Comments on: The Lenovo S10 Netbook is here, count me in

Netbooks are almost cheap enough to be an impulse buy. This may not be a good time to invest in Apple stock.

[Vegaman_Dan]

Oh good grief, they actually went through with this thing. A sales rep from China came through with one sample and asked our group to help repair it- the unit had been broken badly while in their carryon bag. Unfortunately Lenovo's replacement process wasn't up to par there and their sample had to go out on display with most of the plastics broken. It simply wasn't holding up under normal travel conditions.

That may have been a preproduction model, but I don't have much confidence in the product. Lenovo hasn't really been known for build quality. Perhaps this will be the first unit to change that however. There's always a first time.

[w_bee]

I am typing this message from an old Thinkpad with Linux.I bought a new Thinkpad earlier this year for my main laptop. I am perfectly happy with the build quality of both machines.
I am going to get S10 probably from Best Buy; Lenovo does charge $19 for shipping - not free like the author stated.

[dragonbite]

I'd be interested so long as it holds some of the quality the current Thikpads do. I have one here at work and a Dell at home and I notice the difference in quality.

Lenovo's been hot-cold-hot-cold with Linux so far, I don't know how far I'd trust them if they DID include a LInux choice! At least Dell has been consistant, supportive and even has a "commercial" of the Mini 9 running Linux (don't konw if it's getting air play, or if it is internet-only). You have to look at the screen to really tell.

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/global/shared/mediaplayer/large_screen_view?&mediaPlayerTarget=http://i.dell.com/images/global/video/mediaplayer/assets/video/laptop_inspn_mini_v3.flv

[MaggieRed]

Isn't it illegal to make these kinds of statements?

"This may not be a good time to invest in Apple stock."

Perhaps it is time to forward this report by Michael and CNET to the proper authorities for investigation. You may be owned by CBS but turning your stories into your extreme liberal positions and purposely trying to drive the value of Apple stock down doesn't sound like a responsible act.

[zelrik]

Yes, it's not a good time to invest in Apple stock :). This guy says whatever he wants and he is right. Apple is bad :p

"Michael Horowitz is an independent computer consultant and the author of several classes on Defensive Computing. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network, and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure. "

Indeed, he says whatever the hell he wants.

[carboncow]

MaggieRed,

Are you for real? Do people defending Apple really call PC users extreme liberals?

No it's not illegal for a lowly web review blog to state such a fact. They are not a SEC regulated resource nor does the company or a write a forum of weight for anyone to be concerned about.

You are silly.

[nenslo]

@ MaggieRed:
Are you actually being serious? This guy is an independant blogger, he's not giving out financial advice. It's a sensible view of the tech market and the economy, there's nothing "extreme" or "liberal" about it. What do you even mean by "liberal"? Do you actually have any idea what you're on about? Or do you just see someone talking about Apple in a vaguely negative light and get all huffy? Anybody coming to these pages looking for financial advice is looking to lose a load of cash.

On the topic of the Lenovo, the question is what kind of market are they looking at? Certainly the business side, but I tend to find most business people will be willing to forego lightness for better specs. There's certainly a market out there for it, but I'm reckoning it's going to be rather niche.

[MaggieRed]

Yes I am serious.

Construct coherent sentences and I might be able to enlighten you.

Just a little bit of information about last week episode, and those folks are in a bit of hot water now for making false statements about Apple's CEO which also drove the stock down. CNET and their bloggers are not exempt from responsible journalism: UPDATE: Here's CNN's official statement. CNN says it removed the story because the community brought the story to its attention. Importantly, CNN also refers to the content as "fraudulent," which is much stronger than "inaccurate." The SEC has already launched an investigation.

This stuff gets picked up and runs rampant. It is irresponsible and the statement has nothing to do with the story about the Lenovo.

[Seaspray0]

@MaggieRed. No. It's not illegal for the author to say, "This may not be a good time to invest in Apple stock." There is nothing fradulent in the author saying, "This may not be a good time to invest in Apple stock." The statement has relevance to the story about lenovo since it concerns computer laptops and both lenovo and apple make computer laptops as primary products of their business. Maybe you should go talk to the security guy in the parking lot so he can start a proper investigation.