Netbooks debuted less than a decade ago, and quickly earned a reputation for being underwhelming. Even though these machines were inexpensive, they were also incapable of many computing tasks other than basic word processing, web surfing and occasional YouTube watching.

Solid and thin design; Good keyboard; Battery life

Limited storage; Narrow screen viewing angle; No trackpad gestures

Excellent little netbook for studying on the go. Lightweight and easy to use. Very pleased with this. Although there is no disc drive I just bought a seperate external DVD drive for my Open University visual/ audio materials. Great bargain

Although it has only 32GB of eMMC flash storage, it is expandable to (did they release the 1tb micro sd card) atleast 256gb of storage. This is plenty of room for a high school student as a school laptop. Its small, lightweight, and includes a 1 year office 365 license.

T he Lenovo IdeaPad 100S is the cheapest laptop in its range, but at first glance, it doesn't look like a budget machine.

The Lenovo IdeaPad 100s is an affordable 11-inch laptop, which is travel-friendly and offers more than nine hours of battery life. You're safe if you don't expect speedy performance or a touchscreen. THE GOOD: Portable and good looking. Good for those on a budget. THE BAD: No USB 3.0 ports.

Lenovo has shown off quite a lot of devices this year, and among them, there was only one true Ultrabook, the IdeaPad U300s . That definitely is not enough to compete with the slew of other devices out there, so Lenovo also introduced the U300e – a cheaper, slightly thicker Ultrabook that has a...