Hello There,
my wife and I use this netbook now for three months every day. And I can only recommend this netbook. The acquisition reason was quite simple, our host is just too big to drag him around to. (Acer Aspire Z5610 übrigends also very good ;-))
My wife uses the Marvel primarily for surfing and for creating letters, etc., that the completely normal. I, however, use it more in the technical environment in order also to be able beabeiten systems with RS232 interface with USB-COM connector.
An important reason for buying was of course the chic design and the long battery life - I've never achieved so 13 hours! But 10 hours operation were before it and after 10 hours you will have somewhere found an outlet.
Windows 7 Starter is slimmed course as anything but to work and surfing reichts all. This creates the Atom 450 and 1GB RAM satisfactory. Because it does not matter whether via the LAN interface or WLAN, which on some models already is indeed a difference. The equipment with three USB ports is a big advantage, mostly is indeed a port for external mouse on it and a second for network access via surf stick or similar. So you can still connect a USB hard drive or USB flash drive!
Outstanding is the excellent keyboard. A full QWERTY Tatatur, so as usual, not as with other when you come with this QWERTY keyboard, running into a skid. The attacks and the feeling of pressure are very good!
The matte screen is without complaint and is also outside in the 'real' world
clearly visible and legible. Especially this annoying levels in glare displays omitted here entirely !! The color display with video and images is very good. In text representation very closely and not blurred, very important in office and Console applications !! A big kudos to Samsung in terms of noise and heat - there are none! The built-in web cam is sufficient for video telephoning from, you can see who's there already speaks with one and with the internal Micro, there are no problems. No reverberation through Digital improving language etc .. The built-in VGA port also allows you to connect an external display (second monitor or TV), as the internal graphics solution Intel GMA 3150 comes quickly to its limits, but it works. Marvel also has a slot for SD cards and reads them without any problems!
I would recommend, however, to spendieren a 1GB RAM additionally, because then everything is much snappier. The adjustable 1280x736 resolution should not use it, is not the utility ago!
Setting up a printer is quite simple, if you have a Wi-Fi enabled printer.
To Softwareauststattung one can only say - much useless stuff on it. After the first boot entmüllen first time. All Oberion Spielekram, Fail Safe uninstall etc. From the Samsung software itself you only need the Recovery and the hardware supports. Microsoft Office 2010 Starter I immediately mitentsorgt which runs slowly and is also quite overflows. The latest OpenOffice on it and good, is freeware and does not eat the resources! To play the Marvel is even well suited, you just have to use games that already have a few years under their belts (Wings of Fury, Tron, Amiga clones, etc.) Very important when Samsung Update -. Not update the Intel graphics driver !!! !!!! - The newer drivers support no more manual screen brightness adjustment via the hardware buttons. Result is that then runs the netbook with the brightest level and then can only darken to a point !!! The hardware function keys are integrated via the operating system with Samsung.
The Fastboot- function I do not use, so I can say nothing.
As an alternative Linux operating system I have tested Ubuntu Netbook Edition 6.4.3 (10.4 Unity), EasyPeasy (Child's) 10:04 and Knoppix Live Edtionen. So Ubuntu was not my case, most stress has made me the wireless card and the surface was very chaotic. EasyPeasy runs smoothly even with wireless and printer drivers, very good surface for the small 10.1 "Displays- just easy ;-). But I personally prefer Knoppix 6.4.3 (10 year Edition) freely adjustable surface and the implementation of repositories is me more because I have more to do with routers, switches and servers. And the speed of the live mode is higher.
What all three LINUX derivatives but not create, the operating time is, oddly enough, not as high as with Windows 7. This has been amazed me ;-)
So about an hour but less power is a purely personal impression.
Finally you can recommend this netbook around, we do not want to miss !!
So just buy it - Here the price-performance ratio!