Conclusions
Ah, yes. My “conclusion”. Toward the beginning of this review, I made the following statement:
And did I make the right choice? That all depends, do you think I would ever admit it if I made the “wrong” choice??? hmm, enough of that nonsense, let’s see what we have on the plate today.
From a pure cost point of view, I would have to say I probably made the wrong choice. After looking at the Asus machine, however, I really did feel that the charging plug that goes into the computer is rather flimsy looking. On the Asus, that is. The Samsung plug is at least twice the size. After having seen what my son has done with his laptop…. Enough said?
The case is a far cry from “gaudy” looking. The case design, texture, and colors do look quite professional. A big plus for Samsung in this area, IMHO.
Specifications of some of the competitors I mentioned above include the N280 CPU. Wireless N capability. I’m sorry, but those who say those are nice upgrades are, well, smoking the wrong stuff. 1.66GHz vs. 1.60 GHz? Yea, right. Wireless N over G. Give me a break. I will grant you that N may have better range, but when I hooked into my wifi network at work, the bars were at 100%. And this is a place where they had to install some additional equipment to allow those fancy (way overpriced!) iPhones to get a signal. What is very funny is that it is just the iPhones that had a problem… My ultra-mini-review of the day.
As with anything, one has many things to consider when making a purchase of an item in which there are many players. In my case, there are a couple of small things that I found that I prefer in the Samsung. I do feel that I paid a substantial premium for those preferred features, but that is something I have to live with.
Company: Samsung
Model Reviewed: Go N310 Netbook
Cost: List price: $479.99 Newegg price: $379.99, and I just paid $429.99 a week ago!
