Fujitsu sneaks Arrandale-based Core i7 tablet into FCC, gets us all excited

We know, Intel's pretty much on a mission to confuse the heck out of us, what with its forthcoming Arrandale chips straddling different numerals in its Core i-something branding scheme, but the important thing here is that one of the beastlier models will soon be coming to a Fujitsu tablet near you. Expected to be identical in size and external design to the currently available LifeBook T5010, the T900 seems set to juice up the internals and leave the rest well enough alone. That might not be such a terrible idea, mind you, considering the original was a popular convertible tablet that eventually gained multitouch and integrated AT&T 3G skills. If you ask us, January can't come soon enough.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 18th 2009 6:16AM]

wow it's a miracle ( jokingly )

[Anphaser Posted Dec 18th 2009 7:27AM]

@(Unverified) Yeah it will probably cost an arm and a leg...and a liver. Miracles don't come cheap you know ( seriously )

[nicholaelaw Posted Dec 18th 2009 8:59AM]

@Anphaser
An arm and a leg, perhaps. But not my liver. My liver worths something more.

[YpoCaramel Posted Dec 18th 2009 6:17AM]

That might be good for some serious Photoshop work on the go.

[M3 Posted Dec 18th 2009 9:39AM]

Uhh... the T5010 is already a behemoth of a Tablet like the TX2. Ring me when we see X210's with Core i5's or XT2 with Core i5's.

[marklittle1 Posted Dec 18th 2009 10:02AM]

I love how you guys just gloss over the fact that the listing also says Core 2 Duo in front of the i7 model name and a FSB of 1066 MHz is listed even though Core iX CPUs use DMI and QPI. This listing is most likely a typo.

[FitFan Posted Dec 18th 2009 10:12AM]

@marklittle1

Thanks for bringing this up. I was confused, since I was pretty sure that Core 2 Duo and the Core i-(n) were different generations.

[epic Posted Dec 18th 2009 10:18AM]

attach a good gpu and I am game....

[nemein Posted Dec 18th 2009 8:20PM]

@epic Yeah seriously hoping they're coming out with a discrete graphics card that swaps with the the Intel HD. Anything between the 210m and the 240m would be perfect.

I'm not paying 2k + for a note taking computer.

[timmm Posted Dec 18th 2009 10:32AM]

a tablet with a core i7 inside~~i don't think it's a good idea

[Jeff Posted Dec 18th 2009 12:39PM]

@timmm Hot Potato!

[nemein Posted Dec 18th 2009 8:22PM]

@timmm

It's an Arrandale duo core chip, so I don't think it'll be hot at all. Almost perfect - just missing a good video card now.

[iRawr Posted Jan 10th 2010 8:16PM]

yeye~ finally a serious tablet. t5010 was a beast compared to the hp ones.