Review Earlier this year, Fujitsu launched a somewhat unsuccessful assault on the netbook market with its Amilo Mini UI 3250. Suffering from a slow hard drive, fiddly keyboard and ever-so-slightly-ugly chassis, it didn’t fare too well in our review.
Fujitsu’s M2010: still room for improvement
Now, just a few months later, Fujitsu is back on the netbook warpath with the M2010. Featuring a 10.1in screen, it’s available in three colours – pearl white, metallic red and sparkling black – all of which come with the same glossy chassis complete with a large Fujitsu ‘infinity’ symbol on the lid.
At 258mm, the M2010 is roughly the same width as rival 10in netbooks, however, the six-cell battery juts out at the back and pushes the depth to 205mm. The battery also adds to the thickness, measuring 43mm at the rear and 32mm at the front, while pushing the total weight to 1.33kg.
Fujitsu has gone for Intel’s Atom N280 processor, which runs at 1.66GHz off a 667MHz FSB. Graphics are handled by Intel’s GMA 950 chip, while 1GB of DDR2 memory is also installed – this can be upgraded to 2GB, but there’s only one slot available so you’ll need to ditch the preinstalled module to achieve this. Other specs include a 160GB hard drive, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Needless to say, XP Home comes preinstalled. Read the rest of this entry »
Review Hot on the heels of Sony’s Vaio TT and the Toshiba Portégé R600, Fujitsu’s LifeBook P8020 is a similarly small and light affair looking to tempt business types away from the likes of lenovo and Dell. netbook fans will yet again baulk at high price tag, but there’s clearly still a market for premium ultra-portable laptops offering more oomph than an Atom processor can muster.
Fujitsu’s LifeBook P8020: small, light and (fairly) stylish
Incidentally, if you’re wondering what happened to Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Fujitsu went and guzzled up all of Siemens’ shares in the partnership earlier this month – the company is now officially known as Fujitsu Technology Solutions. Read the rest of this entry »
The Fujitsu LifeBookU820 is an ultra-mobile convertible notebook with a high resolution 5.6” display. Packing built-in GPS with Garmin navigation software, a passive touch screen, and a 4-cell battery claiming upwards of 7.5 hours of battery life this UMPC can handle almost any situation. In this review we cover all the reasons why spending above $1,000 on a U820 is worth it compared to $400 or $500 on a standard netbook. Read the rest of this entry »
