Netbooks are still all the rage these days, but according to Intel, this is going to change soon. The company has stated that they first thought that netbooks, who are almost exclusively powered by Intel chips, would be for emerging markets, but as it turns out, they are especially popular in Europe and North America. Intel claims that while these devices are "fine for an hour", they are not something for day to day use. And AMD? They are ignoring the market altogether.
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Member since:2005-11-26
I've already gotten an S10, direct from the local Lenovo showroom. I'm now a part-time teacher who commutes from work to the university, and a netbook is simply convenient to pack into my bag and set-up with the classroom projector for my PowerPoint lectures. I have no illusions about what it can and cannot do with ease, and as long as a potential buyer has his expectations matched-up with a netbook's capabilities, there really shouldn't be a problem.
I personally have no ergonomic or comfort-of-use problems with my S10. It's interesting to note that the high return rates mentioned are in Europe, but I haven't heard of such numbers coming here out of Asia, where people are accustomed to using smaller devices because a lot of them have smaller hands.
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2005-11-23
I have a Thinkpad T61P, but I'm not wanting to lug it to the coffee shop lately because I have back problems.
I'm looking at the Lenovo S10, and I'm going to try to hold out until they release the 6-cell battery in the US.