I often use my N120 with its built-in speakers, but its speakers are  
pretty decent for its size and space constraints. Others, not so much,  
but OK. Headphones do work fine, as does an external speaker.
On May 26, 2009, at 1:18 PM, John Miller wrote:

> I've never had a netbook so don't know, sounds like headphones or  
> external
> speakers are about the only option.
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>
>> On May 26, 2009, at 12:35 PM, John Miller wrote:
>>
>>> the same can be said for a lot of laptops too but there's usually a
>>> way to
>>> play and get them louder if you know what you're doing and where to
>>> look.
>>
>> Not necessarily so with netbooks, unless you feel like dissecting one
>> and replacing its speakers. Netbooks generally have lousy speakers,
>> stuck in the bottom of the machine. There are some notable  
>> exceptions,
>> of course. The Samsung N120 (which I got recently) has decent  
>> speakers
>> for its size, somewhere along the lines of a portable DVD player in
>> quality and volume. Melanie's Acer Aspire One, on the other hand, has
>> pretty lousy speakers.

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