Wednesday, August 6, 2008

[轉載] Lenovo輕省筆電IdeaPad S10實機現身

[轉載] Lenovo輕省筆電IdeaPad S10實機現身

原文:CNET Taiwan

看來也算是大部呢!估不到比 Dell E 實機更早曝光呢!

以下全為轉貼內容
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Lenovo正式進軍輕省筆電市場,今(5)日在台灣宣布推出IdeaPadS9、S10兩款產品,
分別為8.9吋、10.2吋螢幕。共同特色包括:Atom處理器、多色上蓋、85%全尺寸鍵盤、ExpressCard/34。
建議售價分別為12,900元與17,900元,預定於9月初正式開賣。


型號

尺寸

處理器

記憶體

儲存

作業系統

重量 (g)

建議售價 ( 元 )

S9

8.9

Atom N270

1G

8G SSD

Linux

900

12,900

S10

10.2

Atom N270

1G

80G HDD

XPH

1000

17,900




這台是10.2吋螢幕的IdeaPad S10。IdeaPad S9今天沒有出現,據說也會是相同的機身尺寸配置,只有螢幕縮小為8.9吋。


S10的上蓋。據說上市時會有多款漂亮的顏色推出,我們拭目以待。


上蓋是平滑的白色霧面,感覺相當優雅。螢幕轉軸部分其實是電池,這個配色看起來,是不是有點像日光燈管呢?


從另一個角度看,S10的線條還蠻漂亮的,LED背光螢幕也不厚。


右側:ExpressCard/34、耳機孔、Mic孔、USB、LAN埠、防盜鎖孔(轉軸上)


左側:散熱孔、電源連接孔、D-Sub(VGA視訊)、四合一讀卡機(SD/MMC/MS/MS Pro)、USB


機身前緣的指示燈號,圖示是立體浮雕,並不是印上去的,感覺蠻特別的。


小編很喜歡這個前緣的造型,圓滑工整的邊角,置腕處角落低調地印著IdeaPad Logo。前側網孔據說是喇叭所在地。


圓形的轉軸、下潛式螢幕,似乎是輕省筆電設計的主流。S10將防盜鎖孔設置在轉軸上,小編覺得有點怪怪的。


內面造型。轉軸看起來還是很像日光燈管呀。在鍵盤上方有幾顆快捷鍵。


金屬質感的電源鍵,旁邊是指示燈號。


兩顆快捷鍵:單鍵系統還原、無線網路開關。


螢幕頂上設有130萬畫素WebCam鏡頭。


鍵盤與觸控板的配置。以10吋等級的機身寬度來說,按鍵尺寸大小沒有問題,但按鍵排列就不太理想了。感覺像是7吋Eee PC鍵盤的放大版。觸控板則是明顯太小了,未充分利用空下來的機身空間。


左上角:「~`」鍵被移動了位置,「Tab」鍵縮得非常小。


左下角:Mic收音孔在這邊。Fn跟Ctrl鍵的位置,仍比照ThinkPad傳統。


機身底面。


繼續來抓鍵盤的缺點:右下角方向鍵是很大沒錯,但是Shift鍵被塞到旁邊去了,這樣很容易按錯吧。


拆下電池的樣子。S10會有3cell跟6cell電池,圖中是3cell,電量標示為11.1V,28Wh。官方規格中,3cell跟6cell續航力分別為3小時與6小時(跟Eee PC 1000H差不多)。


底部的散熱開孔,造型相當特別。


請Lenovo IdeaPad的產品經理,為大家展示S10。(因為展示機不能開機,所以畫面上的網頁是合成上去的喔,自首無罪吧~)


這帥哥是Lenovo ThinkPad的產品經理,也被小編凹來充當模特兒,表演一下S10的使用情境。


8/1剛上任的Lenovo台灣區總經理,就任後首次發表的產品,就是IdeaPad S9、S10兩款輕省筆電。

靚女與三款超正 MID,問你可否不看!

靚女與三款超正 MID,問你可否不看!

真的很靚呢~~~~ 三部 MID!!

