Samsung Go N315 10.1-Inch Midnight Blue Netbook (4.5 Hours of Battery Life) Review

• 1.66GHz Intel N450 Atom Processor
• 1GB RAM
• 250GB Hard Drive
• 10.1″ LED-backlit display; Intel GMA3150 Graphics
• Genuine Windows 7 Starter Operating System

Life happens everywhere. That’s why we created the Samsung Go netbook. The Samsung Go is a compact, lightweight netbook that’s ready to go whenever, wherever. Plus, you can try the latest news reader application from The New York Times, which comes pre-installed. The 10.1-inch wide LED-backlit LCD display is brighter than ever. The finish is a rich, Midnight Blue. A spacious hard drive lets you bring along all your favorite music, photos, videos and movies. A pebble-style keyboard facilitates flying fingers. And with a 4.5-hour battery, the Samsung Go netbook is always ready to go.

Samsung GO N310-13GB 10.1-Inch Midnight Blue Netbook - 9 Hour Battery Life Review

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.

Samsung GO N310-13GB 10.1-Inch Midnight Blue Netbook - 9 Hour Battery Life Review

” I own and use both a Toshiba Satellite notebook for windows applications and a Macbook Pro for apple applications (I prefer a separate windows machine over rebooting into boot camp and also for the additional hard drive space for my multimedia applications).