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Penfold

#45
September 12, 2009, 05:32:45 PM
Thanks guys.

One thing I do need help with is the touchpad. I've never used one before and am not very good at it.

One the right hand side of the touchpad is an up and down arrow and some horizontal bars. What do they do? I can't seem to find any information about them or a touchpad setting in control panel?? also someone talks about the corners of the touchpad but I can't see that they do anything special?

Thanks

OldBloke

#46
September 12, 2009, 07:46:53 PM
Slide your finger on the right vertical edge/ bottom to scroll the window (assuming it has scroll bars).
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T-Bag

#47
September 12, 2009, 11:24:26 PM
It's your mouse wheel. A bit hit and miss I find on most computers, but find something that scrolls and get cracking.
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Penfold

#48
September 13, 2009, 11:29:09 AM
ok got it - thanks.

What about the corners - is anything special meant to happen when to touch them etc?

T-Bag

#49
September 13, 2009, 11:53:59 PM
On mine now (Aspire One) as I'm back home for the week. dragging the corners on a website zooms in. It's a multitouch iPod like thing. Though I don't think it's a typical thing on all touchpads, but I think it's catching on.
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OldBloke

#50
October 22, 2009, 08:42:04 AM
This article is fairly dated but the comments are helpful if you're having issues with the Samsung applications running under W7.
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smilodon

#51
November 07, 2009, 12:03:01 AM
Thought I'd bring this thread back to life as I've just bought a Samsung N110, which as far as I can tell is a Samsung Nc10 with a 250g hard drive and a slightly different case.

The one I have came with Windows 7 Starter. Any OS that won't even let you change your wallpaper has no place on any netbook I own. W7 looks great on a full sized PC but on this netbook it was a bit of a mess. So I downloaded Linux Ubuntu Netbook Remix and dropped the ISO onto a USB disk. Ubuntu installed straight off the USB without a problem. Everything worked without a hitch, sound, video, hibernation, the onboard web cam. I can even change the wall paper! I'm really impressed at how everything just works. And unlike the Windows install there's no bloatware and endless pointless apps that just clog up an already small computer.

The best feature by far was how easy it is to tether the HTC Hero. Plug the Hero into a USB cable, plug the USB Cable into the Samsung, go into the Hero settings, into the wireless settings and check the Network Sharing box. That's it! No tethering app, no need for a Ã,£15+ a month data tariff. Just plug in and off I go.

Two Linux based pieces of hardware that come together wonderfully and work without any drama or expense. Genius :D
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Jabbs

#52
November 07, 2009, 07:39:35 AM
Quote from: smilodon;295575Thought I'd bring this thread back to life as I've just bought a Samsung N110, which as far as I can tell is a Samsung Nc10 with a 250g hard drive and a slightly different case.

The one I have came with Windows 7 Starter. Any OS that won't even let you change your wallpaper has no place on any netbook I own. W7 looks great on a full sized PC but on this netbook it was a bit of a mess. So I downloaded Linux Ubuntu Netbook Remix and dropped the ISO onto a USB disk. Ubuntu installed straight off the USB without a problem. Everything worked without a hitch, sound, video, hibernation, the onboard web cam. I can even change the wall paper! I'm really impressed at how everything just works. And unlike the Windows install there's no bloatware and endless pointless apps that just clog up an already small computer.

The best feature by far was how easy it is to tether the HTC Hero. Plug the Hero into a USB cable, plug the USB Cable into the Samsung, go into the Hero settings, into the wireless settings and check the Network Sharing box. That's it! No tethering app, no need for a Ã,£15+ a month data tariff. Just plug in and off I go.

Two Linux based pieces of hardware that come together wonderfully and work without any drama or expense. Genius :D

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suicidal_monkey

#53
November 17, 2009, 08:47:13 PM
fwiw: We chose the Acer 751 and it's ticking over very nicely. It's cpu may not have the oomph of some others (n.b. the Samsung 510 may have won if we were buying today) but that extra 1.6" in the diagonal and those extra pixels up and across and the keyboard really made a massive difference. I spent an hour or two with my better half testing out the available netbooks. NC10 was just too tiny and the 751 keyboard won out over the NC20 (in our opinion anyway). Plus it looked better. It doesn't do seamless BBC iPlayer (under XP with the provided drivers - I believe there may be ways to get better performance with flash videos) but that's really been the only slight downside for our usage. The keyboard is still nice (imo) and the battery life is excellent (got the middle battery option, probably get not far off 6 hours real usage with it)

In the short of it I highly recommend a 12" screen with a 1366x768 resolution. In my testing the 768 pixels was definitely noticeable compared to 600!
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A Twig

#54
February 16, 2010, 12:20:52 PM
Right, resurrecting this old one again - looking at a netbook to run my final year project (software based radio) stuff. Needs to be able to handle a far amount of work and data processing from fairly high B/W radio links (as in higher data rates than WiFi etc)

Ideally would like to be able to stick a load of films etc on the HD to watch while travelling. Plus connectivity with cameras and TV screens etc is a must

Not bothered about webcams or anything like that.
Most probably will run Ubuntu on it, although might stick with windows if I can get Matlab to run my software radio instead. So chipset compatability with both OS is a must.

Is the Samsung 510 still the way to go? Oh and defo under Ã,£400...
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BrotherTobious

#55
February 16, 2010, 01:50:49 PM
Thats rather scary that question came up in my office  to day.  

The Register like this one.

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/07/02/review_netbook_toshiba_nb200/

Hope it helps
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A Twig

#56
February 16, 2010, 02:16:49 PM
Hmm, only difference between that and the 510 seems the better graphics, with ensuing decreased battery life for the samsung, or better battery life but worse graphics for the toshiba. decisions decisions...
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suicidal_monkey

#57
February 16, 2010, 11:15:26 PM
if you need cpu (...or gpu) grunt (software radio implies you will?) perhaps consider something chunkier than a "netbook"? Core2 stuff under Ã,£400 is doable I think, and probably still reasonably small. Netbooks are all about portability in my mind (the acer is slow but just right in size :))
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A Twig

#58
February 17, 2010, 11:25:10 AM
I'm hoping that as the bands that are being scanned are fixed, as in transmitting and recieving only on two bands, one high freq and one low freq, that the main drain on system resources (the scanning and application of appropriate protocls, de-mod schemes etc) will be avoided. I basically just want to be able to run a side by side radio system, both transmitting the same data, but one at a higher level of accuracy, hence the low and high freq link.
Once I can get hold of the proper hardware I'll get some simulations done and get an idea of the requirements...
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Tutonic

#59
February 17, 2010, 11:44:33 AM
QuoteTwo Linux based pieces of hardware that come together wonderfully and  work without any drama or expense. Genius

Surely a sign of the 'End Times'...
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