Showing posts with label Fujitsu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fujitsu. Show all posts

Fujitsu LifeBook AH550 Notebook PC Review Spec

The LifeBook AH550 is a portable 15.6-inch desktop replacement Fujitsu. With a starting price of $ 749, the AH550 has an Intel Core i3-330M, 4GB of DDR3 RAM and a 500GB hard drive. Configurations with more dedicated NVIDIA graphics card are also available with a premium of $ 200. In this review, we see the LifeBook AH550 compared with other 15-inch desktop replacement and if it is worthy of your next purchase.

Fujitsu LifeBook AH550
Fujitsu LifeBook AH550
Design and build

Fujitsu LifeBook AH550 is a class, inside and black metallic finish with chrome. The screen lid with the Fujitsu logo, and before the center, and the name of the company and a small logo on the top edge. Inside, by bezel palmrest, keyboard and screen of the same metallic finish trim black with chrome around the touch pad and along the front edge. If all the stickers were removed from the body of the laptop Lifebook AH550 I think is one of the smartest laptop around to see.

Build quality is average compared to other generation of consumer notebooks and small size. Billboards, including the palm and the screen cover, some bending, but nothing that stands out. Palm, the optical drive is more than some people give. Taken a laptop around, the place is flexible upwards from the bottom and inside the cavity with no optical drive. The paint finish is of excellent quality holds up admirably free of scratches and scuffs. Everything, even the Palm is an opaque plastic, which is very glossy black finish and also helps to hide the abuse newspaper. Like most of Fujitsu notebooks, this model also offers a removable filter air to the bottom.

Fujitsu provides users with easy access to the hard drive and system memory, the two panels on the bottom of a laptop. One area that may be of concern is the future of fashion, where the battery is installed, the spring clips instead of plastic blocks. If a clip has never been broken or lost the thrill of the battery will no longer get stuck in the system.

Fujitsu LifeBook AH550
Fujitsu LifeBook AH550
Keyboard and Touchpad

LifeBook AH550 The keyboard has a very comfortable professional quality that is easy to type on and gives an excellent tactile response. Keyboard support is excellent, even more ruthless in the classification with the main task for the individual mechanisms. Key wobble just this biggest key was smooth despite the travel offset presses that can sometimes cause blockages. The keyboard is both full-size spill-resistant with a keypad. The provision was easy to get used to the difference in some models, the keyboard is not only the buttons on the main section of the keyboard.

For a multimedia notebook, we were surprised to see no dedicated multimedia keys or function keys repurposed of any kind. The only extra button on the laptop has been a key support next to the power button.

Touchpad with LifeBook AH550 is a medium-size model of ALPS some multitouch capabilities. The sensitivity was excellent, and we found only a small delay of extensive testing. A long, click and drag to move the touchpad sometimes uncheck dragging and we were stuck in a different symbol and move it. Adjusting the settings seemed to improve this problem, but we never had this problem, the Synaptics touchpad. Gestures are supported pan scroll, pinch, zoom and rotation. Along with the standard up and down the roll, it also supports the chiral (circular) scrolling action added to the occasion.

Screen and speakers

The AH550 has a choice of screen resolution integrated and dedicated graphic variants. Both systems include a backlit LED panel with a resolution of 1366x768 WXGA. These days, I wonder when the mid-range models do not offer a screen resolution of 1600x900 HD compatible, especially if multimedia oriented. The plaque itself with color and contrast of good average. The glossy screen surface helped to give the appearance of the color saturation of colors and improved black levels. Screen brightness was good to see in bright conditions for the position, but with an advanced level of illumination measured at 190 nits, it was not bright enough to see outdoors.

AH550 speakers are located above the keyboard and the sound less than the average compared to other multimedia-oriented notebooks. Low and medium volumes were up very weak inadequate even for small environments. Listening to music or talk to someone VOIP software, which work well, however, left much to be desired. Headphones or digital audio over HDMI would be better to listen to music.

Ports and Features

Fujitsu LifeBook AH550 offered a good selection of ports including four USB 2.0 ports, VGA and HDMI-out, LAN and analog audio. Expansion slots includes a SDHC compatible card reader and ExpressCard/54 slot. The development of the port at the rear was crowded with three USB 2.0 ports, slots are located right next to each other. This configuration can block other ports if you have a large device to plug in.
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Fujitsu M2010 Notebook PC Review Spec

The M2010 is a new netbook to hit the market for Fujitsu, which is their first Atom-based model to date. Looks good and offers a good quality of construction, it is marketed as a "mini laptop" designed for casual users who want a small platform for surfing the Web or check e-mail. In this test, we examine all aspects of the M2010, to help you know if this netbook is right for you.

