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Lenovo IdeaPad S10 – Atom N270 / 1.6 GHz – RAM 512 MB – HDD 80 GB – GMA 950 – WLAN : 802.11b/g – Win XP Home – 10.2″ Widescreen TFT 1024 x 600 WSVGA – camera – white – Microsoft Office Ready Best Price
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Lenovo IdeaPad S10 – Atom N270 / 1.6 GHz – RAM 512 MB – HDD 80 GB – GMA 950 – WLAN : 802.11b/g – Win XP Home – 10.2″ Widescreen TFT 1024 x 600 WSVGA – camera – white – Microsoft Office Ready Description:
Enjoy more perks with increased portability. The IdeaPad S10 notebook makes it easy to get connected, anytime, anywhere.And it’s designed to keep pace with your busy lifestyle, possibly even simplify it. At a mere 2.65 lbs and about one inch thin, it’s so light and portable you can take it wherever your day takes you. Plus it’s loaded with thoughtful standard features to make your life a little easier. It features a winning combination of mobile technology and exceptional engineering at a fantastic price.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2671 in Personal Computers
- Brand: Lenovo
- Dimensions: 3.00 pounds
- CPU: PowerPC G4 1.6 GHz
- Memory: 2000MB SDRAM
- Hard Disk: 1GB
- Processors: 1
- Display size: 10.2
Features
- Box Contents – Lenovo IdeaPad S10-1208UW Netbook, 3-Cell Battery Pack, AC Adapter;
- Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz Processor
- 512KB L2 Cache, 533MHz Bus Speed
- 512 MB DDR2 (PC2-5300) RAM Max – 1.5 GB
- 80 GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive
- Software Bundle – Windows XP Home with Service Pack 2, Norton Internet Security 2008 90-Day Subscription
Customer Reviews:
Why I wound up with the S10 and I’m GLAD!
(I posted this to a forum discussion but felt it might do some good here as well.)
I originally bought the tiny Asus eee PC for a good friend, basically as an “upgraded thumb drive with a screen” capable of web browsing. Needless to say, with Linux, a 4 gb “drive…” wi-fi, web cam and not much else, it was pretty sad and limited – but at the same time, it clearly showed some potential. But let me be perfectly clear: DON’T buy one of these…. It’s basically a quirky toy. I can’t tell you about the newer models.
I decided to pick up an Acer Aspire One for myself and overall, I was extremely pleased. With the familiar XP interface and a 160gb drive, a noticeably better web cam and far better performance via the extra 512 memory even running XP. It felt substantial, the monitor was gorgeous, keyboard far better than the baby Asus, battery life was good – but not great. The only rub came when it was time to upgrade the memory. The Aspire One came with one gb on board with the potential to add only an additional 512 memory chip. Still, every bit helps on the small netbooks.
And there’s when you find the nightmare. The Aspire One is an absolute NIGHTMARE to upgrade memory OR replace a hard drive. It involves removing the keyboard, the mainboard, numerous levels of wires, screws and connectors. There are “how to videos” on YouTube – but they are not for the faint of heart.
While I could have gone on being generally happy with the Acer, I was really disappointed in the absolutely and uncharacteristically WRONGHEADEDNESS (for Acer especially) of this consumer unfriendly design flaw – especially since there is an easy access door on the bottom that only leads to an empty compartment for a possible future LAN card upgrade which many, if not most, users will never use. Then there was a growing amount of consumer complaints concerning overheating, thermal shutdowns, defective fans and more. Two more of my friends has bought Aspires after seeing and playing with my machine and one friend nearly immediately had thermal problems. Not a good average.
The final “temptation” to switch came when Lenovo managed to release it’s S10 model with the 10.2 inch screen earlier than expected. Among the most prominent kudos in almost every review was the absolute EASE OF CONSUMER UPGRADE. One panel on the bottom accesses BOTH your *hard drive and memory slot. You can upgrade *either or both easily in under five minutes. I had the extra half gig in and running with virtually no effort nor silliness and the little extra punch made the already speedy little machine feel even quicker. Definitely worth the time and small price.
The unit feels light but sturdy, much like the Aspire. The monitor is simply spectacular! Bright and crisp!
