The Lenovo IdeaPad S10-1208U Notebook falls into the affordable mini notebook category with a price of about $400. This mini is weighing in at 10.2 inches and 2.76 pounds, making it a little on the bulky side compared to some of the other minis on the market.

Inside you’ll find an Intel Atom processor and a Windows XP operating system. I love that I’m seeing the XP operating system on a lot of the minis. It’s a huge benefit if you’re like and running XP on your home computer. However, I really think there should be an option to select Vista for the same reason. If your home computer is running Vista, then that’s probably what you want for your mini. I know it’s hard to make every shopper happy, but some more flexible options on the operating system would be nice to see out there.

This mini is built on a sturdy frame and comes with 512mb of RAM installed, but you can expand if you want a little more boost. Card reader on the side, USB port on the side, and webcam and mic built right in. Now, I like the built in webcam and mic, perfect for the on the go blogger and podcasters out there! (Hey, that’s me!) And they get bonus points for me for coming in both pink and white instead of boring black!