NVIDIA ION-powered Samsung N510 coming to America next month

I just got word from Samsung that the company plans to start shipping the Samsung N510 laptop in the US in September. The laptop packs an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, HDMI output, and it uses the NVIDIA ION platform, which bundles a low power Intel Atom processor with an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor. In other words, you’ll be able to handle HD video, including Blu-Ray playback on a machine that barely uses any more energy than a typical netbook.

Those extra features will come at a price. The Samsung N510 will have a suggested real price of $599 at launch, which is significantly higher than the typical netbook price tag. But you know as well as I do that retailers will probably begin undercutting the MSRP almost immediately, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see this laptop go for $569 or less before the end of September.

Posted on Monday, August 10th, 2009, 5:34 pm by Brad
Tags: samsung, samsung n510

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BoloMKXXVIII

No matter how good this unit is, with that price it is going to sit on the shelves.

wanorris

$600 with a CULV, sure. $600 with an Atom? Tough sell.

Likely battery life notwithstanding, though, sounds like a good system.

jez -samsung netbook community

Good news Brad, thanks for sharing. Looks like no chance of shipping with Win 7 but I think we knew that. I look forward to seeing what a ION powered netbook can deliver!

dbg78

Just because customers demand a better configuration doesn't mean you can charge them a higher price. Bad on Samsung!

Name

Compared to the N510, the NC20 initially cost $549 (http://www.liliputing.com/2009/04/samsung-nc20-...). This means Samsung is charging $50 for the ION, 1 GB more of RAM, and 90GB more HD space. When you tally it up, it's not a bad deal, but when compared to other products now in the category, $599 won't be able to compete.

On a different note, I hope Samsung got rid of the glossy screens. I also hope Nvidia worked out the kinks in the ION to play Adobe Flash (not just BluRay) fullscreen without stuttering.

Name

Note: My N510 specs are coming from the LAPTOP Mag article
(http://blog.laptopmag.com/samsungs-ion-based-n5...) which says 2GB ram, 250GB hdd.

Mark

This looks like a fantastic system, depending on the operating system choices.

Will this be available with Linux? The nvidia chipset is the only one that supports media acceleration (VDPAU) so I am very excited. However, I will never buy a computer that comes with a Windows license - please offer a non-Windows version Samsung.