Remember Lenovo's IdeaPad S10 netbook? No? Well, we'd almost forgotten about it too. The by-the-book netbook was announced back in August but failed to garner any widespread attention.
Hoping to change all that is Lenovo's IdeaPad S10e - a spruced up model that features all the same innards of the S10, but has the added bonus of DeviceVM's Linux-based Splashtop operating system.
Splashtop, as you're no doubt aware, is an instant-on interface that boots in a matter of seconds to provide quick access to common features such as a web browser, music player and e-mail client. It's all accessed by a simple graphical interface and the software itself comes embedded on the netbook - though, Windows XP or Novell Linux can also be pre-installed as part of a dual-boot configuration.
Lenovo claims it to be the first instant-on netbook (we don't recall seeing any others, either), and it'll be available by the end of this month with prices starting at £299.
The system itself features a 10.1in LED-backlit display, Intel Atom processor, up to 160GB of hard-disk space, and up to 1.5GB of memory.
Official press release: Lenovo Launches IdeaPad netbook PC
