The surfaces are pleasingly matt to the touch, and don’t pick up fingerprints. Samsung has done without any glossy surfaces at all, a sensible choice making it more suitable for everyday situations, which are never exactly sterile. Acer TravelMate 4233WLMi

However, the matt white surfaces, particularly the non-slip underside and the screen edging, do tend to pick up dirt, and whereas smooth surfaces can simply be wiped clean again, the dirt will sit more stubbornly on the N145’s surfaces.Acer TravelMate 4283WLMi

The netbook’s ‘Duracase’ shell seems impressively robust. The lid is unusually rigid. It can only be made to flex by applying considerable force. The underside is not quite as perfect. The cross-hatched surfaces of the RAM access panel and the air intake vent can be made to flex quite noticeably. The battery latches tightly into place in the base unit, protruding out from it underneath.Acer Aspire 5110

The hinges’ mechanical properties are very good; they move easily but are very firmly mounted. We needed both hands to open the netbook, as the initial resistance is very large. After that the lid can be moved easily with one hand.Acer Aspire 5515

A meagre selection of ports, normal for a netbook.The selection of ports is the usual light fare offered by netbooks. On the left, you can plug in your network cable; the same side has a USB port and the headphone and microphone ports positioned near the front. Acer Aspire 5610 battery

The USB ports do not come with the charging function which is now seen on many Samsung netbooks and notebooks. The right-hand side of the netbook houses a VGA port and two USB ports; there is a card reader below the front edge of the machine.Acer Aspire 5630 battery

The Samsung tools, collected together in the Samsung Support Center, are worth a mention. As well as a tool for burning recovery DVDs (using an external USB burner), you can limit the battery charge to 80% using Battery Life Extender. Acer Aspire 5650 battery

This will prolong the life of the battery, because recharging is bad for it, on an electrochemical level. If your N145 is plugged into mains power for the majority of the time, you should definitely activate this function.Acer Aspire 5680 battery

The keys have moderate travel, good tactile feedback and a soft impact at the end of the keystroke. The keyboard surface does not flex at any point. The keys are packed closely together, and the arrow keys as well as the Page Up/Down and the ü and ? keys are smaller than usual because of the lack of space. But there have to be compromises when the available space is so small. Acer Aspire 9110 battery

The multi-touch pad can be used in several different ways. You can scroll using two fingers, or in the classic style using the (unmarked) horizontal and vertical scrollbars. The surface of the pad is sensitive right up to its edges, and is as matt as the palm rest. Acer Aspire 9120 battery

Your finger glides across the surface with little resistance and the cursor responds accurately. The pad is firm, like the whole of the palm rest, and does not flex under pressure. The tiny touchpad buttons unfortunately do not depress very far, but they do click nice and quietly. Acer Aspire 9800 battery

The 10.1-inch screen’s basic resolution of 1,024 x 600 is absolutely standard for netbooks. If you want to see more on-screen so you can scroll less, Samsung has a solution for you. Acer Aspire 9810 battery

The native resolution can be artificially increased (interpolated) to 1,152 x 864 or alternatively 1,024 x 768. The picture that results is not pretty and somewhat distorted, but you could now fit the whole of the notebookcheck home page on your screen.Acer Aspire 9920G battery

Along with an average brightness of 223 cd/m2, we measured a low contrast ratio of only 115:1. Almost every netbook comes with low contrast like this. It makes the colours appear rather pale and with less subtlety. Acer TravelMate 2450 battery

The colour space, as you would expect, is a long way removed from what a professional would want. But no professional would be using a netbook; covering sRGB(t) and AdobeRGB(t) is essential for them.Acer TravelMate 2490 battery

The reasonable brightness of 223 cd/m2 means the picture is acceptable even in sunlight. The screen’s matt finish also allows you to surf the web without being bothered by reflections. A brightness of 300 cd/m2 would be the perfect figure, and would provide a clear picture if used in the park on a sunny day. At least being on battery power does not restrict the brightness.Acer TravelMate 3900 battery

Side view, some cloudThe Samsung netbook’s viewing angles are good along the horizontal axis. Text is still readable up to around 60 degrees, and colours do not invert. But vertically the eye of the beholder can only deviate by 20 degrees before the picture darkens substantially. At 45 degrees we saw the colours invert massively (ghost images).Acer TravelMate 5210 battery

The Samsung N145 is based on the Intel Atom N450 processor (1.66 GHz, Pine Trail) with integrated GMA 3150 graphics. The processing speed may be low, but with the help of Intel’s Hyperthreading technology the single-core processor can handle a multi-tasking OS like the Windows 7 Starter system which is pre-installed. The processor is supported by 1,024 MB of DDR2 RAM as well as a 160 GB hard drive by Samsung (HM160HI).Acer TravelMate 5510 battery

The PCMark Vantage benchmark determines system performance, taking all the system’s components into account such as the HDD, CPU, GPU, and RAM. The N145 manages to score 1,223 PCMark Vantage points. Compared to a recent Atom N550 netbook configuration, that is very litttle. A Samsung NF210 scores 1,640 points. Acer TravelMate 4260 battery

Asus 07G016DH1875 battery ,Asus 70-NY81B1000Z battery ,Asus 90-NY81B1000Y battery , ASUS G73 battery ,ASUS G73J battery ,ASUS G73JH ASUS G73JH-A1 battery ,ASUS G73JH-A2 battery ,ASUS G73JH-RBBX05 ASUS G73JH-X1 battery ,ASUS G73JH-X2 battery ,Asus A31-U53 battery ,Asus A32-U53 battery ,Asus A41-U53 battery ,Asus A42-U53 battery , ASUS U33 battery ,ASUS U33J battery ,ASUS U33JC battery ,ASUS U33JT battery ,ASUS U43 battery ,ASUS U43F battery ,ASUS U43J battery ,ASUS U43JC battery ,ASUS U52F battery ,ASUS U53 battery ,ASUS U53F battery ,ASUS U53J battery ,ASUS U53JC battery ,