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TechnoTV - Lenovo S10 10.2-Inch Ideapad (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, XP Home) White
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List Price: $449.99
Our Price: $379.99
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Manufacturer: Lenovo
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Binding: Personal Computers
Brand: Lenovo
Color: White
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 1.6
CPU Type: Intel Core Solo
Display Size: 10.2
EAN: 0884343333243
Feature: Ultra mobility, only 1.04inch and 2.4lbs, easy to take anywhere
Floppy Disk Drive Description: None
Hard Disk Size: 160
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Lenovo
Manufacturer: Lenovo
Model: S10
Modem Description: None
Processor Count: 1
Publisher: Lenovo
Studio: Lenovo
System Bus Speed: 533
System Memory Size: 1000
System Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Variation Description: White
Warranty: 1 year warranty
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Features
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Ultra mobility, only 1.04inch and 2.4lbs, easy to take anywhere
10.2 inch size LED back light screen, comfortable and green
Peace of mind, Reliable, affordable and easy to use
Power by Intel Atom processor, powerful and long battery life together
Battery:3 Cell Lithium-Ion
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Solid Performer
Comment: This is an excellent machine. I chose it over the competition for the large display, standard touchpad configuration (buttons below), large/fast hard drive, and my past experience with Lenovo -- their hardware is usually top-notch.
The screen is excellent. It feels like a slightly shorter version of my 12" ThinkPad X60s screen. I notice no difference in image quality, and no eye strain.
The keyboard is acceptable. I have no trouble typing at decent speed, though I need to concentrate a bit more. I was worried about the placement of the right Shift key, but in practice I haven't even noticed it.
The touchpad is surprisingly effective for being so small. And the standard placement of the mouse buttons, below the pad, was a deal-maker for me. This enables true one-handed use, though the buttons are a bit hard to press, and loud.
Overall build quality is up to the usual Lenovo standards: the machine is solid and conservative. The size is everything I hoped -- the machine carries like a modest book. It does feel heavier than I hoped, however. Even though it is very lightweight, it is dense: losing another half pound would improve the feel. There was a slight abrasion or finish flaw in the touchpad area, but that seems to have disappeared with use.
Performance is generally excellent. I've loaded a dozen or more large software applications and they all run well. I don't see performance being an issue for this machine in most mainstream applications. It does run a little hot -- might not feel good in the lap on a summer day. But a little padding solves that problem. I have not done a true battery benchmark, but Windows reports over 2 hours of battery life when fully charged. That's adequate for light use unplugged, but one could hope for better. (Lack of a 6-cell battery is the only real flaw in this machine's spec in my opinion, but that is being corrected by Lenovo and 3rd parties.)
The generous hard disk comes configured as approximately 100 GB C: and 30 GB D: drives, and a hidden recovery partition. The included OneKey Recovery software is adequate (I've already tested it several times), but a bit awkward. Lenovo does not currently sell recovery disks for this machine, in case of hard drive failure. Be forewarned to backup and make recovery disks as soon as possible after booting the machine for the first time. OneKey doesn't work as most other such tools by creating recovery disks from the factory image on the hidden partition. Rather it only creates a bootable disk set from a user backup. So if you charge ahead and load up the machine with software, your "recovery" disk set will be enormous.
In a nutshell, the Lenovo IdeaPad S10 is a solid performer. It compares very favorably to my ThinkPad X60s, which cost nearly 10 times as much only two years ago. And that is amazing.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Nice little machine
Comment: I purchased this netbook yesterday and really like it, so far. I have gotten about three hours of use on a full charge, with the low-power option on and the screen brightness turned down. Even at a low level of brightness (next-to-lowest setting), the screen is still well-lit enough for easy viewing. After getting the unit out of the box, I had it set up and was online within just a few minutes. I have not yet upgraded the 1GB memory, but I have not experienced any significant problems with moderate use (e.g., watching videos on Youtube, using the webcam, having multiple websites open at once).
