Standing in the netbook mass has become quite the challenge late, but Samsung still managed to impress us with the slim design, high resolution, and dual-core Atom processor NF310. The Samsung NF310-A01 sports a curvy aesthetics, which are light years ahead of many of the boxy netbook is we have to expect. It also looks as if it should be more than the $ 399 it costs for listed structure. His nearest competitor, the Asus Eee PC 1015PEM and the Acer Aspire One are D255 pack both of the same processor, but very different styles. The choice among them to check a style and a close look at the Samsung specifically brings to the table, as the performance required in these machines is a head-to-head.
The NF310 is a slim, attractive, professional-looking device for which low body weight (2.9 pounds) of your travel bag not complain much. The NF310 slender body measures 1.2×10.8×7.4 inches and is framed in chrome sneer. The curves of NF310 elements definitely visually appealing to the netbook and make it out. The cover is made of shiny plastic, anthracite, show that stains easily prone wound. Matte-silver plastic covers the keyboard deck area and complement the glossy black screen bezel and matt-black keys.
The NF310 offers a range of ports that is identical to its competitors options. Along the left to find a power port, a VGA output, a USB connection, a microphone input and a headphone jack. The right side sports two USB ports, a four-format flash card slot, an Ethernet port and a slot. Connectivity options include 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi wireless networking and Bluetooth 3.0. Samsung is closing its fast-start technology, a special sleep mode, restore from which the system includes only 3 seconds.
Samsung AllShare home network feature lets you connect wirelessly to other DLNA-compatible devices NF310 Samsung HDTVs, smartphones, cameras, PCs and other video, photos, music and more via Wi-Fi. You can, for photos to your DLNA-compatible printer. If your house is decorated in Samsung devices, you probably do not have a ton of benefits received from this function, but it’s a cool idea that the potential has to rationalize your media sharing.
Edged in chrome, the NF310 is silvery touchpad is attractive, but less than the extra-wide touchpad of the Asus Eee PC 1015PEM found. The touchpad features multi-gesture support and is generally less fussy than the Asus 1015PEM, but we noticed occasional lag when we tried to zoom and scroll. In addition, the silver feels rocker button below, to the left and right mouse clicks for you, cheap to the touch, although it is quite appealing. Overall, the touchpad is one of the NF310 is weaker features.
We were more with the good looks of the island’s keyboard, the black keys sit impressed on a cover of silver plastic. The keyboard is spill-resistant, and we were glad that the letter keys are designed with adult finger in the eye. Thanks to Netbooks wider chassis, the keyboard is more spacious than the Asus Eee PC 1015PEM’s. However, the Asus feels 1015PEM the keyboard is very stiff and robust, while the NF310 keyboard flexes easily under the fingers when typing.
The 10.1-inch display with backlight LEDs and sports with a matte non-reflective surface. The native resolution is 1366 x 768 pixels (720p HD playback for) and provide a decent multimedia experience. During a local high-definition video that came preinstalled on the hard drive, we noticed sharp details and rich, bright colors. When we streamed video over a Wi-Fi connection, but we have found the same choppy playback that common in netbooks. On the other hand, the speaker of the NF310 are powerful enough to fill a small room, and the sound quality of Samsung True2Sound SRS sound system is better than what we other netbooks we’ve tested too.
Not only are the speakers loud, but the built-in microphone picks up sound quite clear. Unfortunately we have found some movement in a video that we recorded over the blur 0.3-megapixel camera (VGA) webcam that is built into the top of the screen frame. (If you activate the webcam with the launch of the pre-installed CyberLink YouCam utility.) We snapped a few photos with the webcam and found decent clarity if skin tones were a little pale. For a netbook packs the NF310 a decent webcam, if you do not do much to move it.
The core components are found within the NF310 identical to those found inside the Asus Eee PC 1015PEM and the Acer Aspire One D225. Anchored in a 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550 Dual-Core processor, the 32-bit starter edition of Windows 7 and 1 GB of RAM out, the NF310 similar to comparable systems. To test the NF310 is processing power, we ran three of our standard tests. The first was our Windows Media Encoder (WME) test in which the NF310 our standard test video file transcoded in 18 minutes and 36 seconds. The Asus Eee PC and the Acer Aspire One 1015PEM the D255 NF310 surpassed by narrow margins, each with times of 18:26 on this test and 18.16,. For our second CPU evaluation, we ran our iTunes test, which has to convert the unit to 11 MP3 files to AAC format. The NF310 completed this test in 19 minutes and 36 seconds, just over a minute faster than the Asus 1015PEM (which was 20:48) and 3 seconds slower than the Acer Aspire One (19:33). Our last test processor Cinebench 10, all available processor cores on the CPU taxes. The NF310 score of 1,458 on that test was strong for this class of netbook and is almost identical to the Asus 1015PEM score of 1451. You can use the basic office tasks to do on this system and method uses a minimal amount of media. Larger projects, but you should definitely book for your primary PC.
The NF310 integrated Intel GMA 3150 scored as expected on our 3DMark06 score spectacular graphics acceleration test. At its native resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels, the NF310 returned a score of 145 and at a resolution of 1,024 x 768, a little better 149th Likewise, the Asus Eee PC 1015PEM, the same graphics accelerator features as NF310, 148 in its native resolution (1366 x 768) and 149 x with a resolution of 1,024 768th The Samsung N210, a unit we reviewed earlier this year a couple of points higher than the NF310. That’s all sorry news for gamers, since each score of 1,000 translates into a real poor gaming experience. Then again it is typical to see low scores for a netbook return graphics like this that look also to such tasks as photo rendering, video, and games at all levels.
Although netbooks do not often make ideal companions gaming, they tend to exceed our demanding battery-rundown test, where we stream video wirelessly to the display and volume settings to half power. In this test, took the NF310 six-cell battery provides an acceptable 4 hours and 9 minutes. The Asus Eee PC 1015PEM the battery lasted almost an hour longer (4:53), a time that will better serve field staff on a budget. For those who are always connected their PCs, the NF310 Battery Life Extender mode helps boost the battery life in the long term by charging it tend only 80 percent of its capacity.
On the 250GB hard drive, Samsung bundles a mixture of software and bloatware, typical of all netbooks. These programs include trial versions of Microsoft Office 2010 and Norton Internet Security and full versions of Microsoft Silverlight, Windows Live Essentials and a generous slice of Oberon Media games. In addition, covered under the warranty from Samsung NF310 for up to one year, which is standard.
At $ 399, the Samsung NF310 is a lean, low-cost netbook that offers acceptable performance in its class. The Fast-Start technology is a feature anyone can appreciate, and I like a little while AllShare narrow or fake for some people, it will probably be very useful for others. Competition in this market is tough, however, and models such as the Asus Eee PC 1015PEM and the Acer Aspire One D255 offer similar performance levels at slightly lower prices. However, we still want to NF310 choose between these three netbooks for its more professional design.
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