms of optionality (for instance upgrades). Where I have issue is on Windows 7 and its use (more precisely the lack of My Documents), I need to spend a bit more time with the new directory system. I also have problems with a driver on my Doro 225ipc VOIP phone (but reading the reviews this seems to be a hangover from Vista). The battery time is nearer 8 hours (on normal settings - i.e. WiFi on). Samsung have included a smart mouse pad as well that allows H/V scrolling, page turning, but I'm a bit of a blind cobbler so I can't get these functions to work consistently on the small mouse pad. The function ESC key provides a quick shut down but when restarting Firefox seems to hang. Its a minor quibble in the great scheme of things.

Disclosure: I'm don't use the Samsung for memory heavy image programmes such as Photoshop but I am a professional Excel developer.

Hope the review was useful to you.

Great computing for when you are on the move
I bought this for use when travelling. For that it is perfect. Setting up the new netbook is very easy and it all went trouble free. On partitioning the disk, I chose 60 Gb for C drive and balance as D drive. The key elements of the machine are great: e.g great resolution, good keyboard, has all the essential software. It is also slightly faster to boot than my Vista machine - but nothing revolutionary. When on net, I found streaming videos from many sites was a jerky-and-wait affair. This improved significantly on upgrading the RAM to 2GB - but didnt go away all together. Having said that, streaming majority of You Tube videos was ok. Also since I wanted to install CD based software like MS Office etc or sometimes watch DVD on move, I had to buy USB powered DVD player. If you need the above two add-ons(memory + external DVD)then it adds at least 100 pounds to the total mobile-computing package and of course a little more to carry. Battery life is allegedly 11 hours but I never got that - it was more like 7-8 hours and that was when using the machine for simple tasks like browsing net and NOT heavy computing like MS Office work or running external DVD. So I guess it can only go down from here. I didnt like that when opened the lid cannot go down too far. It restricts viewing angles - not sure why they couldnt put a little wider opening "hinge" on it.
Overall it is a nice machine, fast enough and it covers my need sufficiently well to have been worth the purchase. From the little research I did, it seemes that this netbook is among the best netbooks in its class.

Netbook, Love it.
I've been waiting for ever to find a netbook with the right spec to replace my old original EEE-PC. The Samsung's all have got really good reviews off the press over the last year which got my attention. I decided to wait for the Windows 7 versions - and when this came out I finally bought one. I've had it for a few weeks now - my thoughts:

- Keyboard - superb. Best out for a netbook. Full speed touch typing with very few errors for me. Huge asset over many of the competitors.
- Battery life. Full working day. I have seriously had 8 and a bit hours out of it.
- Windows 7. This may put some folk off as it is the 'starter' edition. It is so stripped down you can't even change your desktop picture (officially at least, unofficially I found out how to do it on google). That said, you get every feature you are likely to use on a netbook - and those you don't there are aps out there you can download for free. Even the starter version of Windows 7 feels quicker, more stable, and more intuitive than XP or Vista.
- 250 gig hard drive. Nice. (Though in time I may swap it out for a solid state drive to see if I can reduce boot time and increase battery life even more - I'm greedy like that)
- Webcam. Just worked straight away with skype. No configuration needed.

Things that stop it getting the 5 stars (I am fussy!)

Looks - if you are a show off then this may look a bit 'business-like' for you. Not an issue for me (I use it for business) but I bet my nephews wouldn't be impressed despite the piano shiny lid.
RAM - Why does it only come with 1 gig? This slows it down. First thing I did was buy a 2 gig RAM upgrade. Literally a 20 second job to do - don't be scared. And the result was noticeable. It should have had 2 gig to start with though to get the best of Windows 7 - and this has added another 40 odd quid to the outlay.
The wait to get going when you buy it: Straight out of the box the first time you boot it up it auto installs everything (including unwanted Samsung bloat) - you'll be waiting an hour or so before you're up and running normally.

All in though I really am pleased with it. Netbooks are much of a muchness in Spec. The better keyboard, the bigger hard-drive and windows 7 make this good for the price - but don't forget to cost in the extra RAM...