The IdeaPad U110 is another ultraportable notebook from Lenovo. This time it isn’t a ThinkPad, but a consumer-focused IdeaPad. It is smaller than the ThinkPad X300. (For a rundown of the X300 see “Think Ultraportable“). This comes at the cost of a built-in optical drive, although Lenovo does include an external USB DVD drive. They also include two batteries.

The specs are as follows:
1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Low Voltage CPU with Intel integrated graphics.
2GB of RAM (expandable to 3GB).
4200rpm 120GB Hard Drive.
11.1 inch (diagonally) LED backlit display with a default resolution of 1366 by 768 pixels.
Operating System is Windows Vista Home Premium.
Dimensions of 10.8 in width by 7.7 in depth by 0.72 in height.
Weight of 2.4 pounds with the four-cell battery and 3.1 pounds with seven-cell battery.
An integrated 1.3-megapixel Webcam, which can be used with the included face-recognition software for logging into Windows.
There are three USB ports, a FireWire port, an ExpressCard 34 slot, Ethernet, VGA-out, and a 6-in-1 media card reader.

The U110 has an Red or Black aluminum cover and magnesium-aluminum case. The keyboard and touch pad sit in a flush surface, with the keys close together but slightly concave. Reviewers said that typing on the keyboard was comfortable although it took a good half hour to get used to it.

Posted on May 15th, 2008 by mervyn