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Lenovo S103t 065137U 10.1Inch Multitouch Netbook Black
This white Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3T Tablet PC is loaded with thoughtful standard features to make your life a little easier. It has a Intel Atom N450 1.66GHz processor, 1GB of DDR2 667 memory, a 250GB...read more
$499.99
$449.95
$449.95
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Product Features
- 1.66GHz Intel Atom Processor
- 1GB 204 Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM Memory
- 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM); 802.11 b/g/n
- 10.1 1024x600 LED Multi-Touch Display (16:9); Intel GMA 3150 Graphics
- Windows 7 Starter
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Brand: LenovoModel: 0651-37U
UPC: 884942893889
Product Code: 065137U
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Rating:5 out of 5 stars
All of the negative reviews you will find about this netbook (fine, netvertible) are from senseless users that are expecting this mini-powerhouse to be a full laptop replacement. If you are an educated consumer (and even if you are not) you will find that this machine lives up to all of the hype if you take a day to really enjoy it.
As soon as I booted up the machine, it was incredibly responsive. The default Lenovo configuration is pretty good, even though there is some start-up junk that slows down your initial boot. Me, being the user I am, immediately installed Windows 7 Professional to maximize my tablet experience.
The Goods:
The incredible screen responsivness! -It is even better than my iPhone!
The incredible battery life! (6-8 hours)
Very sturdy build. This machine is light, but feels awesome in your hands.
The processor, hard drive, and the memory is enough for limitless tablet fun!
It FLIES. With both Win7 Starter and Pro, this machine is very quick and will not leave you waiting like some others.
The Bad:
The battery is a tad large for my taste, BUT makes for a really nice grip while in tablet mode.
No bluetooth.
The “Eh”
People seem to be complaining about the keyboard quality. What they need to realize is that this is a netvertible tablet, not a desktop or full laptop. Yes, the keyboard feels a little looser than other netbooks, but be serious, you are not going to be purchasing this machine for its keyboard quality. Even so, I am composing this entire review on that “terrible” keyboard, and it is very comfortable.
The touchpad with the integrated buttons is a little funky, but OH WAIT, I can touch the screen!!!!
Overall, I would have to say that this is one of the best netbooks I have ever had the chance to use. Lenovo has really done it again, and I am very very happy with my purchase. Whether you are looking for something to travel with that you can have a little fun with, or if you are just looking to get over the boring, touchless, machine you use on a regular basis; this is the way to go.
This is the future of notebooks and netbooks. You will NOT be disappointed.
please don’t buy this laptop. too bad experience(s10-3t)
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
first of all, this netbook looks good and it also has the good touch screen. however, you can hear some stranger sound or noise from fans of hard driver. perhaps this sound from hard driver is regular in USA. but lots of Chinese users think there noises from fans and hard driver are not regular. so they used software to control that sound from that fan.
I also got this noise from my s10-3t, so asking CS of aamazon.com to replace a new one to me. the CS is good, they said will send new one to me tomorrow.
if the new one also has that noise, I will return this laptop.
too bad experience!!!!!!!!!!!
Great base product, a few tweeks makes it Great!
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I just got my hands on the this machine last night..and I’m surprised by the versatility.
Pros: The touch screen is great even without the upgrade, must be the sheer novelty. Nicely sized chicklet keys, and windows syncing made it easy to share music and files between my main computer and this lenovo. Im still waiting for my 2gig Ram upgrade in the mail, so Ill hold out on my final judgement until then. The tablet setup is kinda fly, but remember it twists 180 degrees not 360!!
Cons: The Windows Starter is inadequate for the scope of this machine. I will be upgrading using the anytime Upgrade option to Home premium this weekend. There is so much bloatware!!! I spent all of last night just deleting stuff! No accelerometer, which is disappointing, but I hope it will be added in the next version of this computer. Ive heard many complaints that Lenovo shipped a super-size battery (8 cell). Other laptop brands usually give a 6 or even just a 4 cell, so to complaining that there is too much battery is asinine.
Overall, Im happy with my purchase.I cant wait till i get some tablet games! Thanks to Amazon for getting the product to me in less than a week instead of a month like the other websites!
Do not buy this if you want a usable tablet! Poor mouse design.
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
+ side:
Looks nice in pictures and in person.
