Instead of repeating the many nice things others have stated, I’ll include a tip for anyone encountering DVD audio problems. Along with the netbook I ordered the Samsung SE-S084B/RSBN External Slim USB DVD-Writer. It worked well in installing various applications. Testing the DVD playback ability, the video was fine but there was no audio. Oddly, the device played regular audio CDs just fine. I looked around online for a fix and found that a freely available codec pack (K-Lite Full Codec Pack) made things work.

I would have kept the DVD player except it had trouble writing (to CD or DVD). Most other users haven’t complained so perhaps it was just bad luck. I’m exchanging it for another DVD player.

But back to the netbook, it is fantastic! The special edition benefits are well worth the extra charge.

I have purchased several netbooks for my staff to use when they are out on the job doing surveys. These things being light weight with long battery life and great displays seem to fit the bill. However, not all netbooks are created equally for sure. The 10.1″ Acer Aspire Ones have terrible track/mouse pads. Yes you could use a mouse, but that is just something extra to lug around. Then there is the Asus Eee PC 1000HE and it is a great netbook except for the keyboard, which they claim fixed the right shift key, but that is bogus. They used a tiny little shift key and being a touch typist it is very difficult for me to use it. I then purchased Samsung NC10 SE and not only does it have a great keyboard which allows for fast touch typing, but the track/mouse pad is great. I have finally found a netbook that I personally really like. Needless to say we returned the Acer’s and was fixing to do the same on Asus machines, when I discovered that Amazon was out of these NC10 SE. We would have purchased at least 6 more of these had they been in stock. Currently we are looking at the Samsung N110, but it seems no one has those in stock but Buy.com and I won’t do business with them because of their crappy return policy. So, now we patiently wait for the NC10 SE or the N110 to become available on Amazon so that we can buy the rest of our machines.

The only real issue I have with the NC10 SE is that the sound quality could be a bit better and it should be able to get a bit louder, but considering for what we are using these things for that is a minor issue.

I highly recommend this netbook! Maybe we’ll end up with a few Samsung N110′s if they get them in stock before the NC10 SE’s. The specs seem identical, but the N110′s have a red instead of silver trim.

I love my netbook, as you can tell, and love this one!

The only comparable netbooks are the Eee PC 1000HE and the Acer Aspire One 10-inch, but even they have some drawbacks on this. If you want the best netbook go for the NC-10 special edition or the Samsung N110 (which is almost exactly the same as this except for a different casing).

I have never been so happy with a purchase on amazon.

The N110 (Samsung N110-12PBK 10.1-Inch Black Netbook – 6 Cell Battery (9.5 Hours))trackpad is comparable in size to the NC10 SE’s trackpad. But the N110 has a glossy screen, while the NC10 and NC10 SE have matte screens which reduce annoying reflections.

This is a great netbook! I would consider the Samsung N120 over it for better sound, although the N120 keyboard is strange (position of Windows and tilde keys).