Lenovo's IdeaPad S10 Reviewed

19:36 November 25, 2008 PST

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Lenovo's IdeaPad S10

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Benchmarks

We used CrystalMark 2004R3 and HD Tune to benchmark the IdeaPad S10. If our savvy readers have any suggestions on more apt tools to use next time we benchmark a machine, please let us know.

CrystalMark	29930
ALU	5549
Fibonacci	1957
Napierian	862
Eratosthenes	1131
QuickSort	1577
FPU	4847
MikoFPU	843
RandMeanSS	2144
FFT	1091
Mandelbrot	747
MEM	4523
Read	1874.71 MB/s (1874)
Write	1112.49 MB/s (1112)
Read/Write	1120.77 MB/s (1120)
Cache	3951.89 MB/s (395)
HDD	9052
Read	63.96 MB/s (2558)
Write	60.09 MB/s (2403)
RandomRead512K	32.26 MB/s (1290)
RandomWrite512K	43.66 MB/s (1746)
RandomRead 64K	7.45 MB/s (298)
RandomWrite 64K	18.94 MB/s (757)
GDI	2347
Text	445
Square	496
Circle	760
BitBlt	646
D2D	2931
Sprite 10	247.65 FPS (24)
Sprite 100	195.04 FPS (195)
Sprite 500	100.17 FPS (500)
Sprite 1000	62.36 FPS (623)
Sprite 5000	15.63 FPS (781)
Sprite 10000	8.08 FPS (808)
OGL	681
Scene 1	435
Lines (x1000)	(36918)
Scene 2 CPU	(8)
Scene 2 Score	246
Polygons (x1000)	(5211)
Scene 2 CPU	(4)

Battery Life

The included 3-cell battery provides around 3 hours of battery life, however you can easily squeeze more out of it with tweaks. A 6-cell battery will be available later this year capable of providing, you guessed it, around 6 hours of battery life.

The Screen

It's bright, and crisp. While I keep my MacBook Pro on about 75% brightness, I found around 50% worked fine with the IdeaPad. This had the added benefit of providing another half an hour or so of lifespan to the 3-cell battery. The 1024x600 resolution was unheard of until a couple of years ago, so many of the games that would otherwise run on the IdeaPad will refuse to function at this resolution, and as mentioned before, it's less than ideal for the web. The bright side is that all your 16:9 and 16:10 video content will display with minimal to no bordering.

Music Production/Performance

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