I have an Ideapad S9e - same as S10 but 9" rather than 10" screen.

When I first booted it into XP I was amazed how fast it was at doing everything.

Really impressed.

Then I started to make the system a bit more secure....

Added anti-virus - AVG

There were a few XP security updates that needed to be installed.

Then the different apps started to want to be updated as well and left behind their little updater apps.

Now the machine is usable but nowhere near as quick as when I first got it.

I also get the mystery slow down when an app or XP decided to auo-download an update in the background without letting me know.

I expect the Linux experience is so much better just because there is no anti-virus used and the update system is done in a more controlled way.

I still use the S9e regularly and love the size. If ti wasn't for the need for my wife to use it on the odd occassions I'd dual boot it to Ubuntu or Xubuntu and be done with it. (she would be confused by the boot menu)