三款產品的基本資料:

Gigabyte M528。4.8吋螢幕,Linux作業系統,預定8月底~9月初會在台灣上市,預估空機價約25,000元,但實際上市時應該會像手機那樣,搭配電信業者3G門號綁約銷售。


BenQ S6。4.8吋螢幕,Linux作業系統,紫色外還有紅色機種。預計9月以後會先在歐洲上市,台灣上市可能要等明年。預估空機價是24,000元左右。


Asus R50A。5.6吋螢幕,Vista作業系統,內建導航功能...等。是三台裡規格最強大的,價格也最高,預估空機價約40,000元。預定9月初會在台灣上市。














原文:CNET Taiwan

VIA Nano 1.3GHz vs Intel Atom 1.2GHz, HD playback

VIA Nano 1.3GHz vs Intel Atom 1.2GHz, HD playback
以下影片是 VIA 自行測試的。但因為是用了 Eee PC 預設的電源控制。
故此測試時的 Intel Atom N270 是運行 1.2 GHz 的。

而 VIA Nano 是運行 1.3GHz 的。雖然 VIA Nano 用的是高一點的速度。
但也可以看得出,VIA Nano 真的是運行得順暢很多的。



這是 jkk 找來同一段片,在 Eee PC 901 全速 1.6GHz 運行測試的。
也很順暢呢!最少跟狂人早前測試時的結果是相同的。
Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz 運行 HD WMV 是沒有問題的。




Thanks JKK

Fujitsu Lifebook U2010 Performance (CrystalMark, HDTune)!!

Update: I mentioned that when you change the resolution other that 1280 x 800, the touch screen will no longer accurate!!
Our forum member alvincyt dicovered the solution - Restart Windows!!
Yes, that is the only solution we got to fix this bug!! I have reported to Fujitsu about this. Hope they will fix it in their update!

These two days, virous tests were performed on my U2010. They covers the general hardware performance, battery life and video playback.


The following video tells you most of the U2010 performance. The only weakness I found is playing HD WMV, no matter 720p or 1080p will give you unsatisfactory result. (It is expected). U2010 plays RMVB format with virable bitrate has no much problem. Only MP4 format gives a little bit laggy in full screen.
In general, movie playback in low resolution video should be satifactory!





CrystalMark 2004 R3



[Mark] 18657; [ALU] 5175; [FPU] 4205

[MEM] 3931; [HDD] 3601

I have summarized most of the CrystalMark results in this table.
You may find there are significant different between Intel Atom Z520 and Z530.
I just have a brief experience on Z520 (a quick hand-on with Willcom D4), what my feeling is that the general speed running Vista is faster in U2010 than in D4. However, Vista performance govened by many factors including drivers and hardware. Hence there is no reliable comparison.
Referring to the CrystalMark score, Z520 ([ALU] 4407;[FPU] 3564) and Z530 ([ALU] 5175; [FPU] 4205), both ALU and FPU of Z530 are superior to Z520 (reasonable, Core speed is faster on Z530). Although Intel Atom N270 (1.6GHz) of Eee PC 901 ([ALU] 5416;[FPU] 4665[/b]) has a little higher score than Z530 of U2010, Z530 supports HT and hence in actual multi-tasking situation, Z530 may be better.




1. Fujitsu Lifebook U2010 - Intel Atom Z530, 1.6GHz [ALU] 5175; [FPU] 4205

2. Kohjinsha SA6 - AMD Geode LX800, 500 MHz: [ALU] 995;[FLU] 739

3. Kohjinsha SH6 - Intel A100, 600 MHz: [ALU] 2261;[FPU] 2363

4. Kohjinsha SR8 - Intel A110, 800 MHz: [ALU] 2864;[FPU] 3043

5. Kohjinsha SC3 - Intel Atom Z520, 1.33 GHz: [ALU] 4407;[FPU] 3564

6. Eee PC 901 - Intel Atom N270, 1.6GHz: [ALU] 5416;[FPU] 4665

7. Eee PC 900 - Intel Celeron, 900 MHz: [ALU] 3433;[FPU] 4190





HDTune Benchmark



I also interested on the HDD performance, 24.7MB/sec is just fairly acceptable.
20.0ms access time is also not a good figure. Maybe changing to a faster HDD or SSD will be the solution (for high-end user whom I'm not).



RAM Shortage
I found 1Gb RAM is definitely not enough for U2010 or Vista!! During the tests, I found the RAM usage is always keeping on 80% when idle!!
When playing video, even the CPU loading is not in maximum (or only in 40%) but the RAM usage closes to 100%!! The laggy of video playback sometimes is due to RAM shortage. The point is we cannot add RAM by ourselve, the RAM is soldered on the motherboard! I think Windows XP is the unique solution (Linux of course)!



