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Samsung N120 – Review

Posted on January 6th, 2010 | by admin

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In this review we take a look at the Samsung N120 netbook – a 10.1-inch model that we think is one of the lightest in its class. The Samsung N210 is not your average netbook and a look at the price tag will quickly tell you that. Yes, it is pricey and that’s for a reason, read on and find out why.

When Asus broke grounds by introducing the Eee PC netbook series in 2007, it set the criteria on what defines a winning netbook – small, light, loaded with basic computing features and affordable.

As the netbook market evolves, we see niches sprouting within that market itself. Consumers are fervently dictating the features they want to see in a netbook and manufacturers are just as eager to please them. There are now netbooks that can operate for very long hours on a single charge, netbooks that can take on multi-media tasks, and netbooks that are designed for the higher end consumer.

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Best Places to Buy Samsung N120 – Review

Store Rating	Store Name	Price	Visit Store
5276 Store Reviews	TigerDirect.com	$ 649.99
1678 Store Reviews	Amazon	$ 649.00
105 Store Reviews	CompUSA.com	$ 649.99
5712 Store Reviews	PCConnection Express	$ 688.35
1474 Store Reviews	PCNation	$ 665.38

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Lenovo IdeaPad S12 – Review

Posted on January 5th, 2010 | by admin

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In our list of the Top 5 Netbooks for 2009, we rated the Lenovo IdeaPad S12 as the best among the netbooks available in the market today. In that article, we mentioned how the IdeaPad made us rethink what a netbook should be. Just when we thought that our minds have been properly conditioned by the format defined by the Asus Eee series, Lenovo gave us a netbook that has a larger screen size and a more comfortable keyboard at a price that is still at netbook levels.

We had also mentioned that the IdeaPad S12 is powered by an Atom N270 processor at 1.6 GHz. The S12 is also one of the first netbooks to feature VIA’s Nano mobile processor as an option. The Via Nano processor has been getting great reviews so far in its head-to-head comparison with its Atom counterpart and many see this as a boon to netbook technology. But, there is still greater news. It seems like the S12 will be featuring NVIDIA’s Ion technology soon. For now, we are happy to share with you our full review on the Atom-powered Lenovo IdeaPad S12.

Given its size, it is definitely bigger than the average netbook, but, still lighter than the typical notebook. It appears to be well-built and the plastic chassis’ design gives it a bit of a business look as is mostly the case with Lenovo laptops.

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Best Places to Buy Lenovo IdeaPad S12 – Review

Store Rating	Store Name	Price	Visit Store
3666 Store Reviews	Buy.com	$ 549.99
184 Store Reviews	Amazon Marketplace	$ 549.99
3639 Store Reviews	Compuplus.com	$ 599.49
319 Store Reviews	UnbeatableSale, Inc.	$ 945.95
2162 Store Reviews	eCOST.com	$ 584.99

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Lenovo Ideapad S10 – Review

Posted on January 5th, 2010 | by admin

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When the Asus EeePC netbook came into the market about 2 years ago, it captured the hearts of many buyers who were attracted to its combination of low price, light weight, Linux OS and a solid-state drive. The Asus EeePC’s very strong sales performance drove the competitors to come up with their own versions of budget-priced netbooks. All of a sudden, the market was flooded with netbooks – small, light and inexpensive — with the ability to do general computing, web surfing and running rich Internet applications.

The IdeaPad S10 is Lenovo’s unabashed attempt to cash in on the netbook boom. A quick look at the S10’s features and you would immediately conclude that it used EeePC as its benchmark. A YouTube review of the S10 even called it an “EeePC killer.” The IdeaPad S10 comes in a range of hues – black, red, blue, white and pink and features a 10.2-inch display. Processing power is supplied by Intel Atom 1.6GHz and RAM capacity is between 512MB up to 1GB DDR2. This netbook comes with two USB ports and ExpressCard expansion slot and VGA output. A multi-card media reader (4-in-1) is also thrown in as an added feature. OS is Windows XP Home Edition.

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Best Places to Buy Lenovo Ideapad S10 – Review