Lenovo has forayed into the ultraportable notebook PC, or `netbook' market with the IdeaPad S9 and S10 netbooks.
Lenovo designed the super-slim, super-small netbooks to complement a customer's primary Lenovo PC or as a first-time, introductory PC purchase.
The netbooks allow users to do simple activities such as connect to the Internet, check and write emails, listen to music and perform basic applications. Approximately one-inch thin with models weighing just over two pounds, the IdeaPad netbooks typify thin and light design.
"IdeaPad netbooks are the latest in a string of recently announced Lenovo products, designed specifically for consumers worldwide and developed through our heritage of technological innovation and exceptional engineering," said Liu Jun, senior vice president, Consumer Business Group, Lenovo.
"As rapidly as the technology changes, today's consumers are looking for mobile products that feature the best of basic computing functions in an extremely compact and affordable form, and Lenovo designed the IdeaPad netbooks for that purpose," he added.
Consumer demand for netbooks is growing rapidly around the world. IDC forecasts worldwide shipments of ultra-low cost notebooks rising from 430,000 units in 2007 to 9.2 million by 2012.
Using the Intel Atom processor, the IdeaPad netbooks provide basic notebook functionality as a user's secondary PC. The Lenovo netbooks offer up to 1GB of memory and either 80 GB or 160 GB hard disk drive space, making them ideal for accommodating a variety of data, from a user's digital music inventory to a student's homework assignments and more.
Lenovo engineered the netbooks to reduce the heat emitted on key contact areas such as the bottom of the PC, the palm rest and the keyboard. Additionally, Lenovo's OneKey Rescue System3 on Microsoft Windows-based netbooks helps users recover data at the touch of a button should a system error or virus occur. |
