The Samsung NC20 arrived in our office today. It has to go back from whence it came in a week, which saddens me. I haven’t had a chance to play with it much, but it’s essentially a 12-inch NC10, and I love me the NC10.
Having a 12-inch system stretches the definition of netbook a bit, I agree. My boss told me long ago (I think the day I interviewed) that he felt consumers who go for netbooks really want 12-inch ultraportables that don’t cost an arm and a leg. Figure out how to combine the 12-inch form factor with a $350 asking price and you can go swimming in the money you’ll make. (I’m paraphrasing here.)
Dell came out with the Mini 12, but it had a slow hard drive, 1 gig of memory, and Vista. Yeah. Even though you can get it with XP now, I don’t see the Mini 12 tearing up the netbook charts. The NC20 may have a better chance — after all, the 10-inch version is pretty popular. I think it all hinges on our review :)
As does, I suppose, my true desire for it. We’ll see how I feel after I’ve played with it for a bit.