Good size
Little on the heavy side in terms of netbooks but is okay
- side:
Totally unusable as a tablet for taking notes and if you are even thinking about using it for inking, forget it!
Touchscreen is capacitive only, will not respond to stylus. Responds to fingers only
Touchscreen is very unresponsive, in particular around the edges, it will drive you absolutely nuts trying to use it
This thing drove me nuts in 1 night of trying to use it, I absolutely hated the lack of tablet functionality and the mouse design is horrible- can you imagine, a tiny mouse pad area, that you need to click and slide over at the same time, hoping to get the cursor to where it needs to go within a teeny area? It’s ridiculous, and utterly unusable.
I very much hope that Amazon will fully refund me for this cute little piece of junk.
SUMMARY:
If you need a functional tablet look elsewhere.
If you just want a cool looking little netbook and are ok with using an external mouse all the time, go for it.
Best Tablet option for the forseeable future
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is the best option you have if you want a tablet. Everything works great, and it has so many more features than the iPad will. It is faster and with a built-in keyboard, it makes an awesome little netbook.
Basically, no one else will be releasing anything quite like this. If you’re on the fence because of that, just go ahead and take the plunge. A “netvertable” has taken the backseat to pure tablets. Which is too bad, because the hybrid concept is much more practical. I can take notes on this thing, or even write a quick review for Amazon.
With the right codecs, you can push out 720p/1080p on this thing. I have successfully pulled that off with CoreAVC. It is no substitute for Tegra/ION, but in this form factor, no one will be releasing an ION based device this year anyways.
Great device, highly recommended. Just be smart with it, upgrade the RAM and get Home Premium. Then you’ll be golden. Enjoy!
Great netbook / tablet ipad killer.
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Hey playing right now on my lenovo s10-3t. I purchased with the upgrade 2 gigs of ram, and after you kill all the crap pre-loaded lenovo software that comes with this beastly little tablet, you get the true experience of how great it actually is. First off 8 cell battery is awesome long life although that big a battery does add some heft but makes for a nice bezel. Second, it is windows, but once you can tweak the settings to work for you (including power) its fast. As a simple reminder, low power settings decrease overall cpu speed. Optimal setting is great for life and speed. Mind you, I am an apple fanboy but this beats ipad hands down in cost and bang for your buck. Webcam has built in internal cam and mic, for skype or video chat(beats ipad). Great capacitive touch, typing review in tablet mode as I speak, but if I wanted could use real keyboard. (beats ipad.) I know my fellow apple lovers will hate me for the following comment and for rubbing salt in an open wound. It plays flash, both in video and in games! It lets you see the web, without limitations. “It just works!” but unlike apple ipad, no lego blocks of fail to hold you back. I would recommend playing with settings a bit before rushing reviews, if you do, you’ll quickly see that this little tablet is money well spent.
Expensive, has flaws but overall good netbook
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Before buying this you have to decide on what it is you actually want. For me it was the tablet feature. I was very interested in the iPad but after seeing the launch, the specs etc. it quickly became apparent that this wasn’t the device for me. I then went looking around and found the ASUS T91MT touch netbook. My main concerns with this netbook was it’s size and also after reading multiple reviews it’s performance. This led me on to this device, the Lenovo S10-3t. It was the correct size, used the new Pineview chipset and N450 processor so should be capable.
I’ve now had this device for a few days and played with it almost non-stop. It has both good points and bad points.
As shipped this device comes with Windows 7 Starter edition, unfortunately this version of windows does not include the built in Windows 7 multi-touch features. If you are really interested in using this device as a tablet then you must upgrade to at least Windows 7 Home Premium edition, so bear this extra cost in mind when deciding whether or not to purchase this. One of the first things I done was to upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate edition.
Another point to bear in mind is that you will probably want to upgrade to 2Gb of RAM rather than the built in 1Gb. Again, I done this using the Amazon recommended Crucial memory upgrade. One point to note about the RAM. Amazon states in the technical details about this product that it uses 204 pin DDR2 memory. This is incorrect, it uses the more readily available 200 pin RAM.
