Consider what I'm about to give you an opinionated hands-on--our Go is currently gone (to the labs, that is), but I stole a few minutes with it kicking the tires so that I could tell you exactly what to expect.

It's kind of hard not to start with the case. The Go is a little weighty for a netbook, but you don't notice that when you see the curved corners, which almost make it seem slimmer than what its measurements (10.3 by 7.3 by 1.1 inches) indicate. (It is still a little bigger than the , though.) Its standout design makes it pop compared with many basic, boxy netbooks on the scene. The only problem: Did Samsung really need to emblazon its corporate logo in a 20,000-point font across the lid? I get that the company wants a little recognition for a good job, but there are more subtle ways to do it. Like neon lights.

That rounded design, with a rubberized shell, fools you into thinking that the Go is more rugged than it really is (kind of like the Latitude 2100). It comes in four hues: Mint Blue, Midnight Blue, Sunset Orange, and Jet Black. A little rubber stopper covers the VGA port and a flap covers the ethernet jack, but everything else sits out there just as you'd expect. But before I bore you with the standard litany of netbook ports, I'd like to talk about something else that pops with color: the 10.1-inch screen.

Like most netbooks, it has a native resolution of 1024 by 600 pixels. If you want something higher (good luck), you could always plug into a VGA port. The LED-backlit, glossy screen is nicely ensconced into the housing. I had to push the screen back to roughly a 45-degree angle; but once it was in that position, I could watch test video locally from the machine and streamed from Hulu with fairly crisp results. Not much in the way of a distracting glare, either, I'm happy to report. Unfortunately, one thing I can't report on at the moment is the audio. I didn't have time to reinstall the audio drivers before returning the Go to the PC World Test Center for our full suite of tests.

But I can tell you how the keyboard feels. The cut-out keys leave little islands of buttons floating on the surface. Since they're reasonably well spaced, typing on them is a breeze--so much so, that you have to go out of your way to hit the wrong key accidentally. And, I must say, the keyboard works very well.