Lenovo Ideapad S10 Notebook - Reloaded

Post by **sheeza** » Nov 29, 2008 Views: 1902

First of all, the semi-glossy ivory finish looks very classy and is also fingerprint-resistant, unlike the highly overrated piano finish. While the keyboard is definitely a piece of good news, the touchpad proved quite a surprise. The screen is a decently big 10.2 inches (1024 x 600 resolution), which makes it a joy for multimedia functions. A higher resolution would have been great, but since it's a 10-inch job I guess I can't complain.

Instead of a backlit LED screen, Lenovo decided to use an anti-glare TFT display in the S10. The screen has a webcam placed on top of it, with the mic located right below the keyboard, which I'm not sure was the best idea. The internal hard drive is a 160GB 5400 standard 2.5 inch drive. The S10 comes in only one flavor, and that's Windows XP SP3 Home Edition. The OneKey Recovery button.

The S10 comes with quite a number of ports, namely:

2x USB ports (one on each side)
VGA-out
3-in-1 card reader
ExpressCard slot
Headphone & Mic jacks
Ethernet

Standard definition videos played just fine at any power setting, while high-definition videos (720p and 1080p) played flawlessly as long as they were encoded in WMV format. The S10 comes with a 3-cell battery. In our tests the fully-charged battery lasted for exactly 3 hours of intensive net usage through Wi-Fi. At an excellent budget price of Rs 25,000 (MRP), the S10 is well worth the money you spend on it.