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It weighs less than the 3 pounds of the Air, and just got a Core 2 Duo processor upgrade. It still only runs a 1.2GHz, but its also noticeable smaller for those who said thinner and lighter wasn’t enough on the part of the Air.
It can be configured with up to 2GB of RAM. Even better yet are the HDD options of the Fujitsu with your choice of the standard 80GB drive or a 100GB drive (the same 4200RPM speed as the Air, but 20GB more) or a 32GB SSD which only adds $300 to the price compared to the $1000 the 64GB SSD option adds to the Air.
It also has ports, and you can get a port replicator for it as well, oh, and did I mention it has a tablet screen that you can swivel and use the digital pen on to do stuff with it instead of just a regular LCD screen? Also, Fujitsu recommends XP be used with this, but if you order Vista with it, it costs nothing extra and you get a set of XP restore discs as well as the Vista ones. So, with the new 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo, the 2GB of RAM, the 100GB HDD, and an extended battery, it comes in at $2474, which isn’t much higher than the Air for a computer that could be exponentially better than the Air depending on your needs/perspective.
Fujitsu P1620- now that’s an Air [via jkOnTheRun]
The screen looks smaller than the Air’s, so not necessarily could be a contender. A large(r) 13 screen is more comfortable to work on.
2474$ for a sub tablet with a slow CPU, when You can have the same from HP TX @1000$ with a AMD 64×2 @2ghz with 2 g Ram and 250g HD ! Are they kidding?
the smaller screen size is a plus for a lot of people, in fact while i was at macworld, i heard a lot of people complaining that it didnt have a smaller screen
as for the HP, let me assure you the difference would come in both weight and battery life, sure the HP is