IdeaPad S10 Netbook

One of my bosses at my place bought a netbook – Lenovo IdeaPad S10. I couldn’t stop myself from getting my hands on that machine.

First thing I noticed is that the keyboard is really small and not so perfectly designed. You can always blame to the fact that it’s a netbook. Yes, but why not take a look at HP Mini? They sure did a hell of a job with their keyboard.

IdeaPad S10 Netbook Keyboard

Also left/right click buttons aren’t that nice too. When clicking right/left click you have a bit of trouble, not ergonomic(?).

IdeaPad S10 Netbook Charger

Honestly, if you make that small netbook I think you should have spent some time designing a more compact and more user friendly charger. Learn from Apple. I love their charger. The fact that I can remove the thicker part of the charger and make the charger damn small.

However I liked their netbook cover. It’s well designed and cute.

IdeaPad S10 Netbook Cover

If you take a look at the specs:

Intel Atom N270 CPU, 2GB RAM, 160GB SATA HDD, Intel 95o, 10/100 Mbps LAN, b/g WiFi, Bluetooth, 1.3Megapixel webcam, SD/MMC/MS/MS pro card reader, 2xUSB port.

It’s 1.25kg, 3 cell battery. For a good netbook I’d say 6 cell battery is must. May be you sacrifice and have a little bit more weight.

Overall, bad keyboard, low battery life, long/big charger, nice cover, good CPU.
Lenovo Ideapad S10 10.2-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, XP Home) White