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<\/p>\n CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, , and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our . Find more great buys on the \u00a0and follow the Cheapskate and\u00a0!<\/em><\/p>\n <div class="shortcode video v2" data-video-playlist='[{"id":"ae96ca5f-7f45-4cfa-b846-5e7fff2ef06f","title":"Lenovo Ideapad 110S is a simple, chic budget laptop","description":"This charmingly compact, all-white laptop costs under $200 (\\u00a3230 or roughly converted to AU$260).","slug":"lenovo-ideapad-110s-is-a-simple-chic-budget-laptop","chapters":{"data":[],"paging":{"total":0,"limit":15,"offset":0}},"datePublished":"2017-04-03 20:35:00","duration":99,"mpxRefId":"OegVfyptaAc0hn1Whb5k142jcVivQQbM","ratingVChip":"TV-PG","primaryTopic":{"id":"1c445348-c387-11e2-8208-0291187b029a"},"author":{"id":"","firstName":"","lastName":""},"primaryCollection":{"id":"2adf6930-fe69-4423-ab9c-9aae7f4f1fc2","title":"CNET First website<\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now playing:<\/span><\/p>\n Watch this:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Lenovo Ideapad 110S is a simple, chic budget laptop<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n 1:39<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Today’s deal is a rerun, and the price is actually a little higher than last time. Wait, what? That totally violates rerun rules!<\/p>\n Hear me out: The price is just $20 higher than last time, but still $70 lower than the regular price. And I continue to consider the product the best in its class.<\/p>\n I’m not sure why you’d want it to, but the Lenovo 110S can lay flat<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Josh Miller\/CNET<\/p>\n <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n The class in question: budget laptops. And as of this moment, I can think of no better option than this one: For a limited time, and while supplies last, Best Buy has the\u00a0\u00a0(plus tax). Normally it sells for $199.99.<\/p>\n Does the name sound familiar? You might be thinking of the Ideapad 100S, which I dubbed the\u00a0. What’s different about the 110S? Aside from being cheaper, at least during this sale, it actually solves two of my big problems with its predecessor. \u00a0<\/p>\n First, the 110S has a USB 3.0 port (along with a pair of 2.0 ports). The 100S was USB 2.0-only — something you could live with, but a bummer all the same.<\/p>\n Second, the touchpad on the 110S supports gestures, most notably two-finger scrolling. With the 100S, you pretty much had to use a mouse to preserve your scrolling sanity.<\/p>\n Beyond that, the specs are pretty much the same: slow processor, limited RAM and storage (2GB and 32GB, though the latter is easy enough to expand via flash drive or microSD) and mediocre battery life (courtesy of a mere two-cell battery).<\/p>\n However, you do get an HDMI output and, better still, a one-year subscription to Microsoft Office 365 Personal —<\/a> which has a value of $70 all by itself.<\/p>\n Want to learn more? Read\u00a0. Conclusion: “A simple but capable budget laptop for those with basic needs and who don’t want to make the Chromebook leap.” That review, of course, was based on the $199.99 price tag.<\/p>\n But “basic needs” is the key phrase: This laptop is suitable for everyday web stuff and Office-powered productivity. It’s almost cheap enough to keep on hand as a spare PC in case your primary machine suffers a meltdown.<\/p>\n Your thoughts?<\/p>\n Ecovacs<\/p>\n <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Bonus deal:<\/strong> I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords — provided they’re willing to sweep and mop. For a limited time, Cheapskate readers can get the with promo code CNET90<\/strong>. Price elsewhere: $450!<\/p>\n<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n
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