Lenovo announces 11.6-inch IdeaPad S205 with AMD Fusion

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4 Jan, 2011 2:14 pm

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Did I say 11.6-inch is my all time favourite form factor? We’re only four days in but this year is shaping up to be a great year for the form factor. Here’s yet another – Lenovo has just announced the Ideapad S205 powered by AMD Fusion. Design wise it looks identical to last year’s IdeaPad U160 and U165, I can’t spot any difference in the press shot.

Specs – an 11.6-inch 1366 x 768 display, AMD Zacate E-350 APU, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, up to 750GB HDD, Bluetooth, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, HDMI, USB 2.0, card reader, optional 3G. No word on price or availability but other Lenovo goods are shipping in March, April and May. Update – it ships in March, same as the IdeaPad S100 netbook.

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Source: Engadget, SlashGear


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  • Forem

    wow, it looks like the AMD Fusion Zacate/Ontario is in full effect, seems like every major manufacture is putting their weight behind it.

    its funny, although Zacate competes in power with CULV, it competes in price closer to Atom (about $100 more). so Intels SandyBridge cant compete in pricing, which means Intel is going to need a new Atom/GPU combo quickly, but it looks like that wont be for at least 6 months.

    AMD may have finally found the right product at the right time to battle Intel. everybody says netbooks/notbooks are dead because of tablets, but this is quite possibly going to be the best year ever.

  • Anonymous

    AMD to the rescue!

  • gman

    Peter I don’t want to sound tacky, but can we work together on a project? Your words, 11.6″ being your favorite form factor speaks volumes to me. I guess the only hang-up is that I consider 11.6″ as a secondary computer, in other words a netbook. Sure a premium netbook but it’s still a netbook to me. Sadly, as I’ve mentioned here and elsewhere, the blogs that depend on netbooks will kill of the category that they so depend on. It all comes down to ignorance or stupidity. I say this because don’t be shocked to see the 10.1″ go the way the 8.9″ which means… yep, you don’t have a netbook site or netbook category. Period. That’s where the stupidity comment comes into play. And no, I’m not directing that your way! I say that in general terms to describe that self defeating strategy or decision.

  • Anonymous

    What was your definition of a netbook again? Everything that is 12-inch and under?

  • Dude

    @gleemax
    Dude, just disable the pagefile in windows 7 and it will be faster than lightning :)

  • gman

    I was from the mindset that secondary computer is actually what “netbook” has become. The nonsense about cheapness or speed or 10.1″ and under are all helping to kill off netbooks. I think you and other people who are dealing with netbooks and websites understand importance of terms.

    But to answer your question, it’s been my argument that 12″ and under should be considered a secondary computer. My 12.1″ collects dust at home as proof of that fact. People use their 11.6″ MacBook Air at home for primary use? No way. I also argue that Asus considers their 12.1″ Eee PC as a netbook (and a lot of people do call it one) that 12″ does make sense from a logical point of view.

    Like Cnet I believe that there can and should be “netbooks” and “premium netbooks”. These 11.6″ like in this story obviously qualify as premium netbooks. Do the manufacturers want these labeled as netbooks? Obviously not. What about “premium netbooks”? That to me makes sense. If you really did your research you would likely find that the public out there seek out 11.6″ netbooks, not 11.6″ ultraportable ultrathin subnotebook notbook notebooks.

    I would suggest, whether or not your site cares enough about it, to think about what you’re doing to yourselves. Words matter. Terms matter. This is the internet and that’s the way it works. If the 11.6″ category takes off (like it should) then you can and will see the erosion and total elimination of netbooks. Afterall, if you limited your definition to be 8.9″ form factor, then netbooks would be dead now. With a shift up to 11.6″, it’s just going to take a bit longer before you have NO netbook stories whatsoever. Face it folks, 10.1″ sucks. Call me a liar, but that is NOT the ideal size for a secondary computer. HD display really needs the 11.6″ and the keyboard/trackpad also benefit from the added size. That’s why I totally agree with you that it’s the best size. Period.

  • Anonymous

    I’ll probably still call most 10-inchers, and varying 12-inch and 11.6-incher netbooks. Here’s why. They have unique features / restrictions that warrant the term, and the fact they are heading in a slightly different direction from standard netbooks.

    These features / restrictions? I’m talking about stuff like a limited screen resolution, no access to HDD or RAM for the most part, Windows 7 Starter, lack of built in HD support, restrictions with ION 2 with Windows 7 Starter and so on. There’s none of this on everything 11.6-inch and over, it’s just all relative performance / speed from then on. Enough uniques features to warrant the term in my opinion. It’s the reason I wouldn’t call a Panasonic Let’s Note J9 Core i5 10-incher a netbook, even one hell of an expensive one at $2,000 plus.

    As for direction, most CPU parts get quite decent CPU speed bumps every year, but Intel’s netbooks are going the other way. Barely any speed improvements. Everything is going towards better battery life, no doubt they want to take the Atom platform to ARM levels.