Samsung N510 Nvidia ION Netbook Coming Next Month

Samsung N510 Nvidia ION Netbook Coming Next Month

Samsung says it is planning to ship its N510 Nvidia ION-powered netbook to the United States in September. It has an 11.1-inch display with a 1366x768 resolution, an Intel Atom processor, and unlike traditional netbooks, Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics and HDMI out. Thanks to the GeForce graphics card, it can handle high-definition content with ease. Unfortunately the Samsung N510 will not come cheap; its launch MSRP is $599.

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only $100 more than what i thought..

 

Which means $100 more than I would pay. I liked my NC10 a lot... until the paint started to wear out after a couple months (left button touchpad paint is pretty much gone now).

 

Nice netbook. P.S. it's 11.6 inch instead of 11.1 inch.

 

If the price point was $499, it would be worth buying. Too bad.

 

Samsung netbooks have a great design and solid quality, but $600 kind of defies the definition of a netbook - an inexpensive Internet surfing device.

 

I agree, I think netbooks should always be $499 or less.

 

It's nice, but I wouldn't even spend $499 on a Netbook..
Between $289..$399 max. Netbooks are not UltraPortables.


Cin...

 

Awesome, think I'd get this next month.

One thing I'm worried about,is its speed. My bro's gf bought a Lenovo S10-2 and the thing was a slugfest. 1GB RAM should be enough for XP correct? Think again, the thing was so slow I wanted to stick a bullet in my head. Also, programs would crash unless on AC-power. Kinda beats the point of a netbook doesn't it?

Hope the Samsung is nothing like the terrible Lenovo.

 

With the affordability of budget laptops these days, I personally wouldn't pay more than $299 for a netbook, especially since specs-wise, they are nearly identical.

At least to me, I think the three most important factors of a netbook are 1.- maximized portability, 2.- maximized battery life, and 3.- minimized cost. Although this netbook looks really nice, it probably won't get fantastic battery life, and costs about a $100 too much.

@cy007: At least processor-wise, the two will be pretty much identical. The N510 will have a big advantage in the playback of HD content though. Probably the largest performance boost that you could give a netbook is by adding a nice SSD, but I guess that sort of defeats the affordability aspect.

 

This is barely a netbook, its larger than a Vaio TT. the only thing that makes it a netbook is the Atom.

 

Yes.

Sounds like something was wrong. A well configured N270 netbook with 1GB, normal HDD and without bloatware should feel really speedy.

 

Finally!
Price will likely come down once the initial sales launch.I hope

 

Looking forward to getting my hands on one of these! Hopefully the price will fall a bit after the novelty wears off.

 

When I saw the 11. 1" I thought, great at least they got the right size 11.

 

Yeah it is 11.6"

This netbook comes with XP only apparently. I also think someone was mentioning that this version of Ion will ONLY work with XP. I will have to check to be sure but i was mentioned.

This is actually a good price doesnt anyone remember what the N10J was launched at?

 

I don't know if it's what's in the N510, but Nvidia has come out with an ION LE (Light Edition) that only supports DX9 in order to comply with Microsoft's new restrictions on what notebooks can be sold with Win XP.

 

YES, that is what i am talking about......this has an ION LE

 

Only difference is that ION LE doesn't support DX10 which is NOT a big deal.

Only slightly off the subject I think MS's new DX9 restriction on XP is the reason the Lenovo S12 didn't hit with the Ion as planned and will eventually move to the Ion LE.


Edit: Thank you Jay ;þ

 

No, the LE doesn't support Directx 10.

 

Yeah that's what I meant.

 

I wonder how this compares to Lenovo S12 with ION as well...

 

So does the N510 have the LE or not? Any reliable sources?

 

It does.