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Lenovo’s IdeaPad S12 now with NVidia Ion

Seems like Lenovo has made the first call to taking in an NVidia Ion chipset with its upcoming IdeaPad S12 netbook.

The GPU will definitely boost performance of the netbook and be able to play 1080p HD videos. With a screen size of 12.1″ (1280×800 pixels), the unit can be hardly called a netbook anymore.

lenovo ideapad s12

The S12 will still have an Intel Atom N270 CPU @ 1.6GHz, 1 GB RAM, 160GB HDD, 1.3 MP webcam, WiFi 802.11 b/g, and bluetooth. A 3-cell and 6-cell battery will also be included out of the box. There’s an option to have it with Intel GMA 950 too.

Should be out next month (June) and priced at $449 for the Intel GMA and 499 for the Nvidia Ion model {via PCWorld }.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

26 Responses

  1. Avatar for arvin arvin says:

    available na po ba 2 sa philippines?

  2. Avatar for cute_icy cute_icy says:

    available nah kaya ito ngayon? 1st quarter na ng 2010. haaay. guys, alam nyo buh kung san pwede mk bili nito? :]

  3. Avatar for dan dan says:

    still waiting for this. sana naman magkaron dito. sir abe possible ba ito sa MyUSmailbox

  4. Avatar for norby norby says:

    i called lenovo philippines. yung nakausap ko said that they’re not sure if this will be brought here in the philippines. tsk tsk tsk. sayang.

  5. Avatar for maki maki says:

    just bought hp 311.
    worth comparing to s12 i believe.

  6. Avatar for maki maki says:

    any idea guys kung san sa pinas mabibili to?
    as well as the price?,.. im planning to buy this coming december or early next yr.,

  7. Avatar for alger alger says:

    san mabibili to sa pinas? wla ko makita sa mall. :(

  8. Avatar for techie techie says:

    ang astig nito. Linis nang gameplay dun sa demo nung Call of Duty considering medyo matakaw din sa graphics yun. Sabi daw, kaya ganun eh dahil sa video card na yung nagproprocess. hehehehe I wonder how much is this. Sana di agad at sana di lumagpas nang 23K. Pwede nang makipag-compete sa X series nung lenovo/thinkpad :) almost half the price pa!

    PC Corner told me by next they will have this. So it’s safe to assume by August it’s everywhere.

  9. Avatar for originator originator says:

    I am really excited to have it once and for all. In fact, i am saving my dimes for buying ideapad s12. I would like to get my hands on this unit. Especially for it’s gaming capabilties. Will you blog some sites where to pre-order the unit.

  10. Avatar for pAo pAo says:

    where can we buy this new lenovo s12? I tried to call lenovo stores here in the phil but they still have no idea when will this be released here.. They don’t even know how much it costs.. Hope i can buy one soon..

  11. Avatar for Anonymous Anonymous says:

    Specs that I saw from other site (http://portablemonkey.com/article/hands-on-with-the-12.1-lenovo-ideapad-s12-with-ion/)

    “The Lenovo Ideapad S12 sports a 12.1” 1280 x 800 glossy display, Atom N270 processor, 2GB RAM, 320GB HDD and integrated HSDPA. You also get a HDMI port in addition to a VGA port.”

    With this spec this definitely a good buy! Time to reserved the money for this. :)

  12. Avatar for Cecile Cecile says:

    I LOvE iT!

  13. Avatar for jude jude says:

    aus yn ha

  14. Avatar for Jose Farrugia Jose Farrugia says:

    Guys you can check out a comparison of two systems, one which isn’t running on a Nvidia ION chip while the other is. Check it out here:

    http://www.mangochico.com/nvidia-ion-performance/

  15. Avatar for John Ray Cabrera John Ray Cabrera says:

    screen might juts be too large to be classified as a netbook.

  16. Avatar for crestfallen crestfallen says:

    it looks really nice!
    but then, i don’t consider this a netbook ‘coz of its size!

  17. Avatar for calvin calvin says:

    next stop sana is a CULV with ION netbook.
    pero i don’t consider this a netbook with its 12.1″ display

  18. Avatar for Deo Deo says:

    hopefully this will perform well unlike the other netbooks….

    Health Blog

  19. Avatar for PC Domination PC Domination says:

    this is a very nice netbook to have..

  20. Avatar for cris cris says:

    a 12 in netbook is nice

  21. Avatar for Darren Darren says:

    Ion platform with only $499, it’s really a bargain. Back to the time of thin & light segment two years ago.

  22. Avatar for Reel Advice Reel Advice says:

    Wow! This is a surprise! Me wants to look at how well it performs with multimedia files and games. :)

  23. Avatar for Gerard Banasig Gerard Banasig says:

    does this come with a dvd-rom?

  24. Avatar for The real Hayden The real Hayden says:

    Sure, it can play nice videos but can it encrypt or hide videos?

  25. Avatar for Jose Farrugia Jose Farrugia says:

    It will especially with it’s iOn Chip!

  26. Avatar for vance vance says:

    at long last… hopefully it fairs well, as a netbook…

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