Comments on: Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 Hands On Review

By: kiki

kiki — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:34:27 +0000

Have yo figured out how to remove the keyboard? it’s not the same as S10 I spilled apple juice on it(terrible accident) and now some keys dont work! also would a keyboard from the S10 work on the S10 2?

By: technopeasant

technopeasant — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:13:35 +0000

You have the best review of the Lenovo s10-2 of all those I’ve read. I’m deciding between that and an HP 110-1125NR. The HP is $50 more and I like a matte screen slightly better. Can you help me decide?

By: greg mcgarvey

greg mcgarvey — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:14:04 +0000

thanks for the thorough review

By: afif

afif — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:31:53 +0000

disappointed with the S10-2 when video chating on MSM. Voice is very bad and video is gittary. Any advise to rectify ?

By: mailist

mailist — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:16:40 +0000

I bought my S10-2 in Taiwan and it comes with Chinese version of XP. The store I bought the re-image it to English version of XP but on my way back to US XP crashed and wont boot anymore. I finally decide to dump XP and put Ubuntu Netbook Remix Karmic version. Everything works fine except for extra step needed for the Broadcom wireless device driver.

By: James Rintamaki

James Rintamaki — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:41:25 +0000

@VB54, have you tried hooking it up to an external monitor? I also assume you have tried to toggle between having the computer output to the built in monitor vs external? (by pressing fn+f2 or fn+f3 once the computer has had a chance to boot to windows?)

would lenovo be able to supply you with a recovery disc at least?

By: VB54

VB54 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:55:19 +0000

I just bought a brand new S10-2 on Ebay. Booted up the first night, next morning nothing,and has been black screen ever since. Lenovo walked me through a few fixes including the 1 Key Recovery to no avail. Now the Ebayer tells me the 1 Key Recovery will not work because of the Windows 7. I haven’t heard back as to whether the Ebayer will take it back or not. Lenovo will try to repair it but will not replace it because I was not the original purchaser. I’m not sure where to turn.

By: James Rintamaki

James Rintamaki — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:59:53 +0000

@Pratap, hmmm a matte screen s10-2 would be very nice – I didn’t even know they listed that as an option…would love to see one of those!

As far as the S12, I’d love to review it (Lenovo, feel free to lend me one for reviewing purposes!) – but I’ll have to wait to see if I can get a deal on one to be able to resell it after wards without too much of a hit to my wallet :)

By: Pratap

Pratap — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:56:32 +0000

Yes you are right James. Not sure why I missed that. Btw, just got off the phone with the rep from Lenovo and he said that the S series are only available in glossy finish which is contrary to what their website says, i.e. available in glossy or matte finishes and colorful options. Hmmm… confused now.

Have you tried the S12 by any chance or are you planning on comparing the S12 anytime soon? Thanks.

By: James Rintamaki

James Rintamaki — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:04:07 +0000

@Pratap, the new S10? The S10 I compared the S10-2 in this review was indeed the S10 with the 6 cell battery :)