Lenovo IdeaPad S12 is the world’s first netbook with NVIDIA Ion chipset

Still hot on Lenovo news, Lenovo’s newest notebook could well be the first to have a NVIDIA Ion chipset. With NVIDIA’s ION graphics platform, users will enjoy brilliant 1080p high definition video with smooth playback. According to Rene Haas (General manager – Notebook GPUs, NVIDIA), “With enhanced graphics, the Lenovo IdeaPad S12 netbook is perfect for watching movies, playing popular games like Spore, flipping through vacation pictures or enhancing family videos.”

Lenovo IdeaPad U350 provides power in a good price

Memorial Day is also somehow a “Lenovo Day” as Chinese PC maker Lenovo rolls out the IdeaPad U350. The Lenovo IdealPad U350 is a ultra-thin notebook that has a 16:9 aspect ratio, 13.3 inch LED, HD 1366 X 768 which is just perfect for watching movies and viewing websites. The HDMI connector allows you to fully enjoy watching movies or other multimedia in high definition.

LG S900 19.1 inch notebook comes to South Africa

LG release a desktop replacement notebook which weights 5.9kg. It has a 19.1″ display with WXGA+ (1440×900) resolution , Monitor Quality LCD (300nit, 850:1, 7.4ms, 160/160, 72%). It runs on a Mobile Intel® PM/GM 965 Express chipset and can be customized from a Intel® Celeron® Processor 540, 1MB L2 Cache, 1.86GHz, 533MHz FSB  up to a  Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7300, 4MB L2 Cache, 2.0GHz, 800MHz FSB. You can also have up to 4GB of DDR2 667 RAM. The notebook is powered graphically by a NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT (256MB VRAM, *TurboCache Technology) or Intel® GMA X3100 (up to 358MB).

In terms of connectivity there is Intel® Next-Gen Wireless-N or Intel® Pro/Wireless 3945ABG(802.11a/b/g) or 802.11bg supported by Hexa-band Antenna or Triple Hexa-band Antenna(Intel® Next-Gen Wireless-N Only); there is also Gigabit (PM) or 10/100 Ethernet (GM) LAN; Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR;  DVB-T Tuner or Hybrid TV Tuner w/Remote Controller.

To top it off, there is a 1.3 megapixel LG Smart Cam, and the laptop comes bundled with Genuine Windows® Vista® Home Premium, Genuine Windows® Vista® Home Basic, or Genuine Windows® Vista® Business.

Press release after the jump.

Lenovo X300 suffers from anorexia

No offense to anyone who is anorexic, especially top models. The new Lenovo X300 surely impresses even the guys at Apple, because the MacBook Air is 0.1lbs heavier than the X300…

You should get different versions, but the most recent one I saw had an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU at 1.2GHz with 4MB cache against MacBook’s 1.6GHz, 2GB of RAM which is the same as its Apple counterpart. The hard drive is only 64GB against Apple’s 80GB, but there are 3 USB ports, and a DVD writer, which doesn’t even exist in the MacBook.

Source: Engadget via TheGadgetSite