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- habbofresh, on 11/07/2008, -1/+25man I thought the title was $10 netbook.
damn. - BeShirtHappy, on 11/06/2008, -0/+20I know what I'm telling Santa to bring me for Christmas. :) I would like to have something more light-weight and this netbook looks like it would fit the bill.
- netgeek06, on 11/06/2008, -0/+13I would like to get one for this Holiday Season.
- jboitnott, on 11/06/2008, -0/+12Prices are starting to get in really manageable territory. I think I'm going to hold off til next year though to see how low we can go...
- gsgdiggs, on 11/07/2008, -0/+8I hate when the new toys come out for the holidays, it makes the ones I bought last year seem so obsolete.
- MensFitness, on 11/06/2008, -1/+10This just might be going on my Black Friday wish list....
- rusty0101, on 11/07/2008, -0/+8No Linux? No Sale.
From the specs and testing, this system provides nothing spectacular compared to other netbooks, with the possible exception of the express34 socket, which I could care less about. (another USB port and more battery life would have given better results.) They could have alternatively offered a sled as they did for the X12 series of notebooks, with an option for more battery and possibly an optical drive.
But No. So No. It looks like someone else is interested in my business. - decepticrat, on 11/07/2008, -2/+10Umm, are we talking about the same thing here? 'Cause i'd have to completely disagree with you... I'd go so far as to say it was exactly the opposite of a "cheep knockoff." Eee PCs definitely ARE cheap-ass gear, but this IdeaPad S10 looks like it takes the quality UP a few notches.
- AmusedToDeath, on 11/07/2008, -0/+7I want a netbook, but they're still too damned expensive. They could shave $80 to $100 off the price right away by giving you the option to get no OS on it. Something like Xubuntu or Puppy would run great on this, probably better than XP, and do everything that XP does. To me the ideal sweet spot for one of these would be about $199. For $399, I could just get a much more capable full size laptop.
- phantom_mullet, on 11/07/2008, -1/+7They tried to run Crysis, but they couldn't get any benchmark data from the smoldering ashes that were left.
- skeen07, on 11/07/2008, -0/+6Yeh, but I'm still paying for Windows and I'm not going to use it. Though, as I recall, it is possible to "return" it, if you haven't used it. Though...seems like a bit of a hassle.
- clsslc, on 11/06/2008, -14/+20But does it run Crysis?
- Atomic05, on 11/07/2008, -2/+8It might be better to ask if it will play Minesweeper.
- anshuman, on 11/07/2008, -0/+6I got MSIWind 6cell (u100) . fantastic peice. its white . i am itching to load OSx86 on it. but I have gifted it to my sister.
- Ricochetbiscuit, on 11/06/2008, -0/+5Um... no way. This is a netbook and there's no way it's capable of running that game. :) It's just not targeted for apps like that but it's pretty nice for a ultraportable, low power machine.
- freezerburn666, on 11/07/2008, -0/+5me too, maybe one day :/ lol
- Stonekeeper, on 11/07/2008, -1/+6Why pay for windows when you don't want it. you make it sound like it comes for free.
- skeen07, on 11/07/2008, -1/+5Do they not offer a Linux version? Or one without OS installed?
- CharlesSaint, on 11/07/2008, -0/+4I was recently in the market for one of these kinds of laptops, but I ended up settling on the MSI Wind (U100-270). I got mine from Amazon, but here it is on Best Buy http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9078 ...
One thing of note on both the Lenovo and the MSI Wind, and why I ended up going with the wind-- The S10 and the link I posted above come with only a 3 cell lithium Ion battery. There is no 6 cell option for the S10 (to my knowledge); however there is a 6 cell option for the MSI Wind. I ended up getting mine for approx. $500 from Amazon, but that included an extra gig of DDR2 Ram.
Overall I'm very happy with the purchse, and the keyboard is small, but manageable (but wayyy better then other UMPC's I've tested). - jjc5004, on 11/07/2008, -0/+3Thats exactly what I read haha
- ButterLoyalist, on 11/07/2008, -0/+3i have a lenovo t61. WSXGA+, 4gb ram, windows xp, core2duo 2.5 ghz. its pretty nice.
- OJXs, on 11/07/2008, -0/+2Consider an EEEpc 1000HA
same specs, close price, 6cell battery - induren, on 11/07/2008, -4/+6What the heck. I am going blind. I thought it said "Lenovo's $10 Netbook." I was incredulous. Insanity.
Nice article tho. Dugg! - dogfood, on 11/07/2008, -0/+2I just put it an order for an Acer Aspire One. Got it off Woot! for $289 w/ 9" screen, 512MB ram and an 8GB SS drive. Bought an extra gig of ram for $14, and a 16gb SD card for like $40. I can't see why you would want a slow 80GB spinny drive on a netbook. That starting to defeat it's purpose as a lightweight, throw about, travel computer. The atom processors aren't very powerful- your not going to be able to do much work on it aside from web browsing and some light office work.
- inactive, on 11/07/2008, -0/+2Yes, until the motherboard craps out and it has to be sent back on RMA.
- m3mn0n, on 11/07/2008, -0/+2Same here... I think I need some more coffee.
- TheHayze, on 11/07/2008, -2/+4Lenovo is a loss of quality over IBM thinkpads? Since when? But this isn't the ThinkPad line of notebooks we're talking about here, anyway. This is Lenovo's IdeaPad brand, which are generally general consumer based products. ThinkPads are, yes, consumer as well, but they're mainly geared towards business purchases, and business professionals. But, if anything, Lenovo brought a increase in build quality over old IBM ThinkPad notebooks.
