Lenovo launched its latest netbook at this year’s Computex show, loaded with Nvidia’s Ion graphics platform.
Due to arrive in the US in August (the UK date is yet to be announced) the S12 is the follow up to the S10 and S9 Ideabook models. Both those SKUs performed well sales-wise for Lenovo.
At 12.1 inches, the device is close to a full sized laptop, and with Nvidia claiming Ion is comparable to its GeForce 9400M chipset, it can be considered almost as powerful. Indeed, the graphics vendor is claiming that Ion-based netbooks will be more than capable of playing some of the latest games, including Spore, Call of Duty 4 and World of Warcraft.
Surprisingly, considering the purported power of the device, it is only 1.14-inches thick and weighs in at 1.36KG for the six-cell model. Both the Ion and Ion-less models come with 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a 160GB HDD, a 1.3 megapixel webcam and 802.11b/g wireless capability.
Lenovo has also managed to pack in an express card slot, three USB 2.0 ports, a multitouch trackpad, a HDMI port on the Ion-based model and a full sized keyboard.
Advertisement
Related Stories
- Lenovo net profits soar by 73% May 23rd 2012 at 10:55AM
- Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon is world's lightest May 15th 2012 at 6:23AM
- Lenovo's ThinkPad USB 3.0 dock May 9th 2012 at 12:11AM
- Lenovo aims to ship first Windows 8 tablet Mar 18th 2012 at 10:44PM
- CES 2012: Intel enters smartphone arena Jan 11th 2012 at 6:18AM
- CES 2012: Lenovo unveils Android-powered K91 smart TV without Google Jan 9th 2012 at 4:40AM
- Lenovo unveils Ivy Bridge Thinkpad ultrabook Jan 5th 2012 at 5:54AM
- Lenovo's new Cedar Trail not-a-netbook Dec 30th 2011 at 4:57AM
- Lenovo launches new Essential C325 all-in-one Oct 25th 2011 at 12:51AM
- Lenovo becomes world number two PC maker Oct 14th 2011 at 5:19AM
