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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Loving this thing, October 4, 2009
This review is from: Lenovo S10-2 10-Inch Black Netbook - 6 Cell Battery (Tools & Hardware)
Im gonna start saying that this is such a nice netbook, from the design to the functionality, size and weight.
Some say this has an issue with the fan and claim that is too noisy but thats not true mine is very quiet, doesnt overheats.
keyboard is good not as normal keyboard but you get used too it.
the 6 cell battery is a charm,with low brihtness you can get up to 8 hours.
some key features are 1key recovery,web cam mic,face recognition.
I love lenovo this is my first netbook and im already using it more than my primary laptop (wich is an ideapad y510)its just so easy to get on the web.
It has an quick boot option that puts you on the web or skype or im in less than 30secs, this option is so handy.
overall i recommend this netbook its good on design, price, and performance, i have never had any issue with my other lenovo and this one seems to be good as well.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Netbook! Highly Recommend!!!!, September 3, 2009
This review is from: Lenovo S10-2 10-Inch Black Netbook - 6 Cell Battery (Tools & Hardware)
I purchased the Lenovo S10-2 Black Netbook from TigerDirect through Amazon several weeks ago. From the moment you open the box, you know you've bought a quality product. Please note the picture shown during the writing of this review is of the old S10 and not the S10-2. The computer is sleek and very light. The screen is amazing!! As a self proclaimed gadget geek, as always I research and research before purchasing a product. For the price and what you get, you won't get a better value on a netbook. Connecting to my wireless network was seemless. Did I mention how light it was? I am now the envy of all my co-workers who now want one,LOL. Go buy one, you won't be dissapointed.
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Lenovo (Very Reluctantly) Acknowledges Sleep Mode Problem, October 21, 2009
This review is from: Lenovo S10-2 10-Inch Black Netbook - 6 Cell Battery (Tools & Hardware)
I called up Lenovo and asked them about this machine's bad habit of waking up from sleep mode and running its own battery down while you're not aware. It is a chronic problem that is frequently mentioned in thorough reviews for this model.
Every person I was transferred to played stupid and acted like this problem doesn't exist. I was finally transferred to a tech support person who was willing to acknowledge that this model does indeed have a problem with coming out of sleep mode all on its own, causing it to heat up and drain its battery.
Tech support also confirmed that there is no fix for this problem, and that the workaround/remedy is to not use sleep mode but to use hibernation instead. Hibernation, for those who may not know, is a Windows feature that saves everything in memory to disk before doing a full shutdown and reads it all back into memory when starting back up. Think of it as sleep mode being transferred to the hard drive. It takes longer to hibernate and wake back up because of all the disk reading and writing, but it's actually a cool function and a good alternative. It's also still a lot faster than normal shutdown and rebooting, and still allows you to keep all programs open just like sleep mode. The biggest plus is that your battery doesn't slowly drain while hibernating like it does when it's sleeping. For what it's worth, hibernation works extremely well in Windows XP, I have used it extensively before. Same with Vista.
But regardless, the Lenovo S10-2 does come from the factory with the manufacturer's defect of waking back up from sleep mode on its own, causing it to heat up and drain its battery.
It is possible that what is waking the S10-2 up is the camera. I read a review that said that when the author disabled/uninstalled the webcam software, it improved the situation, but did not entirely solve it. If you go into the BIOS and completely disable the webcam, it might solve this problem entirely. I will try it on mine when it arrives (I bought one anyway).
So anyway, there it is directly from Lenovo themselves - they have very relucantly acknowledged to me over the phone that this is a problem with this laptop, and there is no fix - just the hibernation workaround, which for most, should be an acceptable workaround in most cases (but still a bandaid to a flawed product). I was also directly told that no fix is planned. I would assume that if they release a 10S-3, ti will not bave this problem. The S12 model, however, does not have this "insomnia/wake for no reason" problem when sleep mode is used. Only the S10-2 has this problem. It's too bad, because the S12 battery life is only half that of the 10S-2.
Would have been 5 stars if product had no defects.
Would have been 4 stars if Lenovo acknowledged problem/had fix.
3 stars because this otherwise great model has a well-known defect and Lenovo indeed knows about but won't acknowledge until you rub their noses in it.
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