Lenovo to Enter Netbook Business With IdeaPad S10
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Aug 6, 2008
DailyTech reports that Lenovo is set on competing in the netbook market with its upcoming IdeaPad S10. The S10 will come in 10.2 inch widescreen form factor, and will sport the Intel Atom N270, whch runs at 1.6 GHz. According to Lenovo, the S10 will be super-slim. Pricing starts at $399 for the lowest-spec’d model.
The notebook will be sold in two different configurations. The first has 512 MB of memory and an 80 GB hard drive. The second, which likely be priced somewhat higher, ups the memory to 1 GB and features a 160 GB hard drive. No solid state drive options have been announced yet. Both configurations come with Windows XP preinstalled, courtesy of Microsoft’s stay of retirement on XP for ultra-portables.
Lenovo will also release 9-inch versions of the IdeaPad in some markets, and also plans to bundle some models with Linux instead of Windows XP.
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