Friday, February 13, 2009
Review of Lenovo IdeaPad S10
Posted on 8:07 AM by Shujah Ur Rehman
Review of Lenovo IdeaPad S10Full review of Lenovo IdeaPad S10
Seeing that a majority of netbooks are based on the Intel Atom N270 CPU, GMA950 graphics, and Windows XP Home as the operating system (the s10 being no exception), you have to look at what other features it brings to the table. Besides the eye-pleasing and MacBook-like design, the base model of Lenovo's S10 is actually not that well equipped compared to similar netbooks. It has an 80GB hard drive and only 512MB of RAM, although most buyers will probably throw in an extra $50 and get the 160GB hard drive Performance and Battery Life
In our WorldBench test, the S10 delivered a score of 29, which is a slightly lower score than the competition, but this can probably be attributed to the 512MB of RAM. Upgrade to a gig of RAM and you will probably see an improvement to a score in line with other netbooks. According to Lenovo, you should be able to get almost 4 hours of battery life, but in the real world - with Wi-Fi on and screen brightness turn up - you'll be lucky to get 3:30 out of the 3-cell battery. This is to be expected from a 3-cell, but it would have been nice to at least have the option to get it with a 6-cell. and 1GB RAM. Lenovo IdeaPad S10 Technical Specifications
Processor 1.6GHz Atom N270
Memory 512MB
Harddrive 80GB
OS Windows XP Home
Weight 2.4lbs
Screen 10.2 inches
Screen resolution 1024x600
Graphic Card Intel GMA950
Seeing that a majority of netbooks are based on the Intel Atom N270 CPU, GMA950 graphics, and Windows XP Home as the operating system (the s10 being no exception), you have to look at what other features it brings to the table. Besides the eye-pleasing and MacBook-like design, the base model of Lenovo's S10 is actually not that well equipped compared to similar netbooks. It has an 80GB hard drive and only 512MB of RAM, although most buyers will probably throw in an extra $50 and get the 160GB hard drive Performance and Battery Life
In our WorldBench test, the S10 delivered a score of 29, which is a slightly lower score than the competition, but this can probably be attributed to the 512MB of RAM. Upgrade to a gig of RAM and you will probably see an improvement to a score in line with other netbooks. According to Lenovo, you should be able to get almost 4 hours of battery life, but in the real world - with Wi-Fi on and screen brightness turn up - you'll be lucky to get 3:30 out of the 3-cell battery. This is to be expected from a 3-cell, but it would have been nice to at least have the option to get it with a 6-cell. and 1GB RAM. Lenovo IdeaPad S10 Technical Specifications
Processor 1.6GHz Atom N270
Memory 512MB
Harddrive 80GB
OS Windows XP Home
Weight 2.4lbs
Screen 10.2 inches
Screen resolution 1024x600
Graphic Card Intel GMA950
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I am typing this message from an old Thinkpad with Linux.I bought a new Thinkpad earlier this year for my main laptop. I am perfectly happy with the build quality of both machines.
I am going to get S10 probably from Best Buy; Lenovo does charge $19 for shipping - not free like the author stated.
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