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Some hidden benefits, some annoying drawbacks

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4 Sep 28th, 2008 

3 Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful

Advantages:
Good for the price

Disadvantages:
Can't install Ubuntu without hacking around

Recommendable Yes:

Detailed rating:

Speed

Look & Feel

Comfort & Portability

Robustness & Durability

Value For Money

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The good:
  • Big screen (like portable tellies used to be)
  • 4 USB ports (you can never have enough)
  • Solid, well made, although basic design
  • Silent most of the time and you can also set the fan to "quiet" mode (Fn+F11)
  • Almost completely upgradable -- removable hatch on the bottom provides access to the memory slots (one free on1GB model), plus CPU and even the wireless card; the hard disk is accessible from another slot; you could feasibly upgrade the Celeron model to a dual-core chip in minutes (and dual-core chips will be bargain-bucket prices in a year or two)

The bad:
  • Windows-only; to install Ubuntu you'll need to hack together a new keyboard driver (as of Ubuntu 8.04/8.10) in order to switch on the wifi; this takes expertise
  • You have to manually switch on the wifi EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU BOOT. What the hell were the Fujitsu Siemens engineers thinking?
  • When the fan does switch on, it's noisy -- like a gust of wind blowing around the house, although the noise only lasts a few seconds before settling down to a bareful perceptible whirr
  • No Windows/driver disks provided; in fact, NOTHING is provided apart from the notebook, power-supply, a few flimsy manuals and the box! You are supposed to burn your own "restore" DVDs using blank disks, or buy them for an additional fee from Fujistu-Siemens!
  • 1GB of memory isn't enough although I added in a very cheap half GB upgrade (making total 1.5GB) and it made a huge difference
  • Decent keyboard but it feels a little spongey and bouncy; likewise, the mouse buttons are very "clicky" and noisy
  • Vista "Basic" provided but, actually, it's perfectly acceptible for virtually all tasks, and DVD playback software is provided.

All-in-all, this isn't a half-bad notebook. It's probably the best available for the bargain asking price but it doesn't offer much more than the price suggests. 

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