Fujitsu Siemens LifeBook Q2010 laptop Review
You don’t want your portable laptop to feel like the chains around Jacob Marlow’s neck – all heavy and restrictive. But like Scrooge you don’t want to be giving your money away for nothing either. Which is why the Fujitsu LifeBook Q21010 is such a good deal. A lightweight, ultra-compact notebook, it doesn’t cost the earth but comes packed with some great facilities and the all important long battery life. Design |
| The LifeBook Q2010 comes in a sleek and stylish design. Fujitsu have gone for a matte black exterior. In order to keep the Q2010 a ultraportable laptop they’ve had to sacrifice on the size of the keyboard which is slightly smaller than the usual QWERTY keyboard but weighing just 2.3 pounds and measuring only 11.7 inches wide, 8.6 inch deep and 0.8 inch thick, we saw it as a small sacrifice. On the left of the keyboard those nice boys at Fujitsu have added four hotkey buttons that can be programmed with your favourite shortcuts. Below the keyboard you’ll find the trackpad to navigate around as well as a fingerprint scanner for security. Because of the size of the LifeBook Q2010 Fujitsu have not had room for an Ethernet connection, video out or optical output, but they did manage to squeeze in two speakers so you have sound while watching DVDs on the 12 inch widescreen provided. |
| Setup/Installation |
| Setting up this computer was very simple. There’s little to do once the ultra-compact laptop start going through the files and setting the computer up. Allocating short cuts to the hotkeys was very elementary as was setting up the security featured finger recognition. |
| Features |
| As with most ultraportable notebooks Fujitsu had to make a few sacrifices to keep this machine so small. The LifeBook Q2010 doesn’t have the largest screen but in order to keep the notebook as compact as possible Fujitsu have opted for a 12.1-inch, which while not massive it does come with a glossy coat that makes it fabulous for DVD playing and viewing photos and has a wide-screen display with a native resolution of 1,280x800 and can show up to 17 columns and 36 rows if you’re working on a spreadsheet which is pretty good. The Fujitsu LifeBook Q2010 comes with 1.2GHz Intel Core Solo U1400 processor, 1GB of midrange 533MHz RAM, an 60GB hard drive, and Intel GMA 950 integrated graphics. While the notebook has two USB 2.0 ports, a FireWire port, a port for a dongle that has an Ethernet and modem jack, a CardBus card slot, a Secure Digital memory card reader, audio in, audio out, and dual microphones, again due to size limitations the Q2010 laptop doesn’t have onbarod optical drive, video-out or a Ethernet. But you can buy an additional dock which comes with 4 USB ports and an Ethernet port as well as a dual-layer DVD burner and VGA out. There’s a Wi-Fi hardware switch a fingerprint reader between the two mouse buttons, and four programmable application-launch buttons to the left of the keyboard. And it has a long battery life. |
| Performance |
| This was a lovely computer to use. Operating it was very simple and setting up functions equally so. There were a few niggles but they really can’t be helped if the size is to be kept to a minimum. The trackpad and keyboard were a bit on the small size but they were useable – what did irritate us though was the fact that touch pad pushes up against the keyboard. The Q2010 notebook's multimedia features are love, the speakers which again are small are better than most ultraportable laptops. We like the Wi-Fi switch on the front as it means you can save battery power on the move, and obviously the fingerprint reader is a great security feature particularly for those on the move. Using the standard three-cell battery, the LifeBook Q2010 lasted just 1 hour, 40 minutes but with the high-capacity battery the LifeBook Q2010 had a fantastic 7 hours of battery operation. |
| What's In The Box? |
| Fujitsu Siemens Q2010 laptop, charger, 3 cell battery, software. |
| Overall Opinion |
| It’s not cheap but we really like the Fujitsu Siemens Q2010 for the mere fact it’s so small and portable. If you want a computer you can toss in your bag and go with then this is a tip-top laptop. The basic battery life could be improved on but as long as you’ve got the additional battery you can have hours of use either surfing the net thanks to the build-in Wi-Fi or working on documents. |
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Pros + Ultra portable + Wide-screen display + Fingerprint security + Fantastic long battery life with additional battery + Decent speakers. |
Cons - Really low battery life with 3 cell provided - Small keypad - Limited outputs |
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By Babita Wakelin
3/11/2006 at 12:04:30pm
3/11/2006 at 12:04:30pm
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