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VIDEO: Samsung NC20 overview
Today we've got a treat for you. Its a first look video at the newly announced Samsung NC20 Mini-Notebook. The Samsung NC20 has a 12.1" screen supporting up to 1280x800 resolution which is a feature a lot of people have been requesting for their mini-notebooks. Its also got a full 12" notebook-sized keyboard and larger mousepad than its predecessor the Samsung NC10.
You can see from the video that the Samsung NC20 is a great looking and well built device, and we've also gone ahead and benchmarked the Samsung NC20 so that you can see its actual performance results. We also decided to include the only other 12"Mini-note out on the market, the Dell Inspiron Mini 12 in our benchmark testing for comparison. Benchmarks are basically tests run on your computer that stress your system to see how well it performs simulated tasks similar to the real tasks you do on your computer day to day.
Test Platforms Compared
This part below is for the geeks who know their hardware. For those unfamiliar with those terms we are comparing an off the shelf Samsung NC20 Mini-notebook with a Dell Inspiron Mini 12. At the present time these are the only 2 12" form-factor mini-notes on the market.
| Platform | VIA Platform Samsung NC20 |
Intel Menlow Dell Inspiron Mini 12 |
| Board model | NC20 | Inspiron 1210 |
| Processor | VIA Nano U2250(1.3+GHz) | Intel Atom Z530 (1.6GHz) |
| FSB | FSB 800 | FSB 533 |
| L1/L2 cache | 64KB+ 64KB/1024KB | 24K+32K/512K |
| HT | N/A | Enabled |
| Chipset | VX800 | Intel SCH US15W (Poulsbo) |
| Memory | DDRII 667MGz 1G | DDRII 533MHz 1G |
| Graphics | VIA Chrome9 HC3 IGP | Intel GMA 500 (E:200MHz M:200MHz) |
| Frame Buffer | 256MB | 256MB |
| VGA Driver Version | 20.07.01N | 7.14.10.1074 |
| Resolution | 1280x800 32bit | 1280x800 32bit |
| Hard Disk | WD SATAII 5400RPM (Data buffer 8M) |
Samsung 1.8" IDE 4200rpm (Data buffer 8M) 80G |
| OS | XP SP3 | XP SP3 |
| Power Setting | Always on | Always on |
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| Samsung NC20 | Dell Inspiron Mini 12 |
What We Will Test
So what we'll do is break down our test results into 4 areas. 1.Productivity, the basic chores your computer has to do to let you open and close programs and applications, email your friends etc. 2. Internet browser and surfing performance 3. Entertainment, videos & gaming... and... 4. Battery life. how long can you be untethered and truly mobile. I can't wait. Can you?
[To be continued…]
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