Fujitsu P7000 laptop reviewed

Handtops.com has a review of Fujitsu's new P7000 ultralight laptop, calling it a stand-out in its class.  The laptop weighs in at just 3.3lbs and has a 10.6-inch XGA TFT screen, 1.1GHZ Pentium M ULV, and a choice of 40, 60, or 80 GB hard drives.  Also optional are a DVD/CD-RW or a Multi-Format DVD Writer, both of which can be removed to make room for an extra battery.  It's also got an extraordinary number of ports for such a small device including two USB 2.0 ports, FireWire, Ethernet, VGA out, S-Video, Mic, Headphone, PCMCIA and  Modem I/O, not to mention CF card and memory stick/SD slots.  Oh, and it has a fingerprint sensor too.  C'mon Fujitsu, that's just ridiculous (ridiculously awesome, of course).  Prices start at $1600 for the base model.

[Josh @ Dec 19th 2005 2:13AM]

How big is the keyboard? if it's 85%+ of normal, seems pretty nice!

[DeezMFNutz @ Dec 19th 2005 2:13AM]

The keyboard is very nice. The only thing that takes a little getting used to is the fact that the punctuation keys are 1/2 sized. Overall this computer ROCKS and it is very affordable. I love my P7010. The best vendor to buy from is portableone dot com also check out the dedicated P forums at leog dot net

[George @ Dec 19th 2005 2:13AM]

Yet, as usual, the ports I need aren't there, I need both serial and parallel.... More and more laptops are coming without these ports these days.

[Chris @ Dec 19th 2005 2:13AM]

How does this compare to the IBM X40?

[andy @ Dec 19th 2005 2:13AM]

Is there a Sonoma version of it or its competing product coming out soon?

[allmodcons @ Dec 19th 2005 2:13AM]

I have had my P7010 for two weeks and love just about everything about it. The only things I find missing are built in IR and Bluetooth. You can, as I have, add a USB dongles for both IR & BT but it takes away from the sleekness of the design. As far as George's complaint re: legacy ports I don't know where you would fit them and you can always add a port replicator via USB such as the one I am using to good effect from Targus. This laptop is so small that even with a ton of accessories and power cable it still takes up less travel space than a regular 12" notebook on its own.

[Joey Geraci @ Dec 19th 2005 2:13AM]

parallel maybe, and I stress maybe, but serial? You in the hell needs serial? Get in the 21st century, people! My laptop has parallel which I use once on a blue moon, but I am sure glad that it doesn't have serial.

[Danny Lewis @ Dec 19th 2005 2:13AM]

Hah, it doesn't look small in the picture. It needs something next to it for perspective. I must say, it looks pretty nice and includes everything but the kitchen sink.

[asv @ Dec 19th 2005 2:13AM]

@Chris

It doesn't compare, the X40 is more powerful and lighter. The only advantage that the p7000 as is the optical drive. For me, I don't use an optical drive since all my software and multimedia comes from the network.

[macstibs @ Dec 19th 2005 2:13AM]

Just picked up one of these bad boys for grad school. Simply Awesome. The X40 is nice, but this thing is 1. smaller, and 2. way more stylish. Using a fingerprint to login is a killer app. Every port you could possibly need. Cept for the odd parallel/serial port user. The only thing it needs is Bluetooth.

[macstibs @ Dec 19th 2005 2:13AM]

Just picked up one of these bad boys for grad school. Simply Awesome. The X40 is nice, but this thing is 1. smaller, and 2. way more stylish. Using a fingerprint to login is a killer app. Every port you could possibly need. Cept for the odd parallel/serial port user. The only thing it needs is Bluetooth.

[Fraser @ Dec 19th 2005 2:13AM]

I've had the Fujitsu S6120 for a year (had been released a year before) and has much better specs. Weighs an extra half a pound, but for that you get 1.6GHz, 13" screen, bluetooth, and IR... though it'd be nice to have the card readers and fingerprint sensor that this has too. So unless you want the teeny-tiny size, go for the S6120.

[kcarlile @ Dec 19th 2005 2:13AM]

Who needs a serial port? Ever looked at the back of a Cisco router? How about the front of an HP switch? Or (dare I say it) a TiVo? There's a lot of stuff that still uses RS232 serial ports, and having an ultralight to carry around to access these things (especially without having to carry a dongle) would be sa-weet!