Thread: Samsung NP-N120 Netbook

If the NC-310 was the netbook for the "young and the free", the N 120 offers a rather cut throat" meant for business" philosophy in terms of looks. It has a smooth black finish which is fortunately finger print proof. The edges are quite pointy and the chrome sidings may be a turn-off for some people. This netbook is quite thin. Even with a slightly bulging 6-cell battery, it weighs an acceptable 1. 28 kilos. The build quality is a little better than the C-310, and the same goes for the screen hinge.

On the inside we have a bright screen. The keyboard is of typical design (not like the NC-310's isolated keys). The keys are quite large and convenient to type on. However, like the NC-310 the direction keys and the Page up and down keys are small and squished together. This can be inconvenient from time to time. Unlike most netbooks that have speakers under their belly, here they are placed on either side of the screen. Thus they produce an unmurned sound compared to most netbooks, which is adequately audible. Like the NC-310, it failed on the graphics pan of the PCMark05 test, thus failing to give us a final score.

In the battery test, it survived a good 4 hours and 30 minutes. It also shined in our Wi-Fi tests, where it logged in faster data transfer rates even over longer distances from the router. The web cam delivered an average quality with a decent frame rate.