14 DAY TRIAL // Lenovo is no stranger to the market for mobile computers, and it looks like its most recent creation is one that utilizes a platform not overly widespread worldwide, at least for the time being.
As end-users know, Intel dominates the consumer processor market and, indirectly, the PC market as a whole.
Advanced Micro Devices, in the meantime, has been making headway and steadily eroding Intel's share.
The main reason behind its success is that it finally has a viable platform for mobile computers, even if it is, for now, restricted to the low end. In other words, AMD has processors for netbooks and tablets.
Granted, mobile CPUs came out last year, but only at the start of January did its chips with built-in graphics show up to battle Intel's Sandy Bridge.
The chips based on the Fusion technology are x86 CPUs with integrated Radeon HD 6000 (DirectX 11-capable graphics).
They are called APUs (accelerated processing units) and one of them was used in the making of a certain Lenovo laptop that has now started selling.
Essentially a slightly larger than usual netbook (11.6 inches instead of 10.1 inches), the IdeaPad S205 boasts the E-350 dual-core, whose clock speed is of 1.6 GHz and whose built-in GPU is the Radeon HD 6310.
Up to 4 GB of RAM (random access memory) can complement said chip, while a hard disk drive provides quite a solid storage space (750 GB maximum).
Furthermore, the connectivity and I/O capabilities include WiFi, a 6-in-1 card reader, Ethernet, a 1.3 megapixel webcam and optional Bluetooth.
Finally, the display has a native resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels (HD) and, along with everything else, is kept running for up to 5 hours at a time by the 6-cell battery.
Prospective purchasers can go to this page and lace their orders if they are so inclined, but they will have to be willing to part with $499 or more.