Lenovo's 8.9-inch S9 netbook is not for you

We mentioned it briefly the other day, but just so we're clear: Lenovo's S10 (pictured) won't be alone this fall. The company is also pushing out an 8.9-inch version for a few non-US markets, and dubbing it the S9. According to Digitimes, the S9 will be running an 8GB SSD instead of the 80GB HDD of its big brother, but specs otherwise will be pretty much the same. The laptop should retail for 12,900 Taiwan dollars, about $420 US (though we can't really rely on a straight exchange rate for this), but a decent bit cheaper than the 17,900 Taiwan dollar S10.

[Via TG Daily]

[rv @ Aug 6th 2008 12:34PM]

"$420 US"
So you mean they will pay us $500 to take it off their hands?

[Smarterthanyou @ Aug 6th 2008 2:09PM]

Stupid comment, great picture.

[OtherReader @ Aug 6th 2008 12:35PM]

I like the specs of both the S10 and S9 (which we won't get) and the price is reasonable unlike the ever increasing price of the eeePC models... but... why does it have to be so ugly? Most of the Lenovo machines look nice, why is this one so dull?

[Down @ Aug 6th 2008 12:52PM]

I hate the way Lenovo's laptops look. The U series was their only good looking laptop in my opinion, but this netbook looks good as well.

[Lowest Ranked @ Aug 6th 2008 12:54PM]

Because you're paying less, you stingy bastard.

[phanbouy @ Aug 6th 2008 12:55PM]

a bastard in a basket?

[phanbouy fan @ Aug 6th 2008 1:16PM]

i know that movie too that's from there will be blood! you took bastard from the other comment and made it sound like the quote it made me think of the movie, saw it in theaters too

[Metkis @ Aug 6th 2008 1:17PM]

Because Apple made money marketing the same look.

[phanbouy fan fan @ Aug 6th 2008 1:26PM]

I R SOO SARCASTIC

[Lowest Ranked - I Wonder How Long I Can Make My Name Since Its National Experimental Name Day, Wow! @ Aug 6th 2008 1:46PM]

I'm phanbouy's biggest fan, so piss off you stalker bitches.

[dale_nx26 @ Aug 6th 2008 2:03PM]

I think it looks nice and streamlined.

[Pochi @ Aug 6th 2008 2:13PM]

LOL! "Phanbouy fan" is pretty damn good. Sadly it isn't me, but let me tell you if he starts a club, SIGN ME UP. Lowest Ranked, you can join too.

And phanbouy... come on. A fan account of the fan account? Let's exercise some creativity here. That's a little over the top.

Puberty can make people do crazy things...

[chefgon_ign @ Aug 6th 2008 2:14PM]

I was actually just thinking that this was the first non-dull looking product that Lenovo has ever designed.

[phanbouy fan fan @ Aug 6th 2008 2:17PM]

yeah, you show him pochi! phanbouy totally ruined your joke the other day, so keep calling him immature. three cheers for mob mentality!

[OneLove @ Aug 8th 2008 11:48AM]

phanbouy is his own fan and his own fan fan.

[giuliop @ Aug 6th 2008 12:36PM]

It may not be for you, but it is for me (if it has a frookin pointing stick).

[Ninjakamster (PS360 FTW!) @ Aug 6th 2008 12:41PM]

I'm pretty sure the S9 will share the same chassis with the S10, just a bigger bezel so no thanks.

Same with the MSI Wind, the 9" version we don't get is just the 10" with bigger bezel.

[LondonConsultant @ Aug 6th 2008 1:20PM]

Yep, that's emphasised in the DigiTimes article. A pity as Lenovo could have released the S9 with a smaller chassis, bazel, etc...

[Minilap @ Aug 6th 2008 1:43PM]

I hate bezels too.

[Down @ Aug 6th 2008 12:47PM]

This one actually looks good (in appearance).

[Dillon @ Aug 6th 2008 12:53PM]

You aren't going to sell it to me? Well fine... I didn't want it anyway...

*Walks away muttering with hands in pockets looking at the ground*

[phanbouy @ Aug 6th 2008 12:54PM]

in before my stalker/pochi comments

[phanbouy fan fan @ Aug 6th 2008 1:44PM]

lolol haha i got you to acknowledge me! it sure is fun to wait around all day for you to comment so i put you in your place

[sockatume @ Aug 6th 2008 1:02PM]

They've been confirmed for the UK at £280 vs £319 for the S10 version. So for a decent proportion of the Engadget readership, yes, the S9 netbook is for you.

[Jamma @ Aug 6th 2008 1:30PM]

None of these are for me until someone releases a 8.9" netbook that's under £150, since in the US the Eee 900 is that price ($299)

[sockatume @ Aug 6th 2008 3:29PM]

No it isn't. It's $549, before tax. After tax it's closer to $600.

[ScooterDe @ Aug 6th 2008 5:47PM]

quite so. Paul Miller seems to think the only readers here are from the USA.

[sockatume @ Aug 6th 2008 1:20PM]

That keyboard looks awful though. You'd think Lenovo would know better than to play the old shove-the-cursors-up game but apparently not. This from a company which goes as far as providing a seperate ins/del/home/end/pgup/pgdn key cluster on its 12-inch machines.

[munir @ Aug 6th 2008 2:46PM]

dang, im going to be in taiwan till the 21st of august, but if release dates are correct, it wont be out till september. guess no purchase for me

[ivan-4-u @ Aug 6th 2008 3:26PM]

is this better value than the wind. is it more expensive ?

[m-p{3} @ Aug 6th 2008 3:54PM]

I'd still take the s10 over the s9 just because of the screen size and hard-drive.

[rich_rich @ Aug 6th 2008 7:01PM]

I really miss the classic IBM Thinkpad 701.
The only laptop that actually pack in a full size keyboard in a 10' machine.

[Adimundo @ Aug 6th 2008 11:13PM]

$559.99 for this WIND

https://shop.msicomputer.com/App/StoreFront/ProductDetail.aspx?ID=1304