It's definitely not the
first LifeBook to boast a
multitouch panel, but given just how popular the
original T5010 proved to be, we're pleasantly pleased to see the outfit bless that very convertible tablet with a touchscreen. The new dual digitizer option gives the 13.3-inch machine a whole new purpose in life, as it now supports two-finger touch (for rotating, pinching, zooming, groping, etc.) within
Windows 7. Oddly enough, Fujitsu's choosing to ship this with Vista until
October 22nd rolls around, so we'd advise you to hold tight for another month and change if at all possible. Everything else about the rig remains mostly the same, though the $1,759 (active digitizer) / $1,859 (dual digitizer) starting tags are actually
lower than the MSRP given to the first T5010 in early 2008.
posted Sep 16th 2009 10:21AM
Crap, there goes my $3k+!
Brand new T5010 and instantly outdated.
From what I have heard about fujistsu quality you will be shelling out the 3 Grand and receiving a piece of crap.
Don't compare lifebook with Amilor or other series. The same problem has HP, they have the cheap consumer line which breaks after a few days and the more expensive business line, which isn't made out of plastic and lasts a few years. The same with the Fujitsu Lifebook, which are high quality business devices, regarding build quality the same or even better than the Lenovo Thinkpads.
i have worked on many lifebooks back in my days of computer repair. Most were japanese models, and I can say, they were pretty crappy.
@Frank, I completely agree. Although I have no experience with the other fujitsu lines, my lifebook s series has been the most reliable business laptop since I purchased it back in 2005. Still running strong and of course fujitsu is known for top quality hard drives.
Touchscreens are cool and all on laptops by why would anyone really need one?
If your doing drawing and stuff like that all you need is a good digitizer pad.
But not everyone uses a tablet to draw. They also use it to read books, take notes, browsing, all tasks for which a capacitive touch screen can be handy sometimes. It's still a gadget, but useful.
Also not everyone likes the coordination necessary to use a digital pad. I like using the screen to draw it feel more natural. Like I am actually drawing on paper.
It is also nice to play games on a touchscreen, like pinpon-pen on Windows Vista :)
This thing's starting at less than when it did in '08? Are you kidding me!? I spent 2K on the original because it was literally a Requirement for Virginia Tech engineering students to have a tablet PC. You can't even use a finger on it, much less 2. I feel ripped off after this...
/whine
the novelty wears off when after 3 minutes your arms start to hurt and you just use the mouse like every one else.
When you work in slate mode, then you don't have a mouse any longer, only pen and fingers. And you don't use the touchscreen when in laptop mode, you convert it to slate mode, and use it as a slate. There your arms don't hurt.
Or you get tired of wiping the screen clean, whichever comes first.
I'm looking for something to compensate my Bamboo Fun. Does this take pen input or is this completely finger-based capacitive?
Just take a look at the US site. It takes both pen and finger. You can select between pen only or both pen and finger models.
Does this convertible use a glass screen? I prefer glass for the better optical quality, and more importantly, for the superior scratch resistance and flatness.
Any idea which other convertibles with multi-touch and active digitizer use glass? I know Gateway used to make one, but they have stopped the production line for that model.
We have to wait for the first reviews. The front cover is the capacitive digitizer, so we need to know what material Wacom uses to produce the capacitive touch screen.
Who said the digitizer is made by Wacom?
Nobody, people are jumping to conclusions.
Newone: I don't 'jump to conclusions':
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.golem.de%2F0909%2F69541.html&sl=de&tl=en&history_state0=
The Fujitsu tablets, T4410, T4310 and also the T5010 as you can read at the end of the article, use the new developed Wacom capacitive touch digitizer.
coo coo
ye.. Fujisu old model touch is very inconvenience.
Fujitsu website says dual digitizer option (pen + touch) is only available starting at $2,019, not $1,859.
I just picked up a Latitude XT (got a great deal) it has the same type of features, multitouch capacitive screen with stylus support.
My main use for it besides business is ease of navigation in limited space situations, lounge use, and for random things. I think for the right target demo, these can be more then just a gimmick. The thing is, they are targeted towards business users with their price (MSRP on the unit I ordered was about $2,645). Which on one hand will be kind of cool that I'm the only guy in the office that has one, but due to their lack of big consumer penetration, there isn't as much touch integration as I would like, but, everything takes time,.
I'm pretty excited, can't wait for Fed-ex to drop it off.
If I didn't buy my tpc less than 2 years ago I'd be jumping on this one right now ^^ Looks like a fairly affordable multi-touch offering that also has decent specs. Looking forward to the future of the tablet pc market.
lol...the only quality notebooks on this site are made by Apple. Anything else is discredited immediately.
oh man. i just got a 5010 with only the active. such a waste. sigh.