Samsung delivers a whole host of portable solutions, so choosing one sole machine often comes down to budget and needs. The Samsung N310 is a premium netbook that offers the best in al-round portability, battery life and usability.
The choice between a laptop and a netbook can be a difficult one. A laptop provides a mobile workstation, more akin to a portable desktop PC, where a netbook provides an entirely new and unique experience.
The main benefit you’ll get from choosing a netbook is the incredible portability on offer. Until two years ago, you had to spend between ten and twenty times the amount buying an ultraportable in order to gain similar mobility.
Costing the same, or even less than the cheapest of laptops, the current crop of netbooks offer far better mobility, providing a means to consume media on the move, without needing to spend the earth.
Where the cheapest laptops use screens measuring at least 15.4 inches, and weighing well over 2.5kg, netbooks are no bigger than 12 inches, with weights well under 1.4kg. This makes them ideal tools for the commuter, or those wanting a machine to browse the internet on the move, and the light weights make it possible to throw them in your bag and forget about them.
Despite the smaller dimensions, these machines don’t have to be compromised in terms of usability. The Samsung N310 offers the same usability found on many high-end ultraportable laptops, just wrapped in a smaller package.
Inevitably, the small screen sizes on netbooks also meant that once power-efficient processors and 6-cell batteries became widespread, it was only a matter of time before battery life increased, and it now makes sense to choose some netbooks over laptops if battery life is an important factor.
Alongside office work, netbooks are also ideal for portable media playback, with the screen sizes and aspect ratios perfectly suited to watching movies. The latest LED technology makes netbooks like the Samsung N310 a natural choice when it comes to photo editing too, thanks to perfect colour reproduction.
You’ll also be happy to find the latest networking features included, with Wi-Fi and Ethernet allowing you to connect to networks and the internet, and some models including 3G/HSDPA for mobile broadband wherever you go.
The Samsung N310 may not be the perfect machine for every occasion but if you’re looking for a machine for the daily commute, this is the netbook you want in your hands.
