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October 2008
(78%)
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The editors liked
Small and light
Easy to use
Very well built and durable
Easy to upgrade RAM
And hard drive
Comes with Bluetooth
ExpressCard slot offers extra expansion options
Small and light but well built and durable
VeriFace provides simple security
Easy to upgrade RAM and hard drive
6cell battery is great
Stylish looks and small footprint
Display has good viewing angles
Fast hard drive
ExpressCard slot
Nice design
Nice screen
Good connectivity
Easy access to upgrade
Runs the Intel Atom platform. Big 10-inch screen. Very light. 160GB hard drive. ExpressCard slot.
ExpressCard Slot
Small Dimensions For 10inch Screen Unit
Easy Access To Drive And Memory For Upgrades
Excellent build quality
Decent keyboard
Large hard disk
Nice bright matte screen
Roomy hard drive
Decent looks.
Includes ExpressCard slot
Decent keyboard.
ExpressCard expansion slot
Card reader supports both SD and Memory Stick
Good speakers
Inexpensive
Small and compact
160GB hard drive
ExpressCard slot and Bluetooth
Price
Amazing combination of price and performance. Sophisticated
Decidedly nontoylike styling. Touchtyping is as easy as it gets in this category.
Great software suite for a netbook
Some smart nips and tucks
Huge hard drive
Great backup utility software
The editors didn't like
Gets a little hot
White plastics give this serious computer a "toylike" appearance
Only two USB ports
3cell battery is nice
6cell battery would be better
Quick Start OS is nice
But not entirely practical
What happened to Bluetooth?
Small keyboard
Warm temperatures
Short battery life
Funky keyboard
Loud track buttons
Mediocre base specifications
Needs a bigger battery. Noisy mouse buttons. Its 90 percent keyboard falls short of the competition.
Runs Very Warm
Only Available With ThreeCell Battery
Just Two USB Ports Due to ExpressCard Slot
Small trackpad
And they’re on opposite sides of the machine.
No SSD hard drive options
Unimpressive battery life.
Cramped keyboard
No extended battery option
No optical drive
White laptop
White power brick
Black power cable
Epic design fail! Some trouble getting USB hard drives recognized. Subtwohour battery life and slightly dim screen are letdowns on an otherwise nearperfect device.RAM Size
Amazing combination of price and performance. Sophisticated, decidedly nontoylike styling. Touchtyping is as easy as it gets in this category.
White laptop, white power brick, black power cable: Epic design fail! Some trouble getting USB hard drives recognized. Subtwohour battery life and slightly dim screen are letdowns on an otherwise nearperfect device.RAM Size: 1 GB (goes up to 1.5 GB) Clock...
Small and light, Easy to use, Very well built and durable, Easy to upgrade RAM, and hard drive, Comes with Bluetooth, ExpressCard slot offers extra expansion options
Gets a little hot, White plastics give this serious computer a "toylike" appearance, Only two USB ports, 3cell battery is nice, 6cell battery would be better
Is the Lenovo IdeaPad S10 the best netbook currently on the market and the best value for your dollar? Well, the answer isnt simple, particularly considering the way that new netbooks seem to arrive every week. The S10 does several things right that w...
Small and light; ExpressCard expansion slot; card reader supports both SD and Memory Stick; good speakers; inexpensive
Cramped keyboard; no extended battery option; no optical drive
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Published: 2008-09-30, Author: Dan , review by: cnet.com
Includes ExpressCard slot; decent keyboard.
No SSD hard drive options; unimpressive battery life.
Lenovos "me, too!" entry in the Netbook sweepstakes, the IdeaPad S10, gets the price and features right, but falls behind on battery life. Specifications: Processor: Intel Atom (1.6 GHz); RAM installed: 512 MB DDR2 SDRAM; Weight: 2.6 lbs; See full spe...
Stylish looks and small footprint, Display has good viewing angles, Fast hard drive, ExpressCard slot
Small keyboard, Warm temperatures, Short battery life
It seems like there’s a new netbook being released every other week, usually with the same basic specs: a 9- or 10-inch screen, an Intel Atom Processor running at 1.6 GHz, a three- or six-cell battery, and either a modest 5,400-rpm hard drive or a l...
Abstract: If the Lenovo IdeaPad S10 had come along 6 months ago, we probably would have crowned it the best little netbook around. But after having seen the likes of the Eee PC 1000H and the HP Mini 1001TU, the Lenovo comes off looking a little second-best. Take...
Light, sturdy, perfect for surfing the Web and using as a journal during your travels, ExpressCard/34 slot
Gets a little warm, the standard battery didn’t last two hours in our tests
The S10 is a refined netbook that possesses good looks and solid construction. It’s easy to use and perfect for travellers and students who don’t want to cart around more than 1.4kg (including the power adapter). ...
