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

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.

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MSI U135-415US 10-Inch Silver Netbook – 7.5 Hour Battery Life

Intel Atom N450 1.66 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Starter, 6 Cell,250GB Hard Drive, Wireless 802.11 b/g/n, 1.3 MP Webcam, 4-1 Card Read (XD/SD/MMC/ MS) 3 x USB 2.0, Headphone out; Microphone-in, VGA, RJ-45

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MSI U230-033US 12.1-Inch Netbook – 4 Hour Battery Life

AMD MV-40 1.66 GHz, 2 GB RAM, Windows 7 Premium, 6 Cell (4 hour battery life),250GB Hard Drive, Wireless 802.11 b/g/n, ATI Radeon HD3200, 1.3 MP Webcam, 4-1 Card Read (XD/SD/MMC/ MS) 3 x USB 2.0, Headphone out; Microphone-in, VGA, RJ-45

“Very Slow CPU on battery”
Main problem that CPU speed locked to 800Mhz on battery.

According MSI “maximum clock of 800MHz @ Battery Mode”!!! You can’t watch video on battery because CPU so slow and AMD chipset don’t support acceleration for many video codecs (like WMV9, DIVX). First time, MSI told me that it is CPU+chipset limitation. But AMD respond that “the power state can be adjusted through the Windows properties. But If you are unable to get the processor to run at full speed while on the battery, even after adjusting the windows power management properties, than the issue is a hard code in the BIOS that the manufacturer set and is not a limitation of the chip or chipset and is something you will have to bring up with them.”

After that, MSI told me that I need to disable PowerNow to get full speed. But if you disable PowerNow then you will have 1600Mhz ALL TIME…even on idle. In this case the battery will spend so much faster (less 1 hour). PowerNow was made to dynamically switch frequency and voltage on the fly to save the battery in idle mode and receive full power when it necessary. And it must work as declared.

Now, MSI close the issue and don’t want to resolve it.

Dmitry

P.S. MSI U210 have same issue but still not resolved.
“Great “ultraportable” laptop for a great price!”
I’d never heard of MSi – before browsing online for a laptop a couple months ago, but must say I am very impressed with the quality of this little laptop! It’s nicer than the $1500 Dell I use at the office.

At 12″, this computer was the perfect size for me. I was underwhelmed by the traditional 10″ netbooks when I tried them out at a local retailer – screen was too small for me, and I didn’t care for the cramped keyboard. Nor the Windows 7 starter edition or slow CPU.

Enter the MSi U230 – I’ve got the single core AMD Neo MV-40, but rarely ever notice any slow down. I would have spent the additional $50 for the dual core version, but it wasn’t released yet when I bought my computer (it’s still hard to find from most online retailers!).

Pros:

-Faster CPU compared to traditional netbooks with Intel Atom chip

-Windows 7 Home Premium (runs fast)

-2 gb Ram, upgradeable to 4 gb (I did this on a whim, wasn’t really necessary as Ram doesn’t max out at 2 gb most of the time)

-Full sized keyboard makes typing easy with little frustration

-1366×768 resolution, lots of space for desktop icons, web browsing, watching videos

-SD card slot, webcam, 3 usb connectors

-ultraportable size and weight (but you don’t get a cd/dvd drive – I suggest picking up an external one)

Cons:

-4 hour battery life as advertised is a stretch

-Won’t perform as well as larger, dual core CPUs notebooks

In reference to battery life, it’s advertised as 4 hours but I’ve found around 3 hours is more realistic. However, you can undervolt the CPU by about 20%, without losing any performance. I get stable performance at 0.85v at 8x and 0.70v at 4x using RMClock. Doing so I’ve stretched the battery life to over 4 hours with light computer tasks (running spreadsheets, web browsing, etc.).

Overall I highly recommend this laptop, especially if you are just looking for a laptop to compliment a desktop system, and aren’t happy with traditional netbooks.

