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hey what's up guys John retinue here theory do for you of the Lenovo s10 netbook this will run you 349 to 399 from lenovo's website I'll put a link in the sidebar and that about $50 price difference is really only a three to six cell battery there's the only customization options that you have so this thing will be running Windows XP with one gig of ram using Intel's Atom processor which clocks in at one point six figures and other than that it's pretty standard netbook fare so let me talk a little bit about netbooks in general then I'm get into the review of the device in my mind the netbooks really served to bridge the gap between smartphone like an iPhone Blackberry Windows Mobile whatever you have and if full-featured the laptops often you want the ability to type out emails or type out texts they have a hard time doing on a smart phone with either a small keyboard or a non-existing virtual keyboard then you have a hard time doing that on a smaller device but you don't want to lug around your big laptop maybe it's too expensive and even wonder what's breaking it all the time maybe it's too heavy or it's too big whatever it is you want the ability to have a keyboard have a little bit larger screen than you would on your smart phone but you don't want to carry your full laptop and that's really I think the sweet spot that netbooks here are trying to Hey so some of the things that I do like about this is a particular in the Lenovo is I do like the Finch I think it looks very professional with the glossy red although it is a fingerprint and dust magnet I do like that it's got a VGA out so you can hook it up to another monitor this is just have a 10.2 inch screen which certainly can be a little bit on the small side I like that it's got a micro iris using a standard SD card slot for expandable storage is quite nice and I also like that it's got an expansion port on the side although this does not use a solid-state drive so it does have a hundred and Zekey gigabyte spinning platters so there's plenty of room for story that's not really gonna be an issue for you so some of the things that I do like about the device I do like the portability I can throw this in my bag and not really feel the weight that I would if I was carrying my standard laptop it's nice to be able to type out a quick email or write a document or some people's cases if you want update a resume whatever you're doing it's nice to have a keyboard in front of you no matter what you say about smartphones the keyboards are always cramped and it's never the best way to write a full document or edit the full document it's really just a quick solution and the netbook really takes out a step further and I really did enjoy using it and playing with it the internet browsing experience is really the same as you'd expect on really most other laptops or desktops so the smooth was crisp no problem although one issue of contention of lock wrapped us a little bit later is screen resolution with of these netbooks it was great to be able to edit documents on the go I was going to a coffee shop I can't just throw this with me not after worried about really breaking anything if I carry my macbook with me I'm always a little bit extra careful with this it's a little more rugged and I'm you know what not that make an investment you're just not that concerned well certainly you want to protect it battery life with the six AA batteries you'll see as this a little bit of heft was absolutely stellar with the brightness turned down even Wireless off I was able to get six to almost seven hours of battery life however with brightness up and wireless on try to most of the time you guys will have you won't get somewhere between the three to four and a half hour range it's actually pretty nice for a small low-power laptop so some of the things that I don't like about this some of the things are pretty big netbook gripes in general the keyboard is cramped it is a tiny tiny tiny keyboard as you guys been saved to my fingers by comparison there's no getting used to them no matter how much you type or how much you do you're never gonna get used to typing on that small a keyboard you can make do and you can make it work but you're going to have tons of errors and it is going to get a little bit on the annoying side and your fingers make crab if you're typing a little bit something to keep in mind I would not recommend writing 40 page paper report on a netbook not gonna cut it screen size this is one of the things that really you sacrifice with getting a small package 10.2 inch screen there is not that much real estate there is a lot of scrolling going on since you can't really show that much right there and speaking of scrolling also take a look at that tiny tract pattern it's also very hard to navigate so if you do want to do any sort of serious work an external mouse and keyboard really are a must take advantage of the wanted USB ports there for a wireless dongle really is in my mind a requirement resolution on this guy is not very good as well so you're not getting the most use of your real estate unfortunately now one thing that I was very disappointed with with the lenovo and i think it's gonna be the case of all netbooks running the 1.62 her Atom processor do not even for a second think you can watch any sort of video don't think about watching YouTube videos Hulu any of that not going to work even over a very fast connection YouTube video struggled they lacked the audio was good with the video was 10 15 seconds behind if it even played on YouTube and Hulu it was just completely unwatchable I think that's more a symptom of the low-power processor and where the computer it's so certainly one gig around its plenty in XP can obviously run all those things fine simply something to keep in mind if you think you're gonna get one of these to go watch your YouTube videos or Hulu or streaming content on the go thank you Ken you may want to spend a couple of extra hundred bucks to get a laptop that can do that for you I also wish there were more configuration options on lenovo site really the only thing you can do is pick a color not that much you get pink white black or blue and that's really about it 3 or 6 cell battery and those are your options there's no other configuration choices nice to maybe have the option of great two gigs of RAM or it's not to the picking of bubu to or Linux pays off brake systems run on this it would have been nice but novo does not offer that currently right now I also really like if I demonstrated in a previous video there instant-on operating system they have here I actually found it to be very robust and really very capable as far as browsing and Skype and unit instant messaging so if you guys are looking for an instant-on operating system I think what Lenovo offers is probably one of the best so overall on a one to five scale factor rate this just on a netbook scale it certainly it's not fair to compare it with other laptops I give it a very solid three-and-a-half and truly it's missing that one and a half extra stars just based on keyboard real estate Mouse real estate and the lack of customization and choices with it I really would have liked that but for 349 at 399 it is a nice deal and there are some coupon codes floating around so it dropped that price down even a little bit further it is a very nice option it's lightweight feels durable quality of build is nice and I can't recommend it certainly so guys this is just my first foray netbooks and it certainly was an exciting one wouldn't even think about netbooks in the lenovo in general do you have one do you want to get one are you looking at netbooks or no interest you know what are you guys saying please leave your comments down below and I'll be sure to read them for exclusive content be sure to follow me on Twitter twitter.com slash John for Lakers and I'll see you guys in the next video