Pros
- Great keyboard and touchpad for an ultrabook
- Velvety looks and feel
Cons
- No Etherent or SDHC card slot
- A little pricey for its performance level
Bottom Line
The U300s ameliorates its high price and slightly slow performance with a classy and very usable design.
Manufacturer’s Description
Lenovo IdeaPad S205 notebook features AMD Fusion E300 dual core Processor, 11.6-inch 1366x768 widescreen panel, 4GB of DDR3, ATI Mobility Radeon 6310 graphics with HDMI out and up to 500GB hard drive.
The Specs
| Display | |
|---|---|
| Display type | Glossy LCD with LED Backlight |
| Resolution | 1366 x 768 pixels |
| Display size | 13.3 inches |
| Processor | |
| Cache size | 4.0 KB |
| Processor count | 2 |
| Processor speed | 1800.0 MHz |
| Processor type | Intel Core i7 |
| Memory | |
| Memory speed | 1333.0 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Memory size | 4000.0 MB |
| Memory max | 4.0 GB |
| Storage | |
| Drives included | 1.0 |
| Drive type | Solid-State Drive |
| Drive size | 256.0 GB |
| Battery | |
| Vendor Rated Battery life | 8.0 hours |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Video Interfaces | HDMI |
| Wireless connection | 802.11 n/b/g |
| Available Interfaces | Bluetooth |
| Included Software | |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows 7 Professional |
| Other Features | |
| Devices |
|
| Docking Station Port | No |
| Input devices |
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| Sound | |
| Speakers | Stereo |
| Dimensions | |
| Weight with Accessories | 3.5 pounds |
| Height | 0.7 inches |
| Weight | 2.9 pounds |
| Depth | 8.5 inches |
| Width | 12.7 inches |
Performance
| Overall Performance | |
|---|---|
| WorldBench 6 Score | 114 |
| Battery | |
|---|---|
| Battery Life | 6:34 (hh:mm) |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Web Browsing | 253 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Suite Use | 351 seconds (lower is better) |
| File Compression | 182 seconds (lower is better) |
| Power Usage | |
|---|---|
| Off power usage | 0.1 Watt hours |
| Sleep power usage | 0.9 Watt hours |
| Idle power usage | 9.5 Watts |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| CPU Graphics Rendering | 456 seconds (lower is better) |
| DVD Burning | 272 seconds (lower is better) |
| Image Editing | 327 seconds (lower is better) |
| GPU Graphics Rendering | 462 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 200 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Editing | 183 seconds (lower is better) |
| Multitasking | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 6 Multitasking | 308 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Dirt 2, High Quality, 800x600 | 16.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, High Quality, 1024x768 | 14.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3, Medium, 800 by 600 | 45.24 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, High Quality, 1024x768 | 12.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, High Quality, 800x600 | 15.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 1024x768 | 24.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3, Highest, 800 by 600 | 34.31 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 800x600 | 29.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3, Medium, 1024 by 768 | 35.37 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3, Highest, 1024 by 768 | 25.66 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, Low Quality, 1024x768 | 26.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, Low Quality, 800x600 | 31.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
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