The Lenovo has multiple connectors that should be enough for most people, vga out, twin USB 2 connectors, built in card reader etc. If you need more than what’s provided then you really should be looking at full laptop rather than a netbook. One bad point about these connectors however is that the two USB 2 connectors are too close together. The dimensions of most USB add-ons, e.g. memory stick, GPS receiver etc. are slightly wider than Lenovo allows for so you dont have room to plug in two devices. For example I plugged in a USB memory stick and tried to plug in a mouse but the memory stick was large enough for me not to be able to plug in the mouse. This seems to be an oversight on Lenovo’s part. If you buy a USB extension cord however then you will have no problems (I received a short one with the GPS receiver I bought which works out extremely nicely).
The touchpad on the Lenovo is extremely small and also annoying. I have found the cursor jumping on the screen and returning the Windows Start Icon multiple times. For nominal use the mouse touchpad will suffice but for any serious or extended use a mouse will be necessary.
Upgrading the device is extremely easy. There is a cover on the back held in place by 5 screws, simply unscrew and remove the cover to reveal access to the hard drive, RAM and also a mini PCIE port.
The device is amply powered and has taken whatever I have thrown at it without slowing down noticably. The built in graphics are good enough to handle Windows Aero quite easily and viewing video is a delight. The slowest component appears to be the hard drive but as stated above you can upgrade this from the 5400rpm drive it comes with to a 7200rpm drive or solid state drive if you so wish.
The onboard sound is a complete disaster if you are playing through the built in speakers. It is barely audible and extremely tinny. Either buy external speakers or listen through headphones.
Personally I don’t like the keyboard. The keys are very near full size and therefore quite good but they feel very cheap and it just doesn’t feel quite right. Possibly the worst keyboard I’ve come across yet. I’ve also noticed that whilst typing the cursor sometimes jumps. I’ve not figured out yet why this is happening and so am not sure if it’s something that I’m doing or something to do with the actual keyboard.
Finally the touchscreen. The touchscreen is a delight once you’ve upgraded and can make use of the multi-touch. I’ts very responsive and accurate. Sometimes too accurate. It takes where you first touch the screen so if you are trying to click on a small icon the screen will pick up where your finger touched the screen, which might not be where you meant to touch. Having a stylus obviously helps as it’s more accurate but you can quite easily use touch without problems for the most part. The hinge is very sturdy and has a nice strong action to it.
It feels as though Lenovo spent most of the development cost on the screen, the hinge and the new Pineview chipset and the rest of the system seems fairly cheaply put together although I’m sure with it being Lenovo then it will last.
The good :-
Wonderful touch screen
Good chipset
Nice weight
Easy to replace parts
The bad :
USB ports are too close together
No Bluetooth
Touchpad is not very good at all
Keyboard feels cheap and not very tactile.
Speakers are a disaster
Comes with a tonne of bloatware that you need to remove.
Needs to be upgraded to take full advantage of it (extra cost)
Know what you are buying first
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Looking at some of the reviews here I have a hard time believing the machine I am using at this moment is the same one. Then again I new what I was buying before hand. I was dissapointed in the announcement of the iThing and was hoping to find a viable alternative that was:
1. Affordable 500-700
2. More versatile (Netvertible, USB ports)
3. Portable (not pocketsize but not horrible to tote when needed)
4. Stable
5. Able to provide web access, ebooks, music, movies, games, gps
I bought this after doing quite a bit of research and thought I knew the limitations before I got it. Boy was I suprised.
Out of the box, with Win 7 Starter and 1GB RAM and TONS of bloatware from Lenovo this thing crawled. Just like every other netbook out there. I knew it would be slow when I got it so I picked up a 2GB SD-DIMM and upgraded immediately. One of the best things about this device, you actually CAN upgrade the memory, hard drive, and even has a free mini pci-e slot. Most of the others solder memory in, use proprietary drives, or have no free slots.
After that I did a CLEAN install of Win 7 Ultimate, loaded drivers, and started to test. I have been very impressed, moreso than I would have thought. It’s pleasantly snappy, fantastic screen with all tablet features enabled, and does more than I originally hoped.
I was planning on this to be primarily used as a nice little web browsing, epub reading, and email checking machine. But I have sucessfully tested HD video, (MKV h264 with CCCP) some light games (World of Goo is a blast with the screen, Fallout 1/2, Quake Live). The SD multi reader makes this a great way to view and offload images from my DSLR. The USB ports are incredibly handy on a device this size. The keyboard actually feels nice, my only complaint is the god awful speakers.
