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Samsung's NVIDIA ION-powered N510 netbook to launch this month?

by Parm Mann on 4 August 2009, 15:21

Tags: N510, Samsung (005935.KS)

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We haven't heard much about Samsung's N510 netbook since it made a brief appearance back in June, but an out-the-blue listing at a French retailer now suggests the system will launch on August 21st with a price tag of €499 (roughly £425).

The system, sporting NVIDIA's ION chipset - complete with a GeForce 9400M IGP - and a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 processor, has the makings of a decent ultra-portable.

Making good use of NVIDIA's IGP is an 11.6in LED display that provides a 1,366x768 resolution. Elsewhere, there's 1GB of DDR2 memory, a 160GB hard drive, Wireless N, Ethernet and Bluetooth connectivity, and HDMI out.

We're still waiting on confirmation from Samsung, but this netbook could be in stores in a little over two weeks.



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Hurrah! At last an Ion portable with a sensible choice of CPU!

Will definitely be keeping an eye on this one, although the HP dv2 is looking favourite in my household at the moment…
scaryjim
Hurrah! At last an Ion portable with a sensible choice of CPU!

Will definitely be keeping an eye on this one, although the HP dv2 is looking favourite in my household at the moment…

Indeed. Shame though that my order for a dv2 from HP has been put on “backorder”. Date keeps moving, so I'm doubting I'll ever get it :(

A portable laptop you can't get, or the N510… the graphics on this should hopefully make it more useful, so it's going to be a tough decision!
What's the weight on that?

Gotta be <1.5Kg really, and last a good 4-5hrs minimum on battery to be any good.
kingpotnoodle
Gotta be <1.5Kg really, and last a good 4-5hrs minimum on battery to be any good.
Problem is, which people tend to overlook, the smaller a laptop/netbook is, the less space there is for the battery. So while components might be far more frugal than your average laptop, if it's enclosed in a small shell, then there's less space for a battery. So it pretty much evens out compared to a larger, more powerful laptop.

Same applies to weight. The battery is the heaviest single part of a netbook… and the longer that battery lasts, generally the heavier it will be… so it's back to the old having and eating of cakes.

Not talking about this netbook in particular - it certainly looks as though it'll be under 1.5kg, even with the slightly larger footprint - it's just something that's slowly been winding me up in recent months.
Sony P series manages the 4 hours easily, whilst been very light.