Comments on: Lenovo IdeaPad S12

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 04:18:12 +0000

I’ve had mine for 1.5 years now. Thrown everything from Windows 7 to Mandriva Linux at it without problem. Currently running RHEL6 Linux. I won’t say it runs RHEL6 fast….as it kinda bogs when running firefox or Chrome with anything flash related (but that was happening even with Windows XP). After some minor tweaking, everything works in Linux though…including jello windows (Compiz).

By: dezza

dezza — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:54:44 +0000

Me and a friend ordered 2 identical S12′s ..

We’ve both been very happy with both performance, design and general feel of the laptop!

The only drawback about the keyboard is that you have to hold “Fn” key to hit “END” which is an issue when programming ..

Now I own a ThinkPad Edge 13″ Intel Core 2 Duo 1.3GHz .. And although I got a little more power with this one I still miss my S12 .. It could do Photoshop and Visual Studio fine even though it was not the fastest it did the job when on the run .. Afterall you buy a netbook for portability and the battery life was great ..

By: sam

sam — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:01:25 +0000

Please post your Linux compatibility reviews for this product at http://ubuntuhcl.org/browse/product+lenovo-ideapad-s12?id=7232

By: Mashu

Mashu — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:25:43 +0000

I am also very disappointed with what Lenovo Thinkpads presents now.
For the price I expect quality(not breaking and cracking case) and they really have to work hard to get my attention back.

Using mark sign so badly was short distance run.

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By: pmorton

pmorton — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:32:00 +0000

After recent experiences of Lenovo, they’ll have to work very hard at redeeming themselves before I take another look at a device from them.

By: carl

carl — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:31:42 +0000

There is a via Nano version of this hardware, does it benchmark or perform differently ?
Also, what memory options are available ? Shipped with wniXP, it is limited to 1G of ram, can this be increased easily ?