Lenovo IdeaPad S10: the heat it generates is remarkable
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted Sep 13th 2008 7:38AM
posted Sep 13th 2008 7:38AM
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posted Sep 13th 2008 7:38AM
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It seems to me that this is somewhat misrepresented. It's not like that's the idling temperature of the S10 in a 70 degree room. That's the temperature after some intensive testing, in an 80 degree room. It's not really surprising that it heats up, after that, seeing as it's a netbook.
I'm more interested in what the temperature is like running Word 2007 and Firefox, in a 60-70 degree room.
And... That wasn't supposed to be a response to you, Marcello.
At least I won't need to use the heater in the winter. The heat output may seem like a bad thing, but it's actually an advanced self-defence mechanism for the planet.
It's definitely Lenovo's hottest holiday item!
You could boil a kettle of tea on that goddamned thing !
boiling point = 100º....
Flashpoint... water boils at 100 degrees. Did you go to school? 50 degrees won't even make a pot of tea blink, although it would provide a hefty burn if thrown over a nerd.
it would feel like you're using it while sitting outside in the blistering sun, where you wonder if you're doing damage to it - no worries, it's now built in.
@Samboini, talking about being a nerd, boiling point is 100 deg C under 1 atm air pressure. it is actually possible to boil water at 42 deg C when air pressure is low enough. flashpoint is probably climbing mount Everest, but his tea won't taste very good.
wow you guys have no sense of humor. did you get picked on in school so much you cant let it go?
v3xx, honestly if anyone else said it they probably wouldn't have got low ranked. It's just Flashpoint deserves it.
Well that's not too bad compared to my MacBook Pro which routinely goes over 40ºC according to smcfan and when I'm using both OSX and XP (vmware), I have to run the fan full blast to keep it below 45ºC.
Well, it is a nice heater during winter though.
Wow.
Insert paris hilton catch phrase (That's Hot)
An english site (Engadget) is quoting a French site, which is quoting a Chinese site. Did some smart guy here actually bother to check the original Chinese article?! Something could be lost in translation. I don''t know. I'm just sayin'... Some site says the temp was measured after 1h of test at 100% CPU load.
Wow, my Cat would never get off the keyboard if I bought one of those. At least she only noses at the eee700.
I wonder if Lenovo will start shipping a 'hot plate' accessory, powered by the heat from the lappy!
HOTTTT PLATESSSS!!!
Don't touch it, don't go near it, DON'T EVEN LOOK AT IT!
every home needs a laptop heater.
good. winter is coming .. and i need to buy netbook and also heater... 2 in 1 ! ;) lmao
It's a feature.
Lenovo's marketing spin dollars at work!
Holy Jesus Christ on a pogo stick!
they should market this in the north and south pole....
"not only will it cook for you, but it will do your math homework"
Looks like Intel's Atom doesn't run as cool as promised.
The Atom in the MSI wind has merely a thin piece of aluminum for a heatsink that air is blown off of. Its not finned in any way, shape or form. Just a flat piece of aluminum. And it doesn't get warm at all. Lenovo must have done something wrong, cuz I don't think its a trait inherent to the Atom, but more to the implementation.
I wonder on what surface the device was placed during "warm up"..not a lap, right?
Netbooks, you used to be cool man...what happened?
Netbooks still cool, you pay later, LATER!
Epic fail? My MSI Wind barely gets warm to the touch, even when charging the battery... Weird.
That's a real shame. Especially as its innards are the same as pretty much every other netbook, including Dell's offering, which is fanless.
According to notebookreview, the hottest part of the Dell's keyboard (37c/98f)is cooler than the coolest part of the Lenovo.
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4578
I was seriously considering the Lenovo, but now I think I'll wait to see how Samsung's netbook turns out.
(I'd consider the Dell if it had a proper keyboard)
Anyone know what the figures are for the HP Mininote? That is the hottest notebook I have touched.
Christ on a bike thats hot, Good Job winters coming.
How are you supposed to type anythng with all those numbers on the keyboard?
Portable Furnace.
Yes, but will it make toast?
well, heat rises. maybe it's by design that the heat escapes through the keyboard rather than scalding your lap.
but, yeah, that's fairly warm.
That's nothing. My Compaq (with OSx86 on it) pulls about 80 degrees Celsius just idling.
Crotch burner, no?
well... you won't need that usb coffee heater anymore.
I hate hot laptops or hot pc's.
I just cant wait for quantum computers to solve that annoying problem.
(ps: how about we all slowly start using Kelvin instead of celcius and fahrenheit would make a lot of things easier)
well... look at the bright side.
you won't need that usb coffee heater anymore.
After your done using it, just flip it over and viola you can cook your eggs for breakfast
Apple, you reading? Lenovo's horning in on your turf! Time to lay the smackdown!
China brings its One Child Policy to America!!!!!
Bellend!
Blow me!!!
On the plus side, it probably will increase typing speed for fear of burning your fingers off
It's all standard to Apple's policy
bad news nooo ; ; i think i will stop think about getting one and go for msi wind maybe it is the best one atm . i ad 701 its so hot i dont want more hot mini pc its too hot here in my country
Wow. If that doesn't bake your potential children, then I don't know what will.
Well... I do... But that's beside the point. D:
I always thought that Asus' slogan "Rock solid, Heart touching" was a bit silly but this IdeaPad certainly got my creative juices flowing in the same direction... how about "Lenovo - Nut roasting, Egg boiling", just to cover both sexes.