Lenovo S10 mini-book will match MSI Wind

by William Maher  |  Wednesday 6 August 2008
Lenovo S10 mini-book will match MSI Wind

We raved about the MSI Wind, now Lenovo comes along and spoils our shopping plans with a 1Kg mini-notebook for the same price. Take a look at the specs.

The Lenovo S10 will arrive in September and will retail for $699, which is the same price quoted to us for MSI's impressive Wind, which we raved about recently.

Highlights for the 10.2inch unit include a keyboard 85% the size of a regular size keyboard, ExpressCard slot (useful for a 3G modem), and Intel's Atom CPU (which is proving to cope with Windows XP on most mini-notes).

There's two USB, versus 3 for the Asus Eee PC 901, and there's a 4-in-1 multicard reader.

Storage options are more flexible than the Wind, with a 16GB solid state option, or an 80GB hard drive (though you get up to 120GB with the Acer Aspire One).

The biggest bugbears on ultraportables - screen size, keyboard size, and battery life - are being ironed out with this new crop of products, which leaves price the major factor. The $699 starting price for the S10 leaves Acer's Aspire One ($599 for Linux version), and Asus's Eee PC 901 ($649) in the cheaper slot if your wallet is a factor.


Look, a decent sized keyboard - this is Lenovo, after all
Look, a decent sized keyboard - this is Lenovo, after all

The white S10 - no word yet on fingerprint smudge-ability
The white S10 - no word yet on fingerprint smudge-ability
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Comments: 6
nix
7 August 2008
 Looks awesome. I was thinking about picking up an MSI Wind, but I might just hold out for this. Looks more 'solid' somehow, and I'd rather own something with the Lenovo brand than MSI.

The only thing I don't like is that the MSI screen tucks behind the unit when it's up, like a Macbook Pro, and this doesn't seem to do that.



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Lenovo S10 mini-book will match MSI Wind?
We raved about the MSI Wind, now Lenovo comes along and spoils our shopping plans with a 1Kg mini-notebook for the same price. Take a look at the specs.

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loksze
7 August 2008
 Since the netbooks are so cheap, even cheaper than the cost of mobile phones especially PDAs, I am quite surprised Telcos like Telstra and Optus aren't using it to their advantage and even increase their profits.

They can negotiate with the netbook vendors to have wireless broadband builtin and provide it to consumers on a 2 year contract just like the mobile phone plans. Or they can throw in a USB mobile card and plug it in externally. Even if the customer loses the usb mobile card or netbook, they can earn a side revenue for each device replaced anyway. I am pretty sure many customers are more than happy with this idea rather than flexi-renting it from retailers and not owning it after a year or two. The telcos can technically provide support for the wireless broadband product and service, where as the laptops are refer to the vendor's technical support team, or even a 3rd party support such as through Gizmo. I am pretty the telcos will benefit from consumers over using data and paying more for data usage as well. I hope this idea goes to the Telcos' management and probably will provide us consumers alternatives rather than buying the laptops outright.
mordie
7 August 2008
 Damn I wish work hadn't suspended the Salary Sac for a laptop thing thanks to the change the ATO issued this year :(
totoaus
8 August 2008
 Lenovo does great products, they must as I keep buying them. The keyboards truly do stand out thanks to the long history of the IBM Selectric typewriter. It's nice to see the product acknowledged with particular reference to the importance of a great keyboard. I can tolerate problems in any other area of any computer, but keyboards are deal breaker.
ig
8 August 2008
 Toshiba Qosmio 1gig memory, 200 gig hard disk (2 x 100 gig), extra warranty. This came in handy as the laptop broke down after about 13 months. Toshiba were very good fixing this laptop. They were very efficient and had it fixed within a week, which was done under the warranty. The laptop is very reliable and I have told many people about how reliable it is. I would recommend a Toshiba to anyone.
butterz
9 August 2008
 stunning.. and its from ibm so it will be run from quality branded products. Very nice micro notebook, has some nice specifications along with it. Nice to see a larger screen and a bigger sized keyboard, hmm might consider getting on now :P
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