The IdeaPad S12 is a line of consumer-oriented netbook computers designed by

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. It is a model in the

IdeaPad IdeaPad (stylized as IDEAPΛD and formerly ideapad) is a line of consumer-oriented laptop, laptop computers designed, developed and marketed by Lenovo. The IdeaPad mainly competes against computers such as Acer Inc., Acer's Acer Aspire, Aspire, D ...

series and their first netbook to have a 12" screen. The computers were put on the market in 2009 and currently come in black and white.

Description

It contains either an

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1.6 GHz processor or a

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1.3 GHz processor. They support

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b/g wireless networking and come with three

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ports, an ExpressCard/34 expansion slot, a 4-in-1 media reader,

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and

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outputs and an

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port. The S12 is one of the first netbooks to support

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platform for mobile HD video playback.

Past revision

The IdeaPad S12 has a base price of (

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) $449 for the Intel Atom N270 model and (

) $429 for the Via Nano ULV 2250. It features a 12.1" 1280×800

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display with a 160GB

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, which can be upgraded by removing the keyboard and 1 GB

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, which is easily upgraded via a user access panel on the bottom of the netbook.

Last lineup

The S12 was revised on 22 October 2009 and was priced between (

) $399 and $649. It comes with either

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, a 160–320 GB

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, and 1–3 GB of

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References

External links

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