From the beginning, Fujitsu made a nice netbook. M2010 is a great shiny metallic red paint and off the shiny piano black plastic around the top of the keyboard and screen. I truly believe that Fujitsu has taken a step back and think before they came up with the launch netbook in a saturated market ... and found some interesting ways to make it stand out. Whatever the approach we took, it worked.

Fujitsu M2010
Fujitsu M2010
Build quality is excellent, squeaks and creaks around the frame, and only minor flex large plastic surfaces. Even the screen hinges feel good with good power when the swivel screen and a very smooth action when moving. At the bottom of the notebook, we find the standard "We Fujitsu" in the location of the processor, which limits the amount of heat can be transferred in the legs when used on your lap. This is the norm in Fujitsu laptops I've ever seen.

Access to internal components is managed by a single panel at the bottom of the laptop, but it only allows you to replace the wireless card and system memory. The hard drive will require further removal of ... something the average user may not want to do. However, it was probably a bad choice, because the memory and storage is the only area of ​​expansion and modernization for netbook users.

Fujitsu M2010
Fujitsu M2010
Screen and speakers

The glossy screen of the M2010 is very similar, as is the case with many netbook LED-backlit display. The colors are rich and vibrant, with excellent contrast and deep blacks. Maximum levels of brightness have been great to see in bright light conditions of the office, with the right configuration preferred by 50%. Check the angle on average, with the colors start to invest 20 degrees forward or backward. Horizontal viewing angles were much better, extending to the screen bezel and reflection began to obstruct the view of the panel.

Average heart rate compared to a netbook speakers, and below average compared to most laptops. Peak volume levels were fine to listen to a small room, but do not have much power to fill the chamber wall. Bass and midrange were not only higher frequencies to come. Headphones should really enjoy music or movies.

Keyboard and touchpad

The keyboard is the main area that I feel Fujitsu should have spent more time in development. Compared to almost every netbook on the market today, it is one of the smaller keyboard layout that feels very tight. As HP set the trend for one of the best laptop keyboards, manufacturers like ASUS has followed a similar path, expand the keyboard to make it as wide as possible to the chassis. Fujitsu holds a wide edge around the keyboard, much like the glossy red, but does not allow such a large writing surface. Despite the small size of the keyboard feels very good. The support is excellent, with just a hint of flex under heavy pressure to write. Individual key action is smooth, with very little swing key when you try to move top of the key around. Noise is minimal as you type, with a soft large not click when each key is pressed.

M2010 has a Synaptics touchpad with smaller smooth finish. During the tests, it was easy to use, without perceptible delay (a configuration of a few). Initially, we found the touchpad to the coast, after they put their fingers on the surface, he felt very similar to the touchpad lag. We found Synaptics feature called "Momentum" was used, and moving off again on the trackpad feels a lot nicer. The trackpad offers multi-touch features such as flick, pinch, and ChiralRotate, used to rotate the selected object 90 degrees. It is not an option for two finger scroll found. The touchpad buttons are setup button with the swing, which is flexible enough that the two buttons can be pressed simultaneously. Feedback is down is minimal, engaged in a strong shot.

Fujitsu M2010
Fujitsu M2010
Ports and Features

Port Selection M2010 is average compared to most of the netbook market, three USB ports, VGA, headphone / microphone and SDHC Multi-Card Reader, and the LAN. Fujitsu is also a Kensington lock slot if you feel that you need to securely connect the netbook and unattended.

Our Fujitsu M2010 has the following specifications:

Operating System: Windows XP Home

Processor: Intel Atom N270 processor at 1.60 GHz (533 MHz FSB, 512 KB cache)

* Memory: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM PC2-6400

* Internal memory: 160 GB 5400 rpm SATA HDD

* Display: 10.1 inch LED backlit WSVGA (1024x576)

* Graphics: Intel GMA 950

* Wireless: Atheros 802.11b / g, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

* Expansion: 4-in-1 Media Card Reader

* Ports and Connectors: (3) USB 2.0 ports, VGA, power connector, RJ-45/ethernet, headphone / line out, stereo microphone, 1.3 megapixel camera

* Dimensions (H x W x D): 10.2 "x 7.4" x 1.3 "

Weight: 2 pounds 8.8 ounces (3 pounds 5.2 ounces with adapter).

* Food: 3-cell Lithium-Ion (10.8V, 2.4Ah, 26Wh)

* Warranty: One year international warranty

* MSRP: $ 449
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