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Samsung N140

 

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  • User Score (123)
    8.7 8.7 from 123 reviewers
  • Expert Score (11)
    8.4 8.4 from 11 reviewers
  • Design (6)
    8.2 8.2 from 6 reviewers
  • Value for money (8)
    7.6 7.6 from 8 reviewers
  • Ease of use (4)
    8.2 8.2 from 4 reviewers
  • Performance (6)
    6.7 6.7 from 6 reviewers
  • Picture quality (4)
    7.8 7.8 from 4 reviewers
  • Compatibility (4)
    6.5 6.5 from 4 reviewers
  • Speed performance (2)
    7.3 7.3 from 2 reviewers
  • Portability (5)
    8.6 8.6 from 5 reviewers
  • Customer support (4)
    7.7 7.7 from 4 reviewers
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  • Expert Reviews

  1. LAPTOP Magazine

    LAPTOP Magazine
    8.0/10
    1 December 2009

    Last year, Samsung entered the netbook market with a strong contender in the NC10 . This system impressed us with its sturdy and comfortable keyboard, good performance, and 6.5 hours of battery life. Now, the company is replacing the venerable NC10 with the $399 N140, an update that includes a more powerful Atom processor, Windows 7 Starter Edition, a larger 250GB hard drive, and a snazzier design. Are all of these improvements enough to keep up with the competition? Read more

  2. fwd.channel5.com

    8.0/10
    1 October 2009

    Samsung continues to refine rather than define its netbook range, bringing with it a staid screen but a beefed up battery life, a smoother keypad and the best trackpad on any netbook yet. Sure, there are richer pickings elsewhere but for reliability and battery life, the N140 ticks all the boxes. Read more

    • Samsung pretty much got things right the first time around with its first netbook, the NC10, so it’s no surprise to find the N140 has roughly the same look and feel. S...
    • Samsung has been a bit keen to get this netbook out, so you’ll only find Windows XP in the current version – we’d wait until a Windows 7 version is offered, as it woul...

  3. Register Hardware

    Register Hardware
    8.5/10
    7 February 2010

    At last Samsung have just gone ahead and replaced the NC10 with something better, rather than try to cook up yet another endless variation on the theme. The N140 takes all the good bits of the NC10 but adds a larger HDD, a bigger battery and a more modern operating system and some other bits and bobs like draft-n Wi-Fi and stereo speakers and then squeezes them all into a slightly smaller and lighter package but without much of an increase in price. Read more

  4. CNET

    CNET
    8.0/10
    7 October 2009

    Although the Samsung N140 looks rather dated compared to the new generation of netbooks from the likes of Acer and Asus, it's still a solid performer at a reasonable price. The N140's battery life is among the best you can expect to find too. Read more

    • Good build quality, Fantastic battery life
    • Offers nothing new in terms of netbook technology

  5. Laptop-Review.eu

    Laptop-Review.eu
    9.0/10
    16 December 2009

    Samsung N140 is the descendant of a model that received plenty of praise and positive criticism. It almost cannot go wrong, and it does not. The design is practically perfect in our eyes; it seems sturdy and trustworthy, and you are not afraid to bring it with you on the go. The entire inside is matte and will thus be hard to smudge and look like a window a 2-year old with greasy fingers has played with. The lid is glossy however, and quite susceptible to fingerprints. Read more

    • - Design, - Materials, - Display, - Weight, - Quality
    • - Touchpad button, - No HDMI (wishful thinking), - Touchpad button integrated into a bar, - Stickers make it ”uglier”, - Glossy lid

  • User Reviews

  1. Amazing little netbook

    Amazon
    8.0/10
    Reviewer: D. Bradley, Amazon
    2 January 2011

    I ordered this for a trip to Europe - I didn't think that I could really do what I needed to do on an iPad. This little netbook is a real winner, it is light, but sufficiently powerful. I loaded it up with Office 2010 and Quickbooks Pro 2011. Although it is not as fast as I would like, it does the job well. I have also used it with remote desktop access. The keyboard is full sized enough for my big fingers. Read more

  2. Love this machine!!

    Newegg
    10/10
    Reviewer: Big Thurs, Newegg
    18 October 2011

    I am extremely glad I bought this machine and will remain loyal to samsung and asus for my computer needs. Read more

    • Battery life: I can get about 6-10 hours of this baby (depending on how much cpu I use and such) even after owning it almost 2 years!
    • I think my only problem is I wish the screen would tilt back a few more degrees, but its hardly an issue in reality.

  3. Big power small body

    J&R
    10/10
    Reviewer: AZAN, J&R
    11 November 2009

    I got this netbook cause of its size and portability i do alot of photography so i need to offload my pictures to its nice big 250gig drive this is nice sunce its has usb ports 2.0 very fast there, in my spare time i like to also watch some divx movies everyhing is very nice on this machine and even thou windows starter only allows 3 windows to be open at a given period thats no problem at all, please do understand this is a good thing being that the machine is not a Read more

    • Comfortable Keyboard, Fast, Lightweight, Long Battery Life, Powerful, Quiet
    • No Firewire

  4. Great little netbook

    Samsung
    8.0/10
    Reviewer: Griz, Samsung
    28 December 2009

    After playing with this a month now, wife and I really appreciate the larger keys and non-glare screen. (great at breakfast table near a window) Got the touch pad dialed in to suit (still get the occasional unexpected movement). Anyway a couple of problems here. You can't use this netbook right away because when you first turn it on it still has to finish installing the OS. Then it wants to partition the 250gb drive. Read more

  5. Samsung N140 No need to pack the power lead

    10/10
    Reviewer: s4sarah, Ciao
    3 October 2010

    Samsung N140 10.1 inch Netbook (Atom N270 1.6GHz Processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, BT, XP Home, 9 Hour Battery, Black) I needed a netbook that would perform two main roles. One to contain all my documents and emails for work and two to be portable enough to carry in my case. I did buy and install a 2GB Ram which is really easy to install yourself (just be aware of any impact on your warranty). Read more

    • battery life, size, ease of use
    • 1 GB Ram (I upgraded), losing internet connection after hibernation

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  • Alternative names
    N140-14R Netbook

Release Date

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    12 April 2009

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