We have covered Lenovo’s S12 in previous reports, and many, us included, were expecting the Ion-enabled netbook to arrive quite soon, but no. Time keeps passing by but no launch yet and now we hear from unconfirmed sources that Lenovo is doing this on purpose. It has chosen to postpone the launch to improve things for the potential buyers.
Gizmondo claims to have leaned that Lenovo wants to launch its S12 netbook with Windows 7, so that the buyers don’t have upgrade just a month later. This moved Samsung and its N510 to the top of the list of coming Ion netbooks. Alas, we then learn that also holding off he launch of its N510 until Windows 7 launches, for the very same reason.
A depressing development for those who are eagerly awaiting the launch of the next generation netbooks, but on the other hand we completely understand the companies. Additional information suggests that both PCs will cost 550$, which is a bit high for a netbook, don’t you think?
