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    Just bought a Lenovo IdeaPad S12 Via nano

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Texanman, Jul 24, 2009.

  1. Texanman

    Texanman Master of all things Cake

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    Well since i was in the market for a new netbook after i sold my acer netbook, I was looking at new ones I came across the new ideapad s12 with the via cpu. Since it was a cheaper then the atoms and my other atom netbook was SLOW and couldn't do simple multitasking. so I bought one JUST before they were sold out and got it within a week. and so far i am impressed! After I turned it on and did a fresh install of xp ( i hate when company fill it up with trials you will never use ) and I am surprised on the speed increase over my old atom netbook.


    Just some things I want to point out are

    • I got a 4 hour battery life watching a standered def movie
    • the expresscard slot is tied to a pcix channel insted of usb like everyother atom netbook
    • my friend who knows how to rip bluray movies to a harddrive riped a movie for me and I placed it on my desktop and played it and to my suprize it actually played IN FULL SCREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • I also got my favorite mmo guild wars running at 30fps on this thing in full screen, so I can play it at work while i am waiting on bug reports!
     
    Texanman, Jul 24, 2009
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  2. Ripfire

    Ripfire Minecraft Architect

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    Sounds nice, I like the screen size.

    I have the original Lenovo S10 netbook, and my only complaints are.. the heat and the small touchpad. After playing around with Toshiba's netbook, I am very touchpad envious :rolleyes:

    Where are the trackpoints Lenovo!? :confused:
     
    Ripfire, Jul 24, 2009
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  3. nashpec

    nashpec Notebook Geek

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    Congratulations, I've been wanting to get one but I can't justify to get one now.
     
    nashpec, Jul 24, 2009
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  4. Texanman

    Texanman Master of all things Cake

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    ya atoms can not even play youtube in full screen so for under 400 this netbook was a steal
     
    Texanman, Jul 24, 2009
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    luee Notebook Deity

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    Any issues yet? Price is great looking at 12 inch models main thing is video. This is being offered way less than ion models.
     
    luee, Jun 21, 2010
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    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    that is only available in the Thinkpad brand, ideapad only gets the trackpad.
     
    lead_org, Jun 21, 2010
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  7. Texanman

    Texanman Master of all things Cake

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    I can pretty much watch any 720p video in any codec... while most 1080p can be watched with coreavc codec or most mp4 footage
     
    Texanman, Jun 21, 2010
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