I’m still waiting for my black NC10 to arrive which was ordered last Friday. I can wait the delivery time, didn’t need it at that exact instant!
I have seen the white one (a PCW worker showed me their own) and I thought it looked very nice indeed. When looking at it, he put it next to the Advent and MSI netbooks and it by far looked like a proper mini laptop compared to the toyish looks of the other two.
The white finish definitely stood out, however it was that which made it look worse to me than the black one. In effect it makes it look less professional and more of a play laptop (not a toy) but something for just mucking about on. The matte finish on the top was definitely a nice touch.
Yesterday I was in Cambridge. The Curry’s Digital shop in the shopping centre has the black samsung on display (albeit a really terrible display, it was like looking at it in the dark it was on the second shelf and dingy lol).
Anyway, the first thing that struck me was that I couldn’t find it. I was looking for it, but didn’t notice which one it was amongst the others besides it. Had to look for the name! (perhaps to do with dingyness lol).
When found though, definitely the nicest of those there although I still maintain the ACER ASPIRE ONE is the best looking netbook for under £200 for the base model.
So, the black one, in dingy light and with the lid up (which, lets be honest, is what you usually see when working on a laptop, how often do you actually look at the top of your laptop lid???) definitely looked very nice. They didn’t have a battery plugged into it which made the hinges look funny but that’s irrelevant. In essence it looks like a small laptop, whereas the others look like a big childs toy. The black finish with the silver edge definitely added a touch of class and somehow the Samsung seems more of a finished design.
Compared the the white one, the black is definitely more understated. I like the white version as it is that much more overstated, however knowing someone with a white mac and thinking back to the old days of beige computers, I am sure that (especially with the matter top) gradually the colour will fade gently to a subtle beige colour. Maybe this would look nice?!
In other words then, if you want a bit of flare go for the white laptop, you won’t be dissapointed.
If you want a more laptop looking netbook, go for the black unit which still has that touch of class but is that much more understated.
Compare it to an IPOD if you like, people who used the white headphone cables often had their ipods stolen, whereas those with black headphone cables were mostly left alone despite their unit being the same thing!
Hope I’ve made a vague sense!
Oh one other thing, the PCW guy who showed me his White Samsung said he’d bought it for his girlfriend to use… it is a little more girly, but in the same way as macs are loved by girls – doesn’t mean guys can’t use and love them too!