Furthermore, this isn't a cheap knock off the Asus Eee, it's competition to the Eee brand. Like the MSI Wind, the Dell Mini 9, or the Acer Aspire One. The more competition in the netbook market, the better they will get. - videographer, on 11/07/2008, -0/+2Don't underestimate the value of the ExpressCard34 slot. In my particular business, some Sony cameras are now recording to ExpressCards (called SxS by Sony) and they aren't cheap. The idea of hauling one of these around on shoots as a data-storage facility (so the cards can be reused) is very appealing . The Lenovo is half the cost of one of the SxS cards.
There is a niche for this... - mrcaulfield, on 11/06/2008, -2/+4great game. and yes, does it?
- dogfood, on 11/07/2008, -0/+2You can type on them at a reasonable speed.
- adlep, on 11/07/2008, -1/+3The review is extremely well written and pleasant to read and follow.
Good job hothardware! - dcherryholmes, on 11/07/2008, -0/+2The S10 will be sold with linux overseas, but only windows will be offered for US versions. Sucks.
- bigteebo, on 11/07/2008, -0/+2I swear 90% of the netbooks out there have almost the exact same plastic clamshell form, just with the ports moved around. I wonder if there's some single company selling these (customized) shells out to all the manufacturers, or there's some licensed use of it. As for ThinkPads in general, they are inexpensive, but not cheap. I love my T60.
- stormbreaker, on 11/07/2008, -0/+2me too...
:( - brotherfranciz, on 11/07/2008, -0/+2Only a 3-cell battery? Meh.
The three primary selling points of netbooks are: portability, low price, and long battery life. - Poblasai, on 11/07/2008, -0/+2Absolutely. Although, it's recommended you play the game at a minimum of 30 frames per second... not per hour.
But hey, if you're into slide shows, I'm sure it would rock. - LeRenard, on 11/07/2008, -0/+1I was thinking the same thing.. My wife and I have a cheepo Acer laptop that's reasonably well featured and has a Merom family processor, and I paid less than 399 for it more than a year ago.
- GordonFree, on 11/07/2008, -2/+3Cheaper than the EeePC? No.
Move on... - jggube, on 11/06/2008, -3/+4Probably not, and even if it did - do you really want to play Crysis on a tiny screen like that? :)
- LeRenard, on 11/07/2008, -0/+1Can anyone recommend an EeePC-like computer (low power, low budget) that has a larger keyboard? The EeePC is just a touch too small for me to be able to use without frustration (I use a model M day to day, so the transition is just too much. I'm also a programmer and spend a lot of time typing).
- brotherfranciz, on 11/07/2008, -0/+1And what are the other reasons? I should remind you that both the Eee 1000 series and the MSI Wind, arguably the two netbook leaders, have 10" screens.
- EvoIII8, on 11/07/2008, -1/+2I have been wanting one of these netbooks but i don't know wich to get. Maybe this is the best?
- dogfood, on 11/07/2008, -0/+1I can't type on a EEE very well either, but the Aspire One is usable. When you travel a lot, having a 2 pound computer is a godsend. Subnotebooks are nice, but you pay a premium for them. I would rather have a powerful desktop or 15" laptop, and pay a few hundred bucks more for a cheap, light machine that I can toss in a backpack for travel, than pay the same amount for a subnotebook.
- Konrad9, on 11/07/2008, -0/+1Jeebus why would you buy this? It's only got a 3 cell battery.
"The battery lasts 3 and a half hours with full brightness!" The one in my Eee 1000H Lasts 5 hours, 6 if I turn down the brightness. - atbnet, on 11/07/2008, -0/+1Hopefully you don't want a black one. I ordered a black Lenovo S10 on August 20th. As of October 31st, when I canceled my order, it had been delayed again for at least a few more weeks.
- JonForTheWin, on 11/07/2008, -0/+1If they knew what they were doing, they'd sell it with Ubuntu with the Clearlooks theme enabled by default.
- chaos86, on 11/08/2008, -0/+1Yeah, but damn that thing is ugly
- richardstaboner, on 11/07/2008, -0/+1Bigger higher-resolution screen, but ultra-portable. I could take notes on something like this in class then toss it in my bag. I would never try and take notes in class or a meeting on a smartphone.
- johnquinn1985, on 11/07/2008, -0/+1Hold off on that for Christmas... or Lifeday... There's the EEEPC 1000h that has an 80g hard drive and 1gig of ram. Lenovo's low-end model comes with an 80g hard drive and only 512g of ram. So any of you who want to play games on it (via image mounting, or external optical drive), will have some issues... Well great. I sounded like a sales person.
- inactive, on 11/07/2008, -0/+0I tried that at a store when the EEE first came out and frankly I could type faster with my thumbs on my phone. Anything smaller than my regular 15.4 Laptop just isn't made for writing more than short messages. I guess it's just personal preference but I still don't understand why it suddenly seems like this:
"Every sign we've seen thus far leads us to believe that netbooks are going to be very popular this holiday shopping season. With good reason, too – they fill a void which has existed since the dawn of mobile computing. "
is a general consensus when nobody ever really cared for subnotebooks which did exactly that for the last decade or two. -
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