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Samsung NB30 touchscreen durable netbook

Tough and touchy

The touchscreen, A-Team appliqué and Henry Ford colour scheme aside – you can have the NB30 in black or black – the rest of the NB30 is identical to the N220. So you get Windows 7 Starter, an Atom N450 1.66GHz processor with integrated GMA 3150 graphics, 1GB of RAM upgradeable to 2 from the hatch on the underside, a 10.1in 1024 x 600 screen and the same array of ports and status lights.

Benchmark Tests

PCMark05 Results
CPU

Samsung NB30 Touch

Longer bars are better

Memory

Samsung NB30 Touch

Longer bars are better

HDD

Samsung NB30 Touch

Longer bars are better

Video Loop Battery Life Results

Samsung NB30 Touch

Battery life in minutes
Longer bars are better

You also get 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and two decent sounding 1.5w speakers, but I was a little disappointed to find a blanking plate in place of the Wi-Fi switch that Samsung's press images show on the right hand side of the machine. The 5,900mAh battery managed over 6 hours in a video loop test and should be good for around 8 hours of real world use.

Samsung NB30 Touch
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