Comments on Electric Vagabond: Nuts about Netbooks | news and analysis: Lenovo S10 The Best Netbook? Not on my watch.

Strange... My S10 gets a minimum 2 hours of batter...

2009-03-08T08:53:00.000+11:00

Strange... My S10 gets a minimum 2 hours of battery life, and that requires playing videos non-stop on it. Just setup your power usage properly and you're all set. :)

i own an S10. i don't feel it is the best, as it h...

2008-11-03T16:45:00.000+11:00

i own an S10. i don't feel it is the best, as it has shorter battery life than others. the keyboard kinda sucks.the cardreader doesn't read CF cards. but it is undeniable it is one of the best looking one, hence my purchase.

Yeah the hardcore performance of the machine isn't...

2008-10-28T13:13:00.000+11:00

Yeah the hardcore performance of the machine isn't too bad at all.

Check out the following comment from PC World test...

2008-10-28T10:19:00.000+11:00

Check out the following comment from PC World tests:

"More impressive is how this model performs under pressure. The S10 has the same 1.6-GHz Intel Atom CPU and 1GB of RAM as most of the other mini-notebooks we've seen (such as the Acer Aspire One and Asus Eee 1000H 80G XP), yet it beats them all in performance. The IdeaPad S10 earned a score of 41 on the PC World Test Center's WorldBench 6 suite; it's hardly a speed demon, but it's fairly fast when you consider that the nearest competitor, with the same guts, received only a 37."

Sounds like it performs quite well.

Chris, thanks for your response and I hope you did...

2008-10-09T10:02:00.000+11:00

Chris, thanks for your response and I hope you didn't take any personal offense from my post.

However comparing the S10 to benchmarks that other netbooks couldn't complete is hardly a comparison worthy of declaring the S10 at the top of its category in terms of performance.

Mininote is a perhaps lesser used term now than it was a few months ago. 'Mininote' gained popularity with the launch of the HP 2133 mininote, however I think using it to describe the product class is inaccurate - similar to describing Inline Skates as Rollerblades.

I will endeavour to email you today in regards to your PC Mark 05 and Quake Benchmark Test scores.

Performance is based on PC Mark 05 scores and a Qu...

2008-10-09T07:42:00.000+11:00

Performance is based on PC Mark 05 scores and a Quake benchmark test. Most netbooks can't even complete the test at all. Wired doesn't normally publish actual scores but I can share them with you if you email me. I stand corrected on the price issue (and will have Wired correct the review), having accidentally compared to the 1000, not the 1000H which you are right is the more accurate comparo. PS "mininote" or "mininotebook" is a very common synonym for netbook. Google it.