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MSI U160-006US 10-Inch Black Netbook – 15 Hour Battery Life

Intel Atom N450 1.66 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Windows 7 Starter, 6 Cell (15 hour battery life),250GB Hard Drive, Wireless 802.11 b/g/n, 1.3 MP Webcam, 4-1 Card Read (XD/SD/MMC/ MS) 3 x USB 2.0, Headphone out; Microphone-in, VGA, RJ-45

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MSI U130-416US 10-Inch Black Netbook – 3 Hour Battery Life

Intel Atom N450 1.66 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Windows XP, 3 Cell,160GB Hard Drive, Wireless 802.11 b/g/n, 1.3 MP Webcam, 4-1 Card Read (XD/SD/MMC/ MS) 3 x USB 2.0, Headphone out; Microphone-in, VGA, RJ-45

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

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.

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Samsung N150 10.1-Inch Caribbean Yellow Netbook – Up to 7 Hours of Battery Life

The Samsung N150 netbook gives you value without compromise. It starts with a powerful Intel Atom N450 processor and Windows 7 Starter OS. The non-glare 10.1″ screen gives you plenty of room, while a 3-in-1 memory card slot and 3 USB 2.0 ports make it easy to connect a digital camera, printer and more. At a scant 2.7 lbs, you can pick up and go at a moment’s notice, and the 7-hour* battery is good for all day. *Battery life based on independent MobileMark test scores.

“LOVE IT”
I am very satisfied with it. I use it everyday and mostly just to check email and what not. The thing that I like most about it is the color I chose.

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MSI U230-040US 12.1-Inch Netbook – 4 Hour Battery Life

Athlon X2 L335 1.66 GHz, 2 GB RAM, Windows 7 Premium, 6 Cell (4 hour battery life),250GB Hard Drive, Wireless 802.11 b/g/n, ATI Radeon HD3200, 1.3 MP Webcam, 4-1 Card Read (XD/SD/MMC/ MS) 3 x USB 2.0, Headphone out; Microphone-in, VGA, RJ-45

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MSI U160-007US 10-Inch Brown Netbook – 15 Hour Battery Life

Intel Atom N450 1.66 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Windows 7 Starter, 6 Cell (15 hour battery life),250GB Hard Drive, Wireless 802.11 b/g/n, 1.3 MP Webcam, 4-1 Card Read (XD/SD/MMC/ MS) 3 x USB 2.0, Headphone out; Microphone-in, VGA, RJ-45

“Netbook that is pretty useful for the everyday web surfer”
PRO: Battery life at 10% brightnes web surfing, wordpad, adobe ebook reading.(aprox. 8hrs), 50% brightness last a while doing web or video (aprox. 5-7), 100% brightness web surfing(aprox. 3-4 1/2), good touch pad response feedback , keypad is pretty easy to navigate for big (me) or little hands, touch pad gesture are pretty smooth, plays 720p video smoothly, sounds as good as it gets for a netbook, N450 Intel Atom processor is very effective for the new to experienced home office user (word pad, excel, powerpoint, internet surfing, web cam, skype, bluetooth pairing, occational wifi hotspot connecting very user friendly, weights less than 4 lbs., chicklet keyboard, great wifi draft n speed.

CONS: High glossy screen, web cam lags a bit up close, battery isn’t 15 hrs or at least mine came as a 9 hr life with a bigger size battery than what was shown on the website, no gaming video graphics card, no over the top SRS sound enhancement, 1 memory slot instead of two, Win7 Starter edition

Overall quite please with the performance on this netbook, just a few quirks and sensitivity issues mosly cause I have big hands. Slighly on the medium quality side as fas as processor speed. Not overly please with the U160 just it’s a little better than just OK.

MSI Wind U16 wesite

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Samsung N150 10.1-Inch Black Matte Netbook – Up to 7 Hours of Battery Life

The Samsung N150 netbook gives you value without compromise. It starts with a powerful Intel Atom N450 processor and Windows 7 Starter OS. The non-glare 10.1″ screen gives you plenty of room, while a 3-in-1 memory card slot and 3 USB 2.0 ports make it easy to connect a digital camera, printer and more. At a scant 2.7 lbs, you can pick up and go at a moment’s notice, and the 7-hour* battery is good for all day. *Battery life based on independent MobileMark test scores.

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