Lenovo Ideapad S205 is a netbook by Lenovo which powered by AMD Fusion E-350 APU. With its speedy netbook processor and oversized storage, Lenovo Ideapad S205 performace can perform as your primary laptop. Other Lenovo Ideapad S205 specs that may becomes its killer features are: excellent 11 inch display screen, full-size keyboard, high memory RAM for a netbook, and HDMI port onboard. But, Lenovo Ideapad S205 price offered is rather expensive in its category. Lenovo Ideapad S205 price on the market starts from $579.99. Other netbooks that produce similar peformance are Sony VAIO VPC-YB15KX/S ($599.99),  Lenovo ThinkPad X120e ($579.99), and HP Pavilion dm1z ($449).

Since Lenovo Ideapad S205 uses AMD Fusion E-350 APU like used in Sony VAIO VPC-YB15KX/S, Lenovo ThinkPad X120e, and HP Pavilion dm1z, so processor performance of those netbook are similar. But equipped with 4GB of memory, it may the largest memory size foung on netbook. AMD E-350 has beaten Intel Atom in speed test and graphics performance, but its still not compete with Intel Core or AMD Athlon processors. AMD's E-350 is paired with Radeon HD 6310 as a discrete graphics chipset. But, please be aware that this is a netbook, so using Lenovo Ideapad S205 for hard 3D gaming are not playable. What become Lenovo Ideapad S205 weakpoint compared to its rival is that Lenovo Ideapad S205 only using a 48Wh battery which can run up to only at 5 hours 30 minutes. This falls behind battery used by HP Pavilion dm1z (55Wh up to 7 hours and 8 minutes), Sony VAIO VPC-YB15KX/S (54Wh up to 7 hours and 53 minutes).

Lenovo Ideapad S205 built from all-plastic materials with boxy-looking design. By those materials, it weighs for 3.1 pounds which is lighter than Sony VAIO VPC-YB15KX/S (3.2 pounds) and HP Pavilion dm1z (3.5 pounds). Those ultraportalbe size really fits for frequent trip or commuter activist. Lenovo Ideapad S205 has 11-inch widescreen which perform 1,366-by-768 maximum resolution. Those resolution make your web surfing a lot more comfortable than doing it on common netbook with 10-inch screen, 1,024-by-600 resolution. Plus, this size is supporting Lenovo Ideapad S205 to be equipped with full size island-style keyboard to make better typing experience. Lenovo Ideapad S205 other features are: an HDMI port, three USB 2.0 ports, VGA, SD card reader slot, and a webcam. While for connection is supported by: 802.11n and Ethernet. Lenovo Ideapad S205 is equipped with 500GB HDD of storage.