I\u2019m doing a lot of presentations lately that are just PowerPoint. There\u2019s no need to carry a laptop for demonstrations all of the time. For example, I\u2019m squeezing in a tonne of information into 3 hours at PubForum 2010 and I\u2019m speaking at Epicenter in Dublin in a few weeks. I also sometimes think that a smaller computer would be a great replacement for my Epson image tank \u2013 it\u2019s a device photographers use in the field to store photos on when the requirements for memory cards are too much. My Epson\u2019s battery only lasts a very short while and additional ones cost a staggering and unjustifiable \u20ac90 or so.<\/p>\n
My requirements for a netbook were simple: VGA port, USB slots, decent sized hard drive and longer battery life than I\u2019ll get from a laptop. Check, check, check and 9 hours. OK, it\u2019s listed as 9 hours but I reckon it\u2019ll give me 6.5. There were machines that claim 12 hours life but they cost another \u20ac100 to \u20ac150.<\/p>\n
Last night I ventured out and purchased a Samsung N150. No, it\u2019s not the latest, doesn\u2019t do touch screen, doesn\u2019t start with an \u201ci\u201d, and isn\u2019t going to make nerds go \u201cooooooh!\u201d. But, it won\u2019t overheat on a warm day, can run flash, and can run the OS I want: Windows 7. That\u2019ll make it great to replicate content from my laptop and PC via Mesh.<\/p>\n
It came with an OEM build of Windows 7 Starter. That wasn\u2019t ever going to last too long on there but I decided to let it configure so I could see what was on there. An hour later and the Samsung configurations were still running. I quickly prepared a USB stick with a Windows 7 installer and wiped the netbook. 20 minutes later I was installing software and patching the OS. I\u2019ve no idea what Samsung were thinking but that was a great way to make their customer think they\u2019d made a bad purchase.<\/p>\n
As usual, the machine came with 1GB RAM. I really don\u2019t get that. It\u2019s got one slot but it\u2019ll take up to 2GB so an upgrade will be done at some point. All the usual good stuff will go on there: Office (I still have to use 2007 to use my publisher\u2019s Word extensions), Live Essentials, MS Security Essentials, Faststone Image Viewer, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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