Lenovo U110: First Impressions Review

Lenovo sent over an IdeaPad U110 for me to play with for the next few months. The IdeaPad U110 is Lenovo’s first 11-inch consumer notebook and it’s simply gorgeous. Everyone I’ve shown it to so far wants to steal it from me. The IdeaPad U110 is available now for $1,899 and as far as I can tell so far is worth every penny.

The IdeaPad U110’s $1,899 price tag may seem expensive to some PC users, but once you get your hands on one of these things its crystal clear that you’re getting a truly luxurious notebook that includes lots of options and extras that other manufacturers charge extra for. The price includes both a 3-cell and 7-cell battery, external DVD burner and a protective sleeve.

The IdeaPad U110’s designers paid a lot of attention to detail and all of these small things really add, making the U110 really enjoyable to use. I’ll get into some of these details in a full review, but some quick design elements that make the U110 stand out are:
-Frame-less display
-Asian-influenced detailing
-metallic top-cover with raised scroll pattern.
-Veriface automatically recognizes your face and logs you in.
-7-cell extended battery is very well designed, barely protrudes.
-AC adapter is the smallest I’ve ever seen for a notebook.
-Even the bottom of the notebook is good looking. Vents have a distinctive pattern.

So far I’m really enjoying the U110. It’s very responsive and Microsoft Office applications launch instantaneously. One disappointment is that the U110 is shipping with a 120GB (4200 RPM) hard drive rather than the solid state drive Lenovo was planning to have at launch.

A full review will be coming shortly.

We first saw the IdeaPad U110 at CES 2008. Check out the below video with Lenovo’s Matt Kohut.

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