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Paul Ferrill Netbooks are all the rage right now with Linux as one of the primary operating system (OS) options. The Eee PC from ASUS got things started and originally only shipped with a Linux OS. This year's Consumer Electronics Show was overrun with the little laptops from a wide variety of vendors. It was only a matter of time before the big guys rolled out their own mini-laptop offerings. Now you can find a netbook from just about every major laptop manufacturer, with the exception of Apple. Cost is, without a doubt, a big driver in the success of these machines. You can find any number of models for something around the $300 price point. These are fully capable machines with typically a screen size in the 7-inch range. Newer models have hit the market recently with larger screens and somewhat higher prices. While the 7-inch screen is OK for reading, it drives a smaller total footprint that tends to make the keyboard smaller than is conducive to touch typing. With a 10-inch screen there is more room for a larger keyboard and other nice features, such as bigger batteries.
The Configuration
The Lenovo S10e we tested came with an Intel N270 Single Core Atom processor clocked at 1.6 GHz. With 1 GB of RAM and a 120 GB hard drive, there's plenty of room to run just about any application you would want to on a machine this size. The 10.1-inch screen is driven by an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 and is topped off with an in
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