Lenovo Ideapad S10e

The Lenovo Ideapad S10e is a netbook with a 10-inch display. The 10-inch display comes with a resolution of 1,024×576 pixels. The S10e comes with the Intel Atom N270 CPU and Intel 945GSE chipset. It also has 1GB of RAM. There’s the optional Bluetooth and 802.11b/g wireless which both act as the netbook’s wireless capabilities. The Ideapad S10e has two USB ports, one Ethernet port, microphone and headphone ports, one SD memory card reader and one ExpressCard/34 slot. The S10e comes with a 2,800mAh power cell and it can last for around two hours. This 10-inch netbook measures 250mm x 28mm x 183mm and weighs 1.1kg. It comes with a matte black chassis. It is available in the color, gray. It is sold at the price of $400.

Specifications
The Lenovo Ideapad S10e measures 9.8in (W) x 7.2in (D) x 1.1in (H) and weighs 2.6 lbs. Built-in devices are stereo speakers and a wireless LAN antenna. This netbook runs on Windows XP and it also features and includes a Windows Linux GUI otherwise known as the ‘Lenovo QuickStart’. The Lenovo QuickStart is a feature whereby when the user switches on the netbook, it takes five seconds to log on to its quickstart and several icons will be present such as a Web browser, a music player, a photo gallery, instant messenger and Skype chat. This widescreen netbook comes with the wireless capabilities of IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b. Processor is an Intel Atom N270 / 1.6 GHz with the data bus speed of 553MHz. The processor features the hyper-threading technology. The chipset type is Mobile Intel 945GSE Express. Cache memory is the L2 cache with a cache size of 512KB. RAM installed on this netbook is 512 MB with a maximum upgrade to 1.5GB. RAM technology is DDR2 SDRAM – 667 MHz with the memory specification compliance being PC2-5300. The RAM form factor is SO DIMM 200-pin and the provided memory is soldered. For the storage controller purposes, the storage controller type is Serial ATA and its interface is Serial ATA-300. For storage purposes, there’s an 80GB portable hard drive in this netbook with its features being ATA 150, 5400 rpm. A card reader is featured on the S10e which is a 4 in 1 card reader and it supports flash memory cards such as Memory Stick, MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card and Memory Stick Pro. The Ideapad S10e has a 10.1in display with TFT active matrix with the maximum resolution is 1024 x 576 (WSVGA) and it’s a widescreen display with LED backlit. For video purposes, there’s the Intel GMA 950 Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0 and for audio, there’s a sound card with Realtek ALC269, its high definition audio and it has a stereo microphone. An integrated camera is featured with a sensor resolution of 1.3 megapixels. Input devices are a keyboard and a touchpad. For networking purposes, there’s a network adapter and it supports wireless LAN. Wireless NIC is Broadcom BCM4312 with the data link protocol being Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g and Fast Ethernet and lastly, the network standards are IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11g. For connectivity purposes, there are expansion slots such as 1 (1) x Memory – SO DIMM 200-pin, 1 (1) x ExpressCard/34 and there are also interfaces on the S10e which are 2 x Hi-Speed USB – 4 pin USB Type A, 1 x Network – Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX – RJ-45, 1 x Microphone – Input – Mini-phone 3.5 mm, 1 x Headphones – Output – Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm and 1 x Display/video – VGA – 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15).
Other features on this netbook include power-on password, hard drive password, administrator password and a security lock slot with the cable lock sold separately. Compliant standards are CE, CCC, RoHS, UL 60950, IEC 60950, FCC Part 15 B, CISPR 22 Class B and FCC Class B certified. Power featured on the Lenovo Ideapad S10e is in an external form with the required voltage of AC 120/230 V. It is a 3-cell Lithium ion with an estimated battery life of 2.5 hours. Software that come on this netbook are PC Doctor, Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash Player, Windows Live Toolbar, ThinkVantage System Update, Microsoft Office 2007 (60 days trial) and Norton Internet Security (90 days subscription). It comes with a one year warranty for service and support.

Reviews

“It’s hard to think of a good reason to buy the Lenovo IdeaPad S10e, as it doesn’t stand out from its competitors and comes up short in the crucial area of battery life. If you can find the S10e for a cheap price, it may be worth considering, but otherwise the Asus Eee PC 1000HE is better.” (CNET, 20009)