In terms of looks you get what you pay for with the ideapad 100. This no frils notebook sports an all plastic matte design with a small silver lenovo logo on the exterior and a black coat of paint throughout. Thr laptop lid is nicely textured but its extremely prone to fingerprint smudges.
Although the notebook edfes are fairly slim its left edge is broken up by an unsightly ethernet port that protrudes toward the bottom. Its strong everyday performance.