After an early announcement and months of waiting, Lenovo’s ultraportable IdeaPad U110 has finally arrived. Not only can consumers order one today, but we actually have one in-house. I’ve only been able to test it out for a few hours now, but here are a few photos to get you excited for the upcoming review.
Just to get the basics listed–the system starts at $1899 and comes in both red and black. It runs a Core 2 Duo L7500 processor and has an 11.1-inch display. It has no internal optical drive, but ours came bundled with a USB one–it’s not red, but it is covered in Lenovo’s soft-touch material (found on the X300’s palm rest). Our model uses a 120GB 1.8-inch disk (no SSD option, yet) and it weighs in at about 2.3 lbs.
That’s it for now, except I can say that the notebook is incredibly cool. After spending lots of time with the X300 (which is about the same price if you account for the X300’s standard 64GB SSD) I didn’t think the U110 would be too exciting, but it’s quite interesting. It’s very different from a ThinkPad, but it still has a lot going for it. Gadget lovers will appreciate all the extra attention Lenovo paid to it (texture LCD cover, touch sensitive back-lit controls, intricate heat vents, etc.) and road warriors will really like the 11.1-inch size. As for the price and practicality, we’ll look into those in the review.
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