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Intel has decided Lenovo will no longer sell the VIA Nano version of this product. The ATOM needs no competition, Intel needs no competition, and the band played on.

Got mine Monday... Very slick netbook!

Nano is faster, Atom is slightly cooler

Half Life 2 and Warcraft 3 and older play fine... Basically anything DX9 or before is great... Crysis and newer won't run on this netbook... This laptop is for the basics plus light gaming... It is not a gaming notebook, but is a definite step up from an Atom netbook...

Just FYI if anyone bought yesterday at 395 Lenovo will refund the $20 difference in today's price...

I play WOW on my Samsung NC20 all the time (same chipset/CPU)...

Hard to tell on Lenovo's website but this thing has webcam + bluetooth + PCIe Card Slot + Extra dimm slot!

Fixed!

Lenovo offers its Lenovo IdeaPad S12 VIA Nano 1.3GHz 12.1" Widescreen Notebook, model no. 295956U, for $377.52 with free shipping via the directions below. That's a $72 savings and the lowest total price we could find. Sales tax is added where applicable. At about 3 lbs. and 1" thick, this...

Good luck with those... Been sitting on the shelf for a year playing the same video over and over... You are getting the discount because of the reduced life of the unit... Would rather pick one up on Craigslist at least it hasn't been used from 8AM-10PM daily...

Yeah the touchpad will be a preference thing, but you have to remember how small this thing is... A lot of the time I find myself holding it with two hands and the touchpad is in a great spot on the Cloudbook....

Yeah the Dell E @ 299 will include only 8GB of flash HD... This precludes the installation of Windows XP which was a big factor for me... The Cloudbook can handle XP out of the box... Also just bought this bluetooth adaptor for $8...

Yep and that is true for the OS that comes on it (gOS) but WinXP gives me the higher res...

I get about 4 hours of battery life surfing the web and emailing... Not sure what's up with the resolution but in gOS it is 800x600 and windows gets up to 1024x800... Maybe it is just my linux ignorance?!?!

IMHO The only thing you have to be ready for is to choose a new OS... gOS was okay but ubuntu and XP put it to shame. All the reviews I have read love the form factor, love the hardware, hate the OS... No way are you better off with an ee and only 8gb of flash... The 30gb HD is the way to go and...