Lousy battery, not robust enough for travel use . heavy
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We bought this model since we were on a budget. My wife needed a laptop for her univeristy studies, I travel from time to time and needed to be able to work (Excel, Powerpoint) and see DVD´s etc.
I knew Fujistu-Siemens to be relable computers, having a SCALEO destop at home. My main concerns were the small amount of RAM and the weight.
We upgraded the RAM to 768 MB pretty quickly, because 256 MB is nowhere near enough. In the beginning things were OK. The battery lasted only an hour and a half or maybe two, so we kept it plugged in most of the time. We could never use the DVD player/writer for anything other than playback, but other than that the Amilo D7830 worked well. We never used it much, since we had a powerful desktop computer at home. My wife took it to school 3 og 4 times a month and I used it during my travels, maybe once a month.
6 months after we got it, it went completely dead (during DVD playback). We had it fixed at the retailer, and got it back 3 weeks later! We were told we could not loan another laptop in the meantime, and this of course happened a week before I was to fly abroad to attend a congress.
A year later the battery gave completely up. It had happend gradually with the battery life decreasing ever so slowly during it's lifetime. We carried the laptop in a Targus laptop-bag, but somewhere along the way the casing cracked, which surprised me. Finally the mointor disconnected (went black), and would only connect when angled precicely right.
Needless to say, we will not be buying a Fujistu-Siemens laptop again anytime soon.
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Memory / capacity
Poor
Ease of use
Satisfactory
Range of Extra Features
Good
Instruction manual
Good
Manufacturer Support
Needs improvement
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