The specs seemed to indicate that it would do it. I 'spose I was a little rash to take the plunge and buy a Sammy to try. Well it does. What? Perform just like any other 1.6GHz Windows XP Machine with 1GHz of RAM and a 160GB hard Drive. The Intel Atom Processor means it is small and low in power consumption, high in performance.

Of course being a Netbook what it does not have is an Optical Drive, there just isn't room, the thing is only twice the area of a CD anyway. This means any disk bound software has to be installed from a USB CD Drive or in my case from a Networked Drive.

Installing MS Autoroute from a Networked Drive is not straightforward, it comes up with a message immediately telling you that it can be done but not the way you are trying it. The way that is outlined didn't work for me. Solution is to put the contents of both CD's into one shared folder on the Master Machine and map that folder as a drive on the Slave (Samsung).

I have come across a couple of small problems. My Bluetooth GPS plays up, it has never been easy to pair and is old and slow so a USB GPS Module will be the best solution there. The Samsung Screen Saver and the Samsung Software Updater do not allow for a non administrative account user. Log in using a restricted user account and a. the Updater complains and b. the Screen Saver crashes. In time they will no doubt both have to go, word has it that the Software Updater is not that clever anyway.

For assured safety I am using my fully isolated home brew interface between Netbook and Radios. A poor quality photo, sorry, it has Opto Isolated USB Rig Control and Line Isolation Ttransformers for Audio In and Out.

The Ham Radio Aplications I have tried out up to now are are covered in this video. The 'Sammy' is a Netbook that thinks its a Notebook and does what a Laptop can do.