Sammary
General performance is acceptable
Video playback is acceptable
Battery Life is good
Net Surfing is good
RAM is not enough
Vista is no good

My Fujitsu Lifebook E8410 and U2010 :)



Related Topics:
Fujitsu Lifebook U2010 Performance!!
Third Day with Fujitsu Lifebook U2010 (Screen & Battery Life)
Fujitsu Lifebook U2010 disected
Fujitsu Lifebook U2010 Hands-on
Fujitsu Lifebook Unboxing Photo Album
My first day with Fujitsu Lifebook U2010
禁不住的誘惑! Fujitsu U2010
Fujitsu Lifebook U2010 今天 8月2日以優惠價開售!

Third Day with Fujitsu Lifebook U2010 (Screen & Battery Life)

Screen - Touch Screen??
Screen Resolution is really good. Visible under sunlight!! View angle is improved.
However, I (and other members) has discovered that when we change the resolution other than 1280 x 800,
the touchscreen position will no longer valid. It will keep the alignment in 1280 x 800!!
Even you re-calibrated the alignment, there is no use in other resolution!!
I think there are some bugs on it!!


Detail Battery Life Test
As I mentioned before my preliminary test on the battery life on video and WiFi surfing was ~3 hours, now I have performed more reliable result!! (the previous results were not performed continuously and it was just a sum-up battery life)

(A) Highest Brightness, Largest Volumn, rmvb movie clip (CUP loading 50~80%), WiFi on connected to router, High Performance mode
Start at 21:45; End at 23:31 (10% left). i.e 1hr 46min (106min)


(B) Middle Brightness (Level 4), Middle Volumn, MP4 movie clip (CUP loading ~40%), WiFi on connected to router, Power saving mode
Start at 12:15; End at 14:45 (10% left). i.e. 2hr 30min (150min)


Then, that means the 20Wh battery translate to 11.4W drain in Test (A) and 8W drain in Test (B)! It is still reasonable for a 1.6GHz processor! Hopefully I may have enough time to test on WiFi surfing continuously for 3 hours.


Movie Playback
I have tested several video formats (with media player classic + codec) including rmvb, mp4, avi (mp4), wmv (720p) and wmv (1080p). Low resolution rmvb, mp4 and avi have no problem. rmvb will have a little bit lap! (but I think it is due to Vista, aigo MID using Z500 playing smoothly on same video). 720p and 1080p could not be played smoothly!! There is no evidence to show me that Polusbo has hardware acceleration on HD video playback!! Intel, tell me why?? Do I have some upgrade missed? Vista SP1 not enough? Or Fujitsu, did you put something wrong on U2010? Or MS, have you made Vista in a wrong direction? Answer answer answer!!!

I will try to put some video recording on movie playback on youtube later!



Actually, I have performed CrystalMark and HDTune on U2010.
However, I better keep these result on tomorrow, it is 1:52am in Hong Kong. I better go sleep now~~~ZZZZzzzzz


Related Topics:
Third Day with Fujitsu Lifebook U2010 (Screen & Battery Life)
Fujitsu Lifebook U2010 disected
Fujitsu Lifebook U2010 Hands-on
Fujitsu Lifebook Unboxing Photo Album
My first day with Fujitsu Lifebook U2010
禁不住的誘惑! Fujitsu U2010
Fujitsu Lifebook U2010 今天 8月2日以優惠價開售!

Stack of MID, UMPC and Netbook (vol. 2)

It is our grathful again to have support from various parties.

Let enjoy and don't miss our volumn one ^-^







More details on:
aigo MID P8860
Sharp Willcom D4 UMPC
Fujitsu Lifebook U2010
Noahpad EL-460 UMPC
HTC Shift
Acer Aspire One

HKU Samsung Q1U-C promotion HK$4690 only!!




This Q1U-C is an Intel A110 (800MHz) Stealey-based UMCP running Windows XP.
No HSDPA, no SSD and not Intel Core Solo U1500 processor!!
Will you be interested? Or will you wait the HSDPA version of Samsung Q1UP-V but cost you US$ 1,449?

Source: Samsung-HKU promotion

A quick Hands-on with Eee PC 904

I had a chance to have a quick hand-on with Eee PC 904.
The housing is just the same as Eee PC 1000H but with a smaller 8.9” screen.
Spec. of Eee PC 904: Intel Celeron 900MHz processor, 1Gb of RAM, 80Gb HDD.
(More detail Eee PC 904 specification)


From Left: Eee PC 901, Eee PC 901, Eee PC 904


Eee PC 901 and Eee PC 904



Eee PC 904 running Windows XP


From Left: Kingsington Lock, USB, Ventilation, Audio in and out ports


From Left: SD card reader, USB x 2, VGA out and Power port


Back side same as Eee PC 1000H


Multi-touch PAD



Compare to Eee PC 901