The SCALEO 600 opens up a new world of hassle-free fun. This PC offers maximum power and extra computing performance for your family, whether you are watching a film or making one.... more
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A review by helencbradshaw on Fujitsu SCALEO 600 January 21st, 2002
Author's product rating:
Speed
Very fast
Design
Good
Manufacturer Support
Good
Ease of use
Very easy
Value For Money
Good
Advantages:
Good Brand Name,
Disadvantages:
None
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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We have wanted a new Computer for ages and ages, our last one wasn’t too bad for most routine tasks, but as it ran at a mere 333mhz we thought it was about time to upgrade to something better. Incidentally, we didn’t set out the other day to but a computer, we actually left to look at furniture, and came back with our new toy, the Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo 600 Desktop Computer, which was launched in October 2001. Our incentive for this was our Sim City 3000 game, just purchased, which wasnt running too effectively on the old slow machine!
We bought the Scaleo from Comet. Its specification was pretty good, with 80Gb Hard Drive (Last one was 6Gb, so I am not sure when we will use all that extra space!!), 64 Mb Graphics Card, and AMD Athlon XP 1700 Processor. This processor provides up to 1536 SDRAM, and not 1700 as you might expect, as is common with these AMD Processors. We also get a CD RW and a DVD player, as well as the 3.5” Floppy Disk Drive and a 17” monitor. Total cost was £1098. On the front of the tower, there are two USB ports.
Our Sales Person in Comet was knowledgeable and informative on all aspects of purchasing and upgrading a PC, and was happy to point out the best buys of the day. Comet, unlike some of the other retailers don’t bundle up ’50 software titles’ or extra hardware like scanners or printers and so if you wanted the whole works, I imagine they would work out more expensive. However we looked at some of the software bundles and estimated that we would have no use for about 48 of them, as we don’t have any kids! We also have a good printer, and while I wouldn’t mind a scanner, these are getting cheaper and cheaper, and so I can add one on at a later date. Comet did push their 3-year Warranty Package, as you would expect, but at £200 we declined this offer. The computer does come with a 1-year warranty anyway, although we will now have to take it to the shop, if anything goes wrong; with the extended warranty they come to you. We were also able to take the computer away with us, as there were plenty in stock, an added bonus, when you want to get it all set up as quickly as possible.
Included in our literature was a getting started leaflet, for the XP system and Fujitsu PC. This twelve page booklet talks you through set up, troubleshooting, the Accessiblity Wizard, and some keyboard tips. Three is also a quick guide, which is a fold out leaflet which shows how to connect the PC together, in pictorial format. You also receive the thick manuals for the PC and the monitor, you know the ones nobody ever reads!
The computer came loaded with software, although it took us an age to register all the programs, by accepting their terms, and loading up our old software from the old machine. That said, it was a fairly painless process, and everything seemed to work first time, it is so much easier when you are starting from scratch and not a second hand machine, as we had always had in the past! The machine came with Windows XP, which was the version we wanted ideally, there are still plenty about with Windows Millenium Edition, but I had read negative stuff about that.
My initial impressions of Windows XP are positive ones. My old computer used to hang all the time, and I felt I was forever rebooting it. I particularly like the feature with XP that each user can have a different desktop, with some shared files. This makes things much easier for me, as I like to keep my files organised! I do however, prefer the classic windows display, over the XP version, something which is easy to change.
The computer did come with the packages that we did want; which for me included the Worksuite Package. This includes: - MS Money 2001 Standard, MS Picture It Publishing, MS Works Clipart, MS Autoroute 2001 Europe edition, MS Encarta Interactive World Atlas 2001.This is all preloaded, but you are also given the disks, but not any manuals or boxes. Added to that, there were a further two Microsoft Games, Midtown Madness 2 and Crimson Skies, i.e. cars and planes respectively. We haven’t really bothered with these two that much, which makes my point about getting 50 unwanted software titles.
At the front edges of the tower, there are black panels, which are removable and replaceable with coloured ones. You are supplied with Blue and Orange replacements. Fujitsu Siemens market this, as ‘this appealing design is an asset to any living room’. Hmmmm. Not really, in my opinion, the midi tower belongs as out of site as possible, under the desk!
The Scaleo 600 is also available with a Pentium 4.0 2Ghz processor.
Other Technical Stuff, not covered -----------------------------------------
Floppy Disk Drive 1.44MB DVD Drive 16 * 48 Speed Drive Bays 2 * 3.5” (One Free) 3 * 5.25 Internal 2 * 3.5” HDD Slots 5 * PCI 1 * AGP Pro 4* 1 X AMR/CNR Modem 56k. V. 90 Speakers 60W Scaleo Loudspeaker Mouse Wheel mouse Keyboard Standard Scaleo keyboard
We have had this computer for one month now, and we are very pleased with it. The only small problem we have had thus far is a problem with the printer driver, which suddenly seemed to stop working. However this was a problem that we were easily able to fix ourselves and not require Fujitsu customer support. There is a PC Support line which costs 50p per minute, and the Warranty Hotline is charged at the National Call Rate.
Fujitsu advertise their systems in the national papers most days, and you can purchase direct, as well as through Comet.
