The IdeaPad S12 is a line of consumer-oriented netbook computers designed by

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. It is a model in the

IdeaPad IdeaPad (stylized as IDEAPΛD and formerly ideapad) is a line of consumer-oriented laptop computers designed, developed and marketed by Lenovo. The IdeaPad mainly competes against computers such as Acer's Aspire, Dell's Inspiron and XPS, HP ...

series and their first netbook to have a 12" screen. The computers were put on the market in 2009 and currently come in black and white.

Description

It contains either an

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br>N270
1.6 GHz

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or a

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1.3 GHz

. They support

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b/g wireless networking and come with three

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ports, an ExpressCard/34 expansion slot, a 4-in-1 media reader,

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and

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outputs and an

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port. The S12 is one of the first netbooks to support

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platform for mobile HD video playback.

Past revision

The IdeaPad S12 has a base price of (

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) $449 for the Intel Atom N270 model and (

) $429 for the Via Nano ULV 2250. It features a 12.1" 1280×800

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display with a 160GB

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, which can be upgraded by removing the keyboard and 1 GB

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, which is easily upgraded via a user access panel on the bottom of the netbook.

Current lineup

The S12 was revised on 22 October 2009 and is priced between (

) $399 and $649. It comes with either

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, a 160–320 GB

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, and 1–3 GB of

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References

External links

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