Comments on: Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Mini-Review

By: jake

jake — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:37:31 +0000

it’s too gaudy , cheap sense of flashy case, it ’s slow and expensive as with all thinkpads , it is over rated just becuase of IBM legacy.

get a acer 2920g if you love a power in compact case.

get a HP 2710p if you need a pro mobile lappy.

get a toshiba R500 if you need a long lasting battery and LED LCd in lightest package.

http://www.notebookjournal.de/top10/subnotebooks

these are all better than this flashy, gaudy 2 k toy.

in case , you never seen the Acer , check out the below link.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Acer-Aspire-2920-5A2G16Mi-Subnotebook.9051.0.html

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:57:31 +0000

@Jooboo: There’s one in black available.

What I don’t understand at all is why the specs for the black one list a *faster* HD than the red one! Is that a typo? Can you guys at Laptop confirm this and if it’s true, ask why they did something dumb like that?

I don’t know if XP would even work on it. It seems to me, from the video, Lenovo put extra drivers in there for things. Like that light-up display of buttons. But yeah, XP on it would be absolutely *killer*.

By: Jooboo

Jooboo — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:29:34 +0000

Well, looks REALLY good. The only huge drawback is Vista. Does anybody knows if it has an option for good, old XP? Because if XP is avaliable, this little fella is on top of my list for a subnotebook. It’s light, it’s stylish (i hope other color options are avaliable, something darker would be nice), it has all you need – even external DVD is included. And a price is acceptable.

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:28:02 +0000

OK, just saw the video. Was it encoded correctly? The run time is double the actual length!

Would it be possible to add this to the typing test?

What did you think of its keyboard vs the hp Mini Note?

Does the reflective keyboard make it sometimes difficult to see the letters?

How does the 7-cell battery attach? Does it raise the unit or stick out the back?

If money was no object, would you prefer this over the hp Mini Note?

Keep up the great work!

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:19:34 +0000

My PC got sick, then I got sick, so it’s taken a second day for me to see all the video…

By: Charles

Charles — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:16:05 +0000

Re: LED backlight, why do you assume that LED’s get battery life than a CCFL? So far as I can tell, battery life is similiar. As I understand it, the push towards LEDs has more to do with eliminating the somewhat complicated DC up-conversion needed for the CCFL, smaller size, more consistent lighting, and a larger range of backlighting.

By: D.C. at Small-Laptops.com

D.C. at Small-Laptops.com — Sat, 03 May 2008 08:59:30 +0000

I may have missed it in the video (my audio was garbled for a few minutes of the video), but was there any flex as far as the display? It just seems awfully thin, but I’ve been a big fan of the X-series (even after IBM sold the ThinkPad line to Lenovo), and I’ve been impressed with Lenovo’s laptops so far.

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:03:00 +0000

First correction: It is NOt the “little red corvette.” I’ve already nicknamed it and my nicknames stick, dammit: It is the Little Red Riding Hood computer.

OK, now back to read the rest of the article… so jealous!!