Mini-Laptop: Samsung Go

• DESIGN. Samsung Go has rounded design and a rubberized shell, slicker than other boxy netbooks. The Go comes in four colors: Mint Blue, Midnight Blue, Sunset Orange, and Jet Black.
• DIMENSION. A little weighty, but the appearrance is slimmer than its real dimension (10.3X7.3X1.1 inc)
• SCREEN. Like most netbooks, its 10.1-inch screen has native resolution: 1024 by 600 pixels.
• KEYBOARD. The keys well spaced, and the keyboard is a pleasure to type on. Its touchpad, with single-bar mouse button, could be bigger, although it is ok.
• PERFORMANCE. The score of WorldBench 6: 36 - average score for most mini-laptops.
• BATTERY. The six-cell battery got PC World Test Center result: 9 hours, 6 minutes. According to LaptopMag.com, the 8850 mAh battery lasted 8 hours and 23 minutes for Web surfing via Wi-Fi. It is more than 2 hours longer than six-cell netbook average. While Toshiba mini NB205 have longer battery life (9:24).
• SPECS. CPU: Intel 1.6GHz Atom N270; RAM: 1GB (upgradable to 2GB); HDD: 160GB; three USB ports (two of which are powered), a 1.3-megapixel Webcam, mic and headphone jacks, a flash card reader, Bluetooth, and 802.11b/g, ethernet, and VGA-out jacks.