This is a great little box for around the house use, ebooks, music, some video, gaming etc. With a cheap 3 dollar BT reciever I am able to tether to my 3G phone, I have a BT GPS puck and software loaded and can take advantage of that. The screen is bright, crisp, and with capacative multi-touch and the Win 7 Tablet features easy to use and responsive.
I am very happy with my purchase, It’s not a monster rig that will play the latest games, it does need the benefit of 2GB RAM and Win 7 Prem and a clean install to realize it’s potential. If you know that ahead of time you too will be pleasantly suprised by the usefulness of this great little device. 4* -.5 for the bloatware -.5 for the speakers.
Great netbook, nice build quality, great looks and an ok touchscreen.
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Got this about 1 week ago with the 8 cell battery and 250GB hard drive. I upgraded the RAM to 2GB and have upgraded the OS to Win7 Pro in order to take full advantage of the touch/tablet features.
Out of the box, this took only about 5 minutes to power on and setup. Lenovo tries to get you to pull the trigger on several add-on apps upon booting the first time, but you can skip it. These are programs like ID vault and other useful but unnecessary programs. After skipping that, I setup a few things for Windows, and we’re in! My wireless network detected without a hitch. I’m using a Zyxel 550N router…great signal and reception.
Touch screen:
I was anxious to try the touch screen, so I dove in and tried the Lenovo installed stuff 1st. Lenovo Natural Touch is the app that appears to be much like the U1 interface shown at CES. Very “iPhone-like”. It runs a little laggy at first, but when you get a feel for the touch speed, it is actually quite responsive. I tried playing with pictures and the multi-touch works great! IT DOES WORK without having to upgrade windows to a higher version than starter edition…but, using Lenovo’s custom software. I played the sample video which ran pretty smooth and looked just fine. I then tried the notes app and recorded a video of myself which worked as expected. I was able to write on sticky notes witout a problem using my fingertip. I also bought a Pogo which I think works fine for the touch points and just okay for actual writing.
So, I had a license for Win7 Pro and decided to install it since it added full support for tablets. I got a student deal for $29 a while back…couldn’t resist. So, I did the anytime upgrade and it took about 20 minutes total. Whalla…Win7 Pro.
I quickly installed Office 2007 including OneNote. They all work fine and multi-touch works to zoom in Word and Powerpoint. OneNote is super for this tablet!!! You can take documents and use a highlighter on screen or scribble notes on top of text documents…VERY COOL and will be quite useful!
LCD quality:
The screen is beautiful–very clear and while reflective/glossy, the quality is excellent, bright and easy to look at.
The screen of course can be viewed vertically or normally. In portrait mode, I found the picture to be a little less sharp and it puts a slight strain on the eye. I’m not sure if its the refresh rate or what, but there is a slight metallic sheen to images and a little bit of a contrast issue. Nothing major, but definitely noticeable. By default, the accelerometer is turned off
Web tests:
It of course has IE, but I downloaded Firefox for security and personal preference reasons. Both run fine. They both seem to respond to the multi-touch and the spread gesture zooms in, while swiping scrolls. You can easily navigate like you would on an iPhone. Speed was good.
I played a few flash games and they played full speed. My 3 yr old daughter even played some games at [...] and used the touch screen to control them with ease!
I then tried streaming movies on netflix….perfect playback although the screen size and format can waste a little screen real estate. I played a 4:3 movie and it wasted a lot of space until I went full screen…the small browser window made it so you had to scroll up or down a bit in order to see the whole picture. Going full-screen fixed it.
So, flash and silverlight work just fine. I plan to try some other games soon to push this a little….I’ll report back as I get time.
