We think the Netpal could easily suit a slightly younger age range

Calendar September 7, 2010 | Posted by admin

We think the Netpal could easily suit a slightly younger age range. But remember: Disney is known for entertainment, not for learning tools. If you want educational games for your children, you’re on your own.

Stocked with powerful parts and useful extras, these entertainment notebooks are heavy, hot-running, and short on life. Plus, they don’t come cheap—expect prices to start at around $1,200.

Two months ago, we would have crowned this king among 10-inch netbooks, but the recent arrival of the Samsung NC10 puts the 1002HA in a very close second-place position behind the Samsung, which offers similar specs but a better keyboard and longer battery life for the same $499 price.

Based on Intel’s Centrino Duo platform, our well-equipped review unit came with a 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 processor, 2GB of RAM, 256MB nVidia GeForce Go 7300 graphics, and a 160GB hard drive spinning at 5,400rpm.

In terms of graphics, you shouldn’t get your hopes up. The UC7807u’s integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD (with up to 1.7GB of video memory) managed just 800 on Futuremark’s 3DMark06 (at 1,024×768 resolution)—again, just a little below the Lenovo SL300’s score.

It completed our Cinebench 10 test with a score of 4,010, which is good for its size. Finally, battery life is not this system’s strength.

Its six-cell battery lasted only 2 hours and 20 minutes on our DVD rundown test, which is about 20 minutes shorter than the average thin-and-light, and unfortunately, you can’t buy a second battery or an extended battery for this system.

This combination of components delivered 4,656 on Futuremark’s PCMark05—a good score for a mainstream laptop. The unit also fared well on our Windows Media Encoder (1 minute and 11 seconds) and Cinebench 9.5 tests (a score of 677).

With a starting price of $1,529 (our test configuration comes in at $2,039) the S6510 isn’t cheap. But it’s priced in line with other powerful portables that cram a lot of technology into a thin package.

That’s just 12 seconds slower than the Alienware M17x and 16 seconds slower than the Eurocom M980U XCaliber, both of which are high-end gaming notebooks with weights more than double that of the Envy 15.

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