Price: The Asus model costs around $380 while the Samsung netbook will set you back around $410. Although the price difference is minimal, the price conscious may find this to be a determining factor in choosing between the two.
Winner: The ASUS Eee PC 1000HE 10-Inch netbook.
Design: The Asus netbook sports a sturdy and practical design. It has a semi-glossy exterior and stand-alone keyboard buttons (like Apple keyboards) that looks pretty good. The Samsung model on the other hand has a high glass exterior with the Samsung logo embossed in shiny silver fonts in the middle. Although they are roughly of the same size, the NC10 looks smaller due to its sleeker design.
Winner: The Samsung NC10-14GBK 10.2-Inch netbook.
Specs: The Samsung netbook is powered by a 1.6GHZ processor while the Eee is powered by a slightly faster 1.66GHZ processor. Both models runs on 1GB of RAM that is upgradeable to 2GB. They also have a 160GB hard drive, but the Eee comes with an additional 10GB of online storage. The Asus has an LED backlight screen while the NC10 as a regular LCD screen.
Winner: The ASUS Eee PC 1000HE 10-Inch netbook.
Battery Life: Asus has gone to great lengths to extend the battery life of its netbooks. Thanks to its Super Hybrid Engine technology and the energy efficient LED screen, the Asus Eee netbook can last up to 9 hours on a single charge (on power saving mode). The Samsung NC10 is also pretty impressive with over 8 hours of use on a single charge.
Winner: The ASUS Eee PC 1000HE 10-Inch netbook (this is a close one).
Considering that both models have very similar features, there are very little reasons to justify spending the extra $30 on the Samsung NC10 (unless you just love the design). Although Asus is a relatively small company compared to Samsung, Asus is after all, the pioneer when it comes to netbooks.
Overall Winner: ASUS Eee PC 1000HE 10-Inch netbook
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