*Note: Among Lenovo’s more interesting features is a “one button restore” feature which enables the user to restore the hard drive back to the original factory computer configuration with all original programs and drivers intact and ready to go should something turn the drive into an unrecoverable basket case. (Of course this is why God invented ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE and made it so easy to use…)
BE WARNED: IF YOU PHYSICALLY REPLACE YOUR EXISTING HARD DRIVE, LENOVO’S MANUAL SAYS THAT THE ONE BUTTON RESTORE FEATURE WILL NO LONGER WORK. So far, I have not been able to get a clear answer as to whether another drive cloned with Acronis WILL work or not as the restore function seems to depend on files already stored on the original drive and not some physical recognition scheme. I can’t help but believe that a clone, even one of a different sized hard drive SHOULD be recognized, but I’m not going to risk the restore feature just to experiment right now. I’ll just save an identical sized clone drive for down the road.
Strangely – VERY strangely – probably the biggest reason I switched came from the difference in the 10.2 in screen. I’m a newspaper reporter and I frequently have to do photos and graphics modifications on site. You will be absolutely amazed in the jump from 8.9″ to 10.2″. ESPECIALLY when you are doing something that you have ABSOLUTELY NO BUSINESS DOING on a netbook… RE: Graphics mods and retouching.
So all in all, it’s really close. I’ve had great luck with Acer products over the years, but this time the LENOVO S10 just had a “LITTLE” too much of an extra edge to ignore.
BTW, regardless of which netbook anyone finally decides on, I should share that I was able to find one of the new Total Micro Technologies flat Power Station batteries [...] and these things are nothing short of AMAZING! They generally run over $400 each but I was able to find a gentleman who overstocked for a major project and bought two brand new for $99 each. Long story short: They will power the LENOVO with FULL POWER, NORMAL TO HIGH VOLUME, FULL SCREEN BRIGHTNESS, EXTERNAL USB DRIVE AND DVD for WELL OVER SEVEN CONTINUOUS HOURS. Try a little searching on Amazon or Ebay. It just might pay off for you as well.
Hope this helps! Do remember to check out the ACER, ASUS and LENOVO USER FORUMS – especially under TROUBLESHOOTING and KNOWN ISSUES before you take the final plunge. Good luck!
great netbook
I personally love this netbook. I ordered it from lenovo.com. I got it in 4 days compared to the dell inspiron mini9 which I waited for over 2 months for….the s10 is very easy to use, with great features. The screen is much bigger than the asus eee pc. the keyboard is a little bigger for easier typing, and overall it is easy to get used to. The graphics are nice, and it is light weight. The specs may not be as good as some other netbooks, but the netbook is easy to upgrade. all you have to do it pop open the lid in the back of it, and put in or take out the desired parts.
Great Look, Excellent notebook
I ordered the white s10 on Lenovo website when they had 15% off in August 08. But only white, black and red were available.
Waited long time (about 1 month) to receive this one. It was light, small but big enough screen for web surfing and other light task windows programs.
The battery life lasts about 3 hours with the “super power save” mode that come with the S10 and it is only 3 cell battery. They could have used 6 cell battery for longer operating hours.
Better looking than HP, ACER, MSI and Eee PC
The 8.9″ Acer aspire one is the same size but a little thicker than S10 and costs the same even though aspire one have bigger memory, hard drive and 6 cell battery. The 8.9″ screen on aspire one makes it thicker edges next the LCD screen when compares with S10, this is the main reason I don’t like aspire one.
Pros:
Stylish, light weight, build-in mic and webcam,
no other junk software installed (very clean),
80GB hard drive.
Bright screen, 10.2″ not 8.9″ or 7″. Great Vaule.
Thin screen edge.
Fast boot up.
Cons:
3 cell battery, hard drive is partitioned to 2 sections.
Update:
I put 1×2 GB Crucial PC2-5300 on Ideapad S10, it showed 2GB in Windows XP, not 2.5 GB.
Only 1 slot available in S10 and so maximum memory is 2GB. This means the on board 512 MB is not used by the system.
Also tried putting 1 GB memory and it showd 1.5 GB total in XP.
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