I researched several netbooks online and physically compared the ones I could at some retailers (Circuit City, Best Buy, etc.), prior to purchasing. Although the Asus seems to get good reviews, I was leery of buying one without having the chance to look at it physically first, and there seem to be a few quality issues that keep popping up in the reviews of the Asus and which are requiring returns/replacement of some of these units, whereas I have not seen these issues mentioned in any reviews of the Lenovo. The keyboards on the MSI and HP seem slightly larger, but this keyboard is adequate, and, significantly, this unit feels a little more solid than the Acer and the MSI. As others have noted, I also plan to purchase a six cell battery at some point in the future.
The primary reasons I'm not giving this unit a five-star review are: (1) the need to purchase the six-cell battery; (2) the keyboard could be just a mite larger; and (3) the fact that it only has two USB ports. Given the tradeoffs among the various netbook makes and models currently on the market, however, I honestly don't know that I would have given any of them a five-star rating with no reservations. Nevertheless, at less than $400, the Lenovo S10 is a good buy, and I am very pleased so far with this purchase.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Best value
Comment: With all the junk in the market these days, I'd been dreading the purchase of a new computer for a long while until I found the Lenovo Ideapad S10 "large capacity" model. (Mine's black.) Even though I paid full MSRP, I think it's the best value on the market.
My only real complaint is with keyboard layout. I would like to be able to hold the Fn key to use the left and right arrow keys for Home and End, and the up and down arrows for PgUp and PgDn. Given how complete the keyboard is, I'm also surprised that there isn't a "mute" key.
For desktop use, I connect a full-size USB keyboard and plug in a monitor, which gives me a second desktop. Having only 2 USB ports is a little tight, especially since I usually keep a Bluetooth adapter in one and a CDMA modem in the other.
The Atom and aggressive power management perform well for only a 3-cell battery, giving me usually about 2 hours of use on a full charge. I often use my S10 in my car (and with the addition of a Velco strip, it sits on my Subaru's cup holder), giving me music, Internet email and Web (via a USB CDMA modem), GPS, etc.; on longer trips, I plug the AC adapter into a small inverter. I'm also pleased to see that there's a third-party 6-cell battery available on Amazon.
Windows XP comes installed, but erroneously indicates two processors, though it's really just due to the hyperthreading ability of the one Atom N270 processor. I'm a little annoyed that Lenovo did not include a Windows XP installation CD (even though the S10 has not CD drive), but haven't yet called them for one. (I find that Windows often requires re-installation.)
The 160GB HDD is a Hitachi (my favorite brand, and not surprising since Lenovo and Hitachi are both effectively ex-IBM). The overhead and one-touch restore feature leave only about 100 GiB usable, which is still plenty, even after installing Fedora 10 Linux to make it dual-boot. (Doing this was surprisingly easy, as I could boot from a USB memory drive while trying it, then didn't need to erase anything to repartition the HDD and install Linux.)
Little kids especially like the built-in camera.
The Lenovo Ideapad S10 "large capacity" is the best computer deal I've found.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Most Satisfactory Product
Comment: I am using it mainly for communication emails, Internet and music.
I find Lenovo S10, most friendly for the USER:
Keyboard is very comfortable. You do not feel that the key's size is 85% of the big latops ones, weighing 2.5-3 Kg each.
The Zoom function (under the VIEW tag function) is a good technique to customize the view of the text, or any other image, according to your needs, subject to how the obeject is seen, or read, on the screen.
Using it, you actually feel, the newly up to date level, of software and hardware contained in this Netbook, as a good answer to the other netbooks having been launched into the world markets.
One disadvantage is the view of photos: you have to scroll it up/down in order to look at the complete photo size information. I want to adjust zoom to see the whole photo, contained into the 10" screen size, without being forced to use the scroll key. I want to see the complete photo image, in one screen. I have not tried, the ZOOM function on photos yet. Having full confidence in the product , I am sure, there is a solution available.
I received my new Lenovo S10 on 7th DEC 2008.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Lenovo S10 Wins Close Decision Over Aspire One
Comment: 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.
The Keyboard is just about as close to a full sized notebook as you'll come. It's more comfortable and responsive than the Acer which is not bad in it's own right.
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. Prowl around Amazon and Ebay. You might get lucky!
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!
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Editorial Reviews:
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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.
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