Lenovo Unveils Atom-Based IdeaPad S10 Netbook

by Marco Chiappetta — Monday, August 04, 2008, 06:00 AM EDT

Lenovo has just announced a new line-up of IdeaPad S10 netbooks built around Intel's Atom CPU. Like many of the other members of Lenovo's IdeaPad product family, the S10 netbooks are available in a variety of colors and in a few different configurations. Take a look...

IdeaPad S10 “netbook” with a high glossy and multi color options design
Red, White & Black colors in the US
Starts at $399, two configurations. The $399 unit has 512MB / 80G HDD and the $449.99 unit is 1GB / 160G HDD.
Windows XP Preloaded
Shipping in September in the US.In some countries there will be 9” versions different colors and Linux preloads.
LED back light 10” for Power saving
Advanced Thermal Engineering to reduce heat emitted from the palm rests and underside of the laptop.

Form factor optimized (250.2x183x22-27.5mm, lightest configuration of 1.1 kg)
Large Panel 10.2” wide, LED backlight 1024x600 WSVGA
Intel Integrated Graphics GMA 950
Processors and Chipset
Intel N270 CPU 1.6 GHz & Intel 945GSE Chipset
Large HDD capacity 160G 9.5mm 2.5” SATA HDD (5400 rpm)
Battery up to 3 hrs. w/ 3 cell Battery & Up to 6 hrs. w/ 6 cell
Integrated 1.3M Camera
2 stereo speakers
Multi-touch Pad & near full size Keyboard (85% full size)
Integrated Wireless 802.11 b/g,10/100 Ethernet, Bluetooth
Express card slot for WWAN expansion
Up to 2-GB Memory
4in1 Multi-card Reader

We hope to bring you a full review of one of Lenovo's new IdeaPad S10 netbooks in the not too distant future.

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Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com