Inking:
I have no experience with other units that have the RF pens, but I can say that the inking/writing is not overly intuitive. Windows Journal and other tablet apps work great though. One I train myself and calibrate this to my writing, I think it’ll improve a lot. The pen/highlighter that I can use in other Office apps is going to be useful for research and school work. The handwriting recognition is not super and almost a waste for inputting a lot of text, even with the Pogo stylus I bought. Plan to use this for drawing and less detailed writing…
Misc. Stuff:
SD card reader works great and you can flip through pictures on the card via the Lenovo Natural touch app. The speakers and sound quality are not good at all. It is very “tin-ny” and not loud, though in a quiet room I guess it would be ok. Voices in a movie are audible, but the EQ is bad. I didn’t try headphones, but I’m positive that they’d improve the listening experience. A program called “Bumptop” is included an pretty cool to show off touch features. It creates a 3-D environment for files and pictures that you can move around and stick on walls, stack up or sort. A brief tutorial shows you how…pretty cool. Like many other Lenovo products, this too has the facial recognition which works okay. It came with McAfee security suite on it, which I promptly removed since I’m not a fan. I am just using MS Security Suite and Malicious SW tools….works fine for me. I won’t do any risky browsing anyway on this. I haven’t tried an eBook, but I think this won’t look any different than a regular notebook. The screen is certainly not e-ink though I think it’ll serve the purpose for those of us who want the capability, but don’t plan to buy a kindle or even the iPad.
The 8-cell battery (getting 6-6.5hrs) works great as a grip when using this in portrait/tablet modes. The keyboard has a nice feel to it, though fast touch-typists like myself are going to struggle when trying to type a lot. The left-hand side of the KB is slightly smaller for shift/tab/caps keys, but still very useable. Full sized keys, but the layout is just slightly off. The SD slot is in the front and covered when not in use…
Final Thoughts:
I bought this because I wanted something to travel with and Apple didn’t really announce what I needed in January. So, I wanted something new and cool…which this is. I thought the idea of a touch interface was in line with progress and I’m happy I got this. For the price, this is a sound solution for a netbook that gives you just enough “shiny and new” to keep interest. The touch is not a gimmick and I will make use of it for sure. The build quality is solid and the look/finish is beautiful, though a finger print magnet for sure. Overall, I must say that I am quite happy with this purchase. As a Mac user, I often have a less than stellar outlook on PC machines, though Win7 is a huge improvement. Not without the issues that plague all Windows machines, this Lenovo is exactly what I wanted and will prove to be a great 2nd laptop and travel companion.
Dave
Best portable computer I have ever owned
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I currently own 6 computers: a macbook(for wife), and hp core 2 duo laptop 15″(love it), a sony ux380n(upgraded to the max), a compaq laptop(workhorse, slow), a dell xps(gaming), and my desktop. Well, I bought this to hopefully fill in the void I have with my vaio. It does that and more – My vaio I have over 600 in upgrades alone, a u7700 processor(supposedly trumps atom big time), an ssd 128gb harddrive, extended batteries, doc, win 7 ultimate, the whole 9. It is an amazing machine but I am enthralled with what I got for $500 in this little lenovo.
I think most of the bad reviews come from people who expect to pull a computer out of the box and it performs the way you want it to. Other than the one guy who appearently had a defective one. Anyways, here is what you do, I bought the crucial 2gb chip that amazon recomended, and installed win 7 ultimate immediately after installing the ram upgrade($50), then office 2007 professional and adobe cs3, took the bloatware off and installed kaspersky 2010 internet security. Installed win 7 newest updates and tweeked the advanced performance options a bit and enabled quickstart in the bios. With those few things done and I installed my CLEAR connection manager and a few other work programs – I am connected all day, all of my outlook and microsoft programs run super smooth and I can search and send clients full urls and html code and emails. I get about 7-8 hours of usage with very “connected” usage, meaning wifi, internet, skype, outlook, and IM running. I also get great responsiveness from the touchscreen in programs and while browsing. The multitouch has worked better than expected thus far.
The only, and I mean only, problem I have is in acrobat pro – I can sign documents with the touchscreen right now. I am looking for the best stylus because appearently the pogo is not the best capacitative, but when using your finger to sign a document, the page scrolls instead of staying stationary and letting the mouse(touch) do the inking. This is perfectly alright because I know there is a fix and only had this thing a day, but that is my only complaint.
I used to use my old toughbook for signing documents, but that was a 3 thousand dollar laptop – so given the price point, I don’t have much to complain about especially since I know how to fix that – just did not want to spend an hour or two tweeking that one program, yet.
I would suggest for a netbook alone this is worth the money but the capacitative screen makes it a steel.
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