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Lenovo planning Ideapad S20 netbook

news — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:45:21 +0000

News is that Lenovo’s latest form Ideapad series is S 20 netbook. Reported by Digitimes, though there is no official confirmation yet; Ideapad S20, like the earlier model, Ideapad S10, it will be powered by Intel’s N280 processor but the netbook will have a 12 inch display. It is good news for those who find keyboards of 9” netbooks too cramped.

There is fierce competition among the 10 inch netbooks and so everyone is coming up with 12 inch netbooks now. What these 12” netbooks are also doing is eating up the laptop market. With a bigger display and more keyboard space these netbooks offer, lesser and lesser people are going to buy a low end laptop now.

Coming back to Lenovo, Ideapad is their consumer oriented mini laptops. S20 is an upgrade to the Ideapad S10, thus will be very similar. The build quality should be good as expected of Lenovo. The netbook will have a 12 inch LCD, backlit display. The S20 netbook will come with 1.66 GHz, Intel’s Atom N280 CPU and GN 40 chipset and loaded with Windows XP. The Ideapad S10 netbook had usual ports; BGA, Ethernet, headphone, mic, and 4 in 1 card reader. It had two USB ports, one lesser than normally given. It remains to be seen whether S20 will have three USB ports. Given, S20’s increased size; the keyboard is bound to be spacious.

Since it means that this would go against the Intel’s restrictions which state that netbooks can not be bigger than 10 inch, Lenovo will not get the preferential pricing which other vendors of 10 inch netbooks get and Lenovo will have to pay 10 $ premium for Atom chips. This decision of 12” netbook may surprise many but it may be because the competition is growing in the 10 inch category. In fact, this year itself Dell was the first one to come out with its Mini 12 netbook. Soon Samsung followed with its own 12 inch netbook but it is using Via Technologies chip instead of Intel. Looks like companies are trying to find a middle ground between very small netbooks and bigger laptops and most of the companies are going for 11 and 12 inch size screens.

The netbook will be priced at approximately $586 which is higher compared to Asus EEE PC 1004 DN, its direct competitor, which has N280 and Intel GN 40 chipset and t a much lesser price $ 379. No details yet about its availability.

Advent 4489 Netbook

netbooks — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:11:59 +0000

This Advent netbook is certainly at the lower end of the price range when compared to other brands and designs but in the case of the Advent 4489 Netbook, it’s truly a case of getting what you pay for. Not only does this black and silver netbook look like something from prehistoric times but it also has only 80 GB on the hard drive, which will be barely enough to hold the documents that you need, let alone any videos or pictures that you want to carry around with you. It also has less than 1 GB of memory, which will most likely leave any user frustrated as they try to switch between programs or browse online smoothly. The built-in webcam is a nice touch, as are the built-in speakers but considering that these are the only two really great things about this model, it’s probably worth spending just a little more to get so much more in return!

Price: £229.99
From: Dixons

Advent 4211c Netbook

netbooks — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:58:32 +0000

With this model of netbook from Advent, you’ll be sure to have everything you need right at your fingertips with enough space on the 120 GB of hard drive to hold all of your most important files and documents and the 1 GB of memory is sufficient enough to let you browse the Internet quickly, check your email, and to do all of it while going back and forth from your other programs – and you won’t need to wait a moment for any of it! Add to that the fact that the wide 10.2″ display will make sure that every image is crystal-clear and that it runs on the Windows XP Home Edition operating system and already, it’s worth the price. But add to that the many bonus features such as Bluetooth connectivity capabilities, built-in webcam, built-in speakers, the fact that it’s wireless-enabled, and 3 USB connections that will turn this netbook practically into a PC and you’re definitely getting more than you paid for!

Price: £274.02
From: PC World

Advent 4213 Netbook

netbooks — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:08:42 +0000

With the Advent 4213 you’ll find that you get all the features that come with most netbooks, such as a hard drive with 160 GB and a memory capacity of 1 GB but the added bonus that comes with this Advent is the embedded Sim so that you can use mobile broadband without needing to use a dongle.

Running on an Intel Atom N270 energy-efficient processor, the netbook is extremely portable weighing just over 1 kilogram and a screen of 10.2″. The screen size is quite impressive and the LCD display will always make sure that your graphics are easy to see and use! The Advent 4213 also has built-in speakers, is wireless enabled and uses the Microsoft Genuine Windows XP Home operating software. In the world of netbooks, this model is sure to bring you everything you need out of your computer while maintaining a small and compact design.

Price Found: £279.99
From: Dixons