In January Lenovo unveiled the IdeaPad S100 mini-laptop as the company’s net 10 inch netbook. Six months later the little guy has yet to ship. But it’s finally up for pre-order at Amazon which seems to be a good indication that the S100 could arrive soon. The IdeaPad S100 has a starting price of $329.99 […]
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Intel officially unveils Atom N435 chip for low cost netbooks
Intel has officially introduced a new low power Atom N435 processor for budget netbooks. Intel’s announcement comes a few days after we started seeing mini-laptops with the chip including the Asus Eee PC X101 $200 netbook and a new version of the Lenovo IdeaPad S100. PC World reports that Acer will also offer a netbook […]
Lenovo shows a 10 inch netbook with MeeGo Linux and an Atom N435 chip
Intel hasn’t made any formal announcements about a 1.33 GHz Atom N435 processor, but it seems to be the chip of choice for netbook makers showcasing MeeGo Linux. The Asus Eee PC X101 netbook which was unveiled yesterday packs an N435 chip. And now the folks at Netbook NEws spotted a new version of Lenovo’s […]
Intel Atom N570 to launch in February
When Lenovo introduced the IdeaPad S100 netbook, the company promised it would be available with up to an Intel Atom N570 processor. That chip isn’t currently available, and I haven’t been able to get any solid information about what makes the N570 different from existing Atom chips. But it looks like we should have our […]
Hands-on with the Lenovo IdeaPad S100
The IdeaPad S100 is Lenovo’s fourth generation netbook, and to be honest, it’s not all that different from the models that came before it. The main differences between the S100 and older netbooks such as the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3 are a new keyboard design and the fact that the new model will be available with […]
Lenovo introduces Ideapad S100 10 inch netbook
Lenovo is updating its netbook line today with the introduction of the IdeaPad S100. Like the S10, S10-2, and S10-3 that preceded it, the Lenovo IdeaPad S100 features a 10 inch display. But this will be the first netbook model from Lenovo with support for a dual core processor. The S100 will be available with […]