Lenovo

Product Description

Small on the outside. Big on the inside. The Lenovo IdeaPad™ S10-2 netbook— one of the world’s most feature-rich netbooks with Quick Start and OneKey™ Rescue System. The IdeaPad™ S10-2 netbook is just over an inch thick with the 6 cell battery and weighs a miniscule 2.65lbs but comes packed with features like VeriFace™ facial recognition technology, OneKey™ rescue system and stereo speakers with Dolby® Headphone technology. But the biggest feature of all is the QuickStart button that lets you access your music, pictures, games and the web, even before the Windows loads. So flip open this ultra-small netbook and discover a powerhouse of unique features. Best of all, it's from Lenovo, makers of the award-winning ThinkPad business notebook. Key Features: Quick Start - Get online, Instant Message & email, view photos, listen to music and more… all before loading into Windows; Quick Start means you can do things on your PC without waiting for the operating system to load. OneKey™ Rescue System - With the touch of a button, you can restore the system and recover valuable data. The OneKey™ Rescue System also recovers essential system files in the event of corruption, and can be used to initiate a virus scan before entering. Multi-touch touchpad - The multi-touch touchpad allows you to zoom in and out and makes it easier to scroll down lengthy web pages. Legendary Keyboard - 89% full size keyboard, among the largest on a netbook, for comfortable typing. Integrated 1.3 megapixel Camera and Veriface Facial Recognition Software - use your face to login to your PC, favorite websites and secure files. Dolby® Headphone - optimizes audio output for headphones, creating a richer, wider field sound experience.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3589 in Personal Computers
• Color: Black
• Brand: Lenovo
• Model: 2957-L2U
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.80" h x 10.20" w x 7.60" l, 4.40 pounds
• CPU: Intel Atom N270 1.6 Hz
• Memory: 1GB
• Hard Disk: 160GB
• Graphics: Graphics Media Accelerator950
• Battery type: Lithium Ion
• Native resolution: 1024 x 600
• Display size: 10.1

Features

• 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor
• 1GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM RAM
• 160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
• Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, 6 Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
• 10.1" LED Display (1024x600), Intel GMA950 Graphics

Amazon.com Product Description
Small on the outside. Big on the inside.

The IdeaPad™ S10-2 Netbook is just over an inch thin and only 2.65 pounds, but comes packed with features like VeriFace™ Facial Recognition Technology, OneKey™ Rescue System and stereo speakers with Dolby® Headphone™ technology. But the coolest feature of all is the QuickStart button that lets you access your music, pictures, games and the web, even before the Windows loads. So flip open this ultra-small netbook and discover a powerhouse of unique features. Best of all, it’s from Lenovo, makers of the award-winning ThinkPad.

IdeaPad™ S10-2 Netbook Key Features

• Thin and light: Just over an inch thick and only 2.65 pounds.
• 10.1-inch widescreen, glossy display with LED backlight.
• Battery life: Up to 6 hours with 6 cell battery

• Get online in seconds with Quick Start ‘instant on’ function
• OneKey™ Rescue System for easy data recovery & backup
• VeriFace™ Facial Recognition for convenient login
• Stereo speakers with Dolby® Headphone technology
• Multi-touch Touchpad
• 89% Full Size Keyboard
• Integrated web cam for quick and easy video messaging.
• 3 USB 2.0 ports
• 4-in-1 card reader
• VGA outlet for external monitor

Tiny technology

Powered by an Intel® Atom™ Processor to offer lower power consumption and reliable performance at an affordable price. The epitome of efficiency. Powerful Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator easily handles your image processing needs whether you're managing family photos or creating impressive presentations.

Display

The IdeaPad S10-2’s energy efficient 10.1-inch LED backlit WXGA screen is roomy enough for movie watching, web surfing or even getting a little homework done.

Mult-touch pad

The S10-2 features a multi-touch pad that allows you to enlarge, reduce and edit images by drawing with your fingers. And, its nearly full-sized keyboard adds to its ease of use.

Stay connected

Experience more and get more out of life with easy portability and flexible connectivity options. The S10-2 makes it easy to get connected and stay connected on the road, at home and everywhere in between.

