“Some people like glossy screens and think they look, I don’t know, shinier I guess.”

Clarity. Ever heard of it?

since the battery is available separately (i believe) why not just put the bigger battery in the old unit? is the old touchpad that bad?

Well, the real question is “how much better is the new touchpad?” If the amazon pic is the only one available, we can't tell.

If you didn't already have the NC10, I would guess that buying the special edition will be cheaper than buying the older version and an extended battery separately. That's certainly true of other netbooks.

Pine Trail is the platform for Intel's Pineview refresh of the Atom CPU, which will be here later this year in single-core format for netbooks. I believe the main difference will be that Pineview will have integrated graphics on the CPU itself and thus will be closer to System-on-a-Chip. I think there are also some power savings with the new platform, and maybe higher CPU clocks? Although that isn't really a priority for Intel I don't think.

People have complained about the NC10 touchpad being too small (I've never used one), and there seems to be a general notion that the ASUS 1000 series touchpads are bigger and better. This is important to me because the widescreen (= short screen) format requires constant vertical scrolling to read webpages, scan email, etc. I think reliable two-finger scrolling might offset this problem, but I don't trust dedicated scroll areas, because the one on my current laptop is too jerky to be useful.

I think this new NC10 would be a very good competitor to the Asus 1000HE if it had the new N280 processor, and I would guess it will later. (I realize that the N280 may not be much of a change without the new chipset, but it's a nice little bit of lagniappe

The touchpad isn't that bad with a little help (see the NC10 thread). I would take a larger touchscreen if I could graft it onto my current NC10. While more time is always better, I haven't ever thought I needed more time on my NC10 battery. The glossy screen is a deal breaker. Glad I have the older model.

NOT to be the devil's advocate or anything, but Samsung is claiming the glossy screen will have an anti-reflective coating. I suggest that no one judge this updated NC10 until they actually see one in person ——– it may not be as glossy you might think

You're right, no one wants a glossy screen. Except most people who buy computers.

I'd direct you to the Ars Technica article that laid to waste once and for all the myth that matte screens are anything but a mess of snowiness, spakliness, and warped perspective, but I can't be arsed. Your low visual acuity is the source of your preference.

Many thanks for that link, thequinox.
A very well written and presented article. The pictures speak a thousand words – raddled with reflections. Methinks it's clear who has the visual acuity problems if they cannot see what is hitting them between the eyes!

Since computers became toys for the masses, “Most people who buy computers” haven't a clue. If it's shiny and bright, they are dazzled into brain fade. Or possibly suffering from impaired vision. Undoubtedly some of them ARE idiots, as per the article.