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Thursday, June 17, 2010
Samsung is releasing another 11.6” notebook, spotted in Europe, but unlike the N510 series, this one does not have netbook innards. This one is CULV powered. The Samsung X120.
It will have a Celeron 723 processor (1.2GHz), 250GB HDD, 2GB RAM, Intel X4500M Graphics and weighs 1.36 kg / 1” thick. It’s expected to cost around 550 - 610 Euros (price jumped up), which apparently is more expensive than the Dell Inpsiron 11z and Acer Aspire Timeline 1810T.
Looking at the (single) picture, it seems they are pushing the keyboard way forward to fit in a big battery at the back (like the Dell Mini 9 did) and unfortunately squishing the touchpad into a HP Mini style touchpad with buttons flanking each side.
Source: Netbook Choice
Disappointing from Samsung. Big Battery is a plus, but cel 723, small handrest and side mouse buttons are a big minus.
This thing looks sorta ugly with all that wasted space in the back, should have just kept the battery protruding instead of pushing those touchpad buttons to the side, big downside for me.