Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2

Review by Julian Prokaza on Thu 19 November 2009

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Lenovo hasn’t done much to the specification of the IdeaPad S10-2 for this Windows 7 refresh other than upgrade the processor to an ever-so-slightly-faster Intel Atom N280 and increase the hard disk capacity to 250Gb. The 32-bit edition of Windows 7 runs smoothly enough, but you do only get the Starter edition and can only run three foreground applications at once.

Background applications (antivirus, firewall, and so on) aren’t included in this limit, nor are windows or tabs within a single application, so this quite the problem you might think — particularly since netbooks aren’t best suited to running lots of programs at once anyway.

A more annoying limitation of Windows 7 Starter edition is that you don’t get all the frills of the Aero interface — we can live without window transparency, but features like Peek and Taskbar previews would be very useful on a small screen.

At around £270, the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 is one of the cheaper 10.1” netbooks around and it’s not bad value as a result. Even so, we’d be more inclined to spend a little more to get a better keyboard and longer battery life, and for just £15 more, the Samsung N140 is still our choice for the moment.

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Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 specification

Processor
Intel Atom N280 (1.66GHz)
Memory
1Gb DDR2
Graphics
Hard disk
250Gb
Optical drive
NA
Floppy drive
NA
Screen
10.1" (1024 x 600)
Connectivity
802.11g, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, USB 2.0 x3, Ethernet, VGA, mic, headphones
Other
SD Card slot, web cam
Operating system
Windows 7 Starter
Size
259 x 46 x 193mm
Weight
1.2kg
BatteryEater Classic
3h 13m
BatteryEater Reader
4h 50m

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