Lenovo's Ideapad S10 Ultra-Portable Notebook PC Gets Official, Due in September

Looks like Lenovo is fully getting into the UMPC low cost laptop market.

The specs on this forthcoming machine are on par with what we have seen before: "...Windows XP pre-installed, measure 9.8 x 7.2 inches, weigh just 2.4-pounds in its lightest configuration, and pack in a LED back-lit 10-inch screen. Powered by Intel Atom N270 and 945 GSE express chipset..." [Gizmodo]

It's nice to see all the competition and such for Asus, but when will someone be able to compete price wise with them (i.e., a model that is decent, yet under $250.) Around $300 is still the bench mark. That, I believe, is still too high for most PC users. Again, I can add $100 to it and get a real PC or low end laptop.

Lenovo's Entire New ThinkPad Line Leaked

I have never used an IBM laptop. I have heard good things about them though. This seems to be a new line up to compete in the modern, HD laptop arena.

I doubt these puppies are cheap, but for the travelling business professional, they may be needed.

Here are a few of the specs from the article.

Many or All Models Will Have:

• 6MB of L2 cache

• Turbo Memory option (think Ready Boost, up to 2GB)

• Blu-ray drive option

• Two PCI Express Slots

• 1.6GHz DDR3 RAM

• LED Backlighting (excludes R Series)

• HSDPA and EVDO (Lenovo claims to have no deals with Sprint)

• 9 cell batteries (same form factor as former 6-cell, 25% more life)

• GPS, WiMAX, and wireless USB are scattered through models

• The x300's solid state hard drive option (excludes W)

Here is the link to the article.