Eco-smart and Energy Star® compliant

The S10-2 has many attributes such as a mercury-free design, energy management software, and is Energy Star® compliant, meaning this netbook attests to their superior energy efficiency. This lowers operating costs, but it also means less overall energy use and reduced heat emissions.

Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
Loving this thing
By Carlos Aguirre
Im gonna start saying that this is such a nice netbook, from the design to the functionality, size and weight.
Some say this has an issue with the fan and claim that is too noisy but thats not true mine is very quiet, doesnt overheats.
keyboard is good not as normal keyboard but you get used too it.
the 6 cell battery is a charm,with low brihtness you can get up to 8 hours.
some key features are 1key recovery,web cam mic,face recognition.
I love lenovo this is my first netbook and im already using it more than my primary laptop (wich is an ideapad y510)its just so easy to get on the web.
It has an quick boot option that puts you on the web or skype or im in less than 30secs, this option is so handy.
overall i recommend this netbook its good on design, price, and performance, i have never had any issue with my other lenovo and this one seems to be good as well.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful.
Lenovo (Very Reluctantly) Acknowledges Sleep Mode Problem
By R. L. Hodges
I called up Lenovo and asked them about this machine's bad habit of waking up from sleep mode and running its own battery down while you're not aware. It is a chronic problem that is frequently mentioned in thorough reviews for this model.

Every person I was transferred to played stupid and acted like this problem doesn't exist. I was finally transferred to a tech support person who was willing to acknowledge that this model does indeed have a problem with coming out of sleep mode all on its own, causing it to heat up and drain its battery.

Tech support also confirmed that there is no fix for this problem, and that the workaround/remedy is to not use sleep mode but to use hibernation instead. Hibernation, for those who may not know, is a Windows feature that saves everything in memory to disk before doing a full shutdown and reads it all back into memory when starting back up. Think of it as sleep mode being transferred to the hard drive. It takes longer to hibernate and wake back up because of all the disk reading and writing, but it's actually a cool function and a good alternative. It's also still a lot faster than normal shutdown and rebooting, and still allows you to keep all programs open just like sleep mode. The biggest plus is that your battery doesn't slowly drain while hibernating like it does when it's sleeping. For what it's worth, hibernation works extremely well in Windows XP, I have used it extensively before. Same with Vista.

But regardless, the Lenovo S10-2 does come from the factory with the manufacturer's defect of waking back up from sleep mode on its own, causing it to heat up and drain its battery.

It is possible that what is waking the S10-2 up is the camera. I read a review that said that when the author disabled/uninstalled the webcam software, it improved the situation, but did not entirely solve it. If you go into the BIOS and completely disable the webcam, it might solve this problem entirely. I will try it on mine when it arrives (I bought one anyway).

So anyway, there it is directly from Lenovo themselves - they have very relucantly acknowledged to me over the phone that this is a problem with this laptop, and there is no fix - just the hibernation workaround, which for most, should be an acceptable workaround in most cases (but still a bandaid to a flawed product). I was also directly told that no fix is planned. I would assume that if they release a 10S-3, ti will not bave this problem. The S12 model, however, does not have this "insomnia/wake for no reason" problem when sleep mode is used. Only the S10-2 has this problem. It's too bad, because the S12 battery life is only half that of the 10S-2.

Would have been 5 stars if product had no defects.
Would have been 4 stars if Lenovo acknowledged problem/had fix.
3 stars because this otherwise great model has a well-known defect and Lenovo indeed knows about but won't acknowledge until you rub their noses in it.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Great Netbook! Highly Recommend!!!!
By Tyrone King
I purchased the Lenovo S10-2 Black Netbook from TigerDirect through Amazon several weeks ago. From the moment you open the box, you know you've bought a quality product. Please note the picture shown during the writing of this review is of the old S10 and not the S10-2. The computer is sleek and very light. The screen is amazing!! As a self proclaimed gadget geek, as always I research and research before purchasing a product. For the price and what you get, you won't get a better value on a netbook. Connecting to my wireless network was seemless. Did I mention how light it was? I am now the envy of all my co-workers who now want one,LOL. Go buy one, you won't be dissapointed.