Lenovo’s ION-based S12 makes netbooks exciting again (update: less than $600)
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We don’t have a lot of information at the moment, but CNET is reporting that Lenovo is getting ready to launch the world’s first ION-based netbook. While CNET doesn’t give it a model number, the filename used on the image reads “LenovoS12netbook” and is said to pack discrete graphics and NVIDIA’s Ion processor chipset.Technically, the 12-inch laptop is too big for netbook classifaction and too chubby to be a CULV thin-and-light. Then again, those are classifactions of Intel’s making which doesn’t mean a whole lot to the boys from NVIDIA.
Update: PC Perspective has additional detail about the S12: 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor, full-size keyboard, and what looks like an HDMI-out when it lands in July or August for less than $600.
Update 2: Interesting. Netbooknews.de has a proven record with insider-netbook news and claims that the S12 will eventually include a Via Nano processor option.
[Via PCPer]
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