And now my Sims Game runs properly and my system doesn’t hang any more, Hurrah!
Advantages: Customer service, value and ease of use Disadvantages: None!
...manufacturers such as Dell and Fujitsu siemens. Our basic needs were to find a PC with a LCD (liquid crystal display, a thin flat screen monitor) screen, a high amount of RAM (random access memory, allows more programs to run simultaneously) and also a fast processor. It also had to be quiet! A friend recommended Fujitsu Siemens so we looked at their website www.buyanicepc.co.uk, a very appropriate name. The price was very reasonable for such a high ... ...and not skimped on quality. I can't think of a bad word to say, I would highly recommend a Fujitsu siemens PC to everyone, and they have a wide range so there are cheaper models as well. I wish every company could be so efficient and make such fabulous products. ...
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Advantages: Brilliant easy to use and you do get the windows xp disk Disadvantages: none really
This Fujitsu computer was not that well know to us when we went looking for 2 computers. We had at the time tried to price up the components for a build and when we added the cost of Windows Xp x 2 it was a lot more, £300 more at the time, so we had to buy.
The budget at the time was £1000 for 2 good computers with monitors,speakers,keybboard and mouse. Warranty would just be the normal 1 year unless we could get that included too.
We had a look ... ...us about these Brand new Fujitsu Scaleo 600 systems theat had to go because of a shop re-fit. They were at rock bottom prices and within our budget.
We purchased 2 FS P4 computers with 80 GB drives 2.53 CPU's and ATI graphic cards for £998 all in but without any other warranty.
That was in 2003. I am now using this same FS P4 computer to write this reveiw.
The scaleo in that time has been brilliant and proved 100% reliable. The back-up disks you ...
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Advantages: Fairly Fast, Stable System Disadvantages: DVD Drive Fault
Product Description Fujitsu Siemens SCALEO 600ix - P4 2.6 GHz Type PC Form Factor Mid tower Dimensions (WxDxH) 18 cm x 49.8 cm x 43.2 cm Weight 13 kg Processor 1 x Intel Pentium 4 2.6 GHz Cache Memory 512 KB L2 Cache Cache Per Processor 512 KB RAM 512 MB (installed) / 2 GB (max) - DDR SDRAM Storage Controller IDE ( DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra) ) Floppy Drive 3.5" 1.44 MB floppy Hard Drive 1 x 120 GB - standard - DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra) Optical Storage 1 x DVD±RW ... ...purchsing this machine I contacted Fujitsu -Seimens and they happily and Rapidly repaired this for me.
This runs simple tasks to complex games well. OS supplied (Windows XP) is a user friendly and highly customizeable OS with most compaability issues that arrose from is not being an MS-DOS based operating system is solved by running it in compatibility mode (basically programs not compatible with windows XP can still often be run in the compatibility ...
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Advantages: Cheap but high quality Disadvantages: none
...system. this is about the fujitsu siemens scaleo l system that i have just bought. here are the basics with the new system. 15" tft flatscreen monitor standard fujitsu-siemens keyboard standard fujitsu-siemens scroll mouse standard fujitsu-siemens speakers with 120 watt pmpo athlon xp 2600+ processor 80 gb hdd standard 1.44 mb floppy dvd rom drive dvd+r 4.7gb dvd writer 512 mb ddr ram modem 56k v.92 nvidia geforce 4 graphics windows xp not bad a ... ...with more slots. however the fujitsu also has only 2 memory slots but the difference is that it comes fitted with a single slot of 512 mb ddr which means that the other slot is still available to you should you wish to upgrade it more. secondly it is not very often that a pc for less than 700 quid comes fitted with a dvd recorder which means that you can author your own dvd movies. this was anothr good selling point for me because i basically wanted ...
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Advantages: FAST AND POWERFUL Disadvantages: NONE TO SPEAK OF
...as small as the replacing of a faulty Floppy Drive.
The company I purchased the unit from, PC Interworks, have always been extremely helpful and polite
I have owned the Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo 600. for 7 months and have no hesitation in recommending it.
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Graphics Processor / Vendor: ATI Radeon 9200 SE, ATI Radeon 9200, NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600, ATI Radeon 9600 XT, ATI Radeon 9600, NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-SE
Digital Video Standard: Digital Visual Interface (DVI)
Video Output Supported: NTSC, PAL
Audio output
Type: Sound card - integrated, Sound card
Compliant Standards: AC '97
Sound Output Mode: Stereo, 5.1 channel surround
Manufacturer's product description
The SCALEO 600 opens up a new world of hassle-free fun. This PC offers maximum power and extra computing performance for your family, whether you are watching a film or making one. This charming, face-lifted PC is versatile enough to cope with all of your family's advanced multimedia needs.
Operating system / software
OS Provided: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP
Software: Drivers & Utilities, Drivers & Utilities, WinDVD, NERO Burning ROM, Drivers & Utilities, Microsoft Works 7.0, Microsoft Works Suite 2003, WinDVD, Adobe Photoshop Elements, NERO Burning ROM, Microsoft Works Suite 2003, Microsoft Works Suite 2004, Microsoft Works 7.0, Microsoft Works Suite 2003, Drivers & Utilities, Microsoft Works Suite 2003
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