Lenovo IdeaPad S12 (Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, XP Home, black) first look
The IdeaPad S12 does, however, have a 12-inch screen and full keyboard, giving this Netbook more of a laptop feel. (Of course, it comes with a premium Netbook price tag: $499.) Just don’t expect more than a larger version of the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 Netbook. The S12 is an excellent compromise for a notebook, but thin-and-light ultralow-voltage-processor laptops, such as the Acer Aspire Timeline 3810T and MSI X-340give a lot more bang, albeit for more bucks. The IdeaPad S12 comes in two processor flavors: one with a Via Nano ULV (a newer processor than the Atom, but less powerful than Core 2 Duo and Solo CULV processors) and one with an Intel Atom N270. Our configuration was an Atom, but it should be noted that the Nano is even cheaper (and in our own tests with Nano processors, they can perform quite well). The S12 also comes in black or white; ours was black. From a design standpoint, the S12 looks like a larger brother of the recently-revamped Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 Netbook. Compact and well-proportioned, the outer matte-black plastic case is topped with a glossy plastic lid patterned in a subtle series of varying polka dots. It’s a smudge collector, but attractive. Inside, smooth matte-black plastic surrounds the keyboard, while the 12-inch glossy screen is surrounded in likewise glossy plastic. It looks professional and stylishly austere, not unlike a ThinkPad. The full keyboard feels great, and the touchpad is an improvement on the S10-2 in terms of size. It feels like …
Tags: 1.6GHz, 160GB, Atom, Black, First, Home, Ideapad, Intel, Lenovo, Look, N270
3:08 “it’s hard to do much worse” O_o
Is that supposed to be a recommendation?
I need one of these for taking notes in class and searching the net for information purposes
no mate just no
What’s so awesome about that? It’s actually a downside if you plan to use dual channel memory you dumb noob…sigh
The Lenovo’s ideapadd have 512MB ram built in the motherboard lol awesome
can you buy an optical drive for a netbook since it doesnt come with one
It’s sleek (for a larger netbook), has a 12″ screen, a full size keyboard and is well constructed. The touchpad and two separate mouse bottons are pretty close in size to those on a full size laptop.
It has 3 USB ports, and two of them are on the same side, which is important for those external CD/DVD drives that use 2 USB cables.
It runs XP, and if you have wifi issues with ‘validating identity’ you may need to turn off IEEE 802.1x Authentication.
All in all a very nice netbook.
omgg okay.. so far this is the my best notepad choice… HP’s HDD and Ram is shit.. and the other brands are too small.. okayy = )
can you only search the web on it
“It’s hard to do much worse?” Did that come out right?
im getting this for free from my school in a couple of weeks and i get to keep for ever i cant wait
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