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Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

tike634 — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:44:24 EDT

I own both the u110 and the air. u110 is best in looks and portability. I can slip it right in a small purse no probs. The air is faster overall with hiccups on the u110 during loading. I like the option for two batteries on u110. On energy saver, the smaller battery does last nearly the two hours, and at least 4 on the larger battery.

I'd buy the u110 if I had to make a choice between the two because of looks and portability. I paid $1450 + tax for the U110 through CPP, a lot cheaper than the AIR.

tike634

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

woolie — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:50:54 EDT

Best use of obscure reference in title since the GTA IV Koyaanisqatsi trailer.

woolie

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

storm2k — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:52:04 EDT

The thing looks nice, but I'd still take an X300 over this thing any day.

storm2k

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

aussie — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:13:43 EDT

1 hour of battery, what are they kidding - that renderes the craptop totally useless.

I get 5 hours out of macbook air!

aussie

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

ninjatales — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:20:30 EDT

@k2001: Sorry but a 4200RPM HDD is slow. That red panel above the keyboard and the keyboard are ugly.

Other than that, it should be $100 cheaper than the MBA to be actually competitive.

ninjatales

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

k2001 — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:27:54 EDT

It couldn't be that slow because the processor, the ram , the hard drive aren't that slow. The only reason it get a 3.5 is because of the graphic. The macbook also score a 3.5 so does any laptop that use a x3100.

k2001

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

jamesuschrist — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:29:50 EDT

I wonder how long it would take to get those (uggh!) Intel-Windows-Dolby stickers off of there and polish the finish underneath... I don't mind them on my laptop but it's ugly: Dell Latitude. This thing is too pretty to be covered with cheap-looking stickers.

jamesuschrist

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

Justin D — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:33:41 EDT

Might be lighter than the Air, but you received *less than an hour* out of the default battery, with the included higher-cap one rated not that much higher.

I squeeze 4 to 4.5 hours out of my Air with WiFi on and doing things - no Photoshop, but e-mail, web surfing, music, etc.

Regardless of the comparison, who the fuck is the market for this? An *hour of battery life*? I haven't had a device that had such little power in my entire gadget-crazed life.

Justin D

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

soggy_cheerio — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:35:47 EDT

"I received less than an hour of runtime from normal use."

Who knew porn was so processor intensive?

soggy_cheerio

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

chopstickhero — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:15:27 EDT

"You are left sitting there like an idiot, double checking your lighting, positioning and hairdo...realizing that maybe you aren't pretty enough to touch this beautiful computer."

NICE. I think biomeTRICKS is a gimmick. it's just an added useless feature that doesn't work most of the time.

chopstickhero

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

matt buchanan — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:21:31 EDT

@Crescent: Look what not RTFA got you! You're totally wrong. Congratulations!

matt buchanan

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

Crescent — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:50:21 EDT

I did not read the post yet and I know I know it`s bad to write before you read, but I had to say:

"see what I loved and hated about the Lenovo IdeaPad U110"

I think you hated that it does not have the image of a half eaten fruit on it :D

Had to say it, the article looks great though, will read it after office, yes sir!

Crescent

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

outie — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:47:00 EDT

How does this compare to the Sony TZ laptop? Isn't that a more desirable comparison? I had the TZ and the battery life was definitely much better than 2hrs.

outie

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

BaseVilliN — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:35:41 EDT

Barf.

I wonder if VeriFace could be tricked with a photo.

BaseVilliN

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

Guy-Fawkes — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:33:23 EDT

Are XP drivers available? Because Vista is for suckers.

Guy-Fawkes

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

lucky_you — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:30:21 EDT

what's with the tramp-stamp?

lucky_you

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

Legusta79 — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:27:02 EDT

I don't care how much it costs as long as it's battery life lasts long enough for me to finish wri

Legusta79

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

xboxishuge — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:11:07 EDT

This is definitely a prettier machine than most of Lenovo's. Their designs are brutally functional and well-built, but kind of ugly.

The only thing I don't like is that tramp stamp looking thing above the keyboard. That, and the price. Kind of neat to see Lenovo, of all people, trying to get into Apple's "pay a premium for a machine that looks cool" market.

xboxishuge

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

TOWken22 — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:07:59 EDT

My first impression of this laptop on seeing the picture and reading about its features, was that it was going to be a nice entry to the UMPC lineup. Sadly though the price is set a little high for this considering the X300 is a little more for what is arguably a better laptop. I would really like to see something like this with even a low level of discrete graphics which would really set it apart from the rest and make it worthy of a heftier price tag.

TOWken22

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

axel000 — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:05:58 EDT

1 hour life ? pass

axel000

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

plluke — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:05:34 EDT

Is the title parenthetical a reference to John Adams's work? If so color me impressed. If not color me too academic.

plluke

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

Monty — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:02:40 EDT

Here I thought the MacBook Air was an overpriced POS. It still is, but Lenovo wants to take the prize.

A few years back we were all about desktop replacements, and making huge laptops. I just wish we could make up our mind.

Monty

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 Review (Verdict: Short Ride In A Reasonably-Paced Machine)

Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:38:19 EDT

It probably looks better in person, but I can't say that I'm a fan of the uberglossy keyboard. The tendril patterns look ok, though I'd rather not have the top case of my computer resemble my grandmother's sofa :x

Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E