[/caption] VIA is no stranger to the netbook space. The company’s C7-M chips showed up in some of the first netbooks to hit the streets. And last year the VIA Nano line of low power processors upped the game with better performance in a chipset that could easily be thrown into a motherboard designed for the earlier C7-M. But with…

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The Lenovo IdeaPad S12 netbook has been on the market for a while. I first reviewed this laptop in the summer of 2009. But Lenovo recently sent me an updated model with NVIDIA ION graphics to review. As promised, the NVIDIA graphics give the laptop an extra boost for watching HD video or playing games with 3D graphics. But as…

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[/caption] The Lenovo IdeaPad S12 and IdeaPad U150 are a lot alike. They’re both thin and light laptops that weigh about 3.1 pounds or less. They both have high resolution displays and full sized keyboards, as well as touchpads that feature distinct left and right buttons.And they’re both relatively affordable, with IdeaPad S12 prices starting at $429 (or $599 for…

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Lenovo recently sent me an IdeaPad S12 to review. If you’ve been reading this site for a while, you probably know that I already reviewed the IdeaPad S12 last summer. What makes the new model different is the fact that it replaces the Intel GMA 950 graphics found in the earlier model with NVIDIA ION graphics. That means the new…

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After almost two years of writing about netbooks with 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processors, GMA 950 graphics, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drives, and Windows XP, the last few months have been pretty exciting. The low cost ultraportable space has expanded to include machines with CULV processors, NVIDIA ION graphics, and there are even a few models with AMD processors…

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The Lenovo IdeaPad S12 has a 12 inch display and comes in three versions. You can pick one up with a VIA Nano processor, and Intel Atom CPU and integrated graphics, or an Atom version with NVIDIA ION graphics. That last one has only become available recently, and the folks at Laptop Magazine have put together one of the first…

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The HP/Compaq Mini 311 and Lenovo IdeaPad S12 are two of the first laptops available with NVIDIA’s ION chipset which combines and Intel Atom CPU with an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor. And Johannes at NewGadgets.de happens to have one of each right now, so did the sensible thing and pitted the two machines against one another in a battle…

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[/caption] Lenovo has finally begun offering a version of the IdeaPad S12 laptop with NVIDIA ION graphics. The company first promised to make an ION version available when it launched 12.1 inch laptop in May. You’ll end up paying $150 to $200 more to get the version with ION graphics, but it’s not just the graphics processor that’s recieved an…

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It’s Windows 7 launch day… and that means many of those pretty little netbooks and notebooks I told you about the other day that come preloaded with Windows 7 are now shipping. I placed an order for an Acer Aspire Timeline AS181T to review and it should ship in a few days. But I’ve already seen evidence that 10 inch…

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It looks like Lenovo is finally getting ready to unleash the NVIDIA ION powered version of its 12 inch laptop, the IdeaPad S12. The company promised three versions of the S12 when it first launched the laptop this summer. One would have your standard Intel Atom N270 processor and GMA 950 graphics; another would have a VIA Nano chipset, and…

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I’m about to pack up the Samsung Go netbook which I recently reviewed. But before it goes, I couldn’t help but take the opportunity to photograph all 7 mini-laptops I’ve had sitting on my desk for the last few days. If you’ve been reading the site, you’ve already seen most of these little guys. But you probably haven’t ever seen…

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There are a growing number of Intel Atom powered mini-laptops with 11.6 and 12.1 inch screens. And I happen to have two of them at Liliputing HQ this week, so I decided to take the opportunity to do a little photo shoot comparing the Lenovo IdeaPad S12 (white) and Asus Eee PC 1101HA (black). The Lenovo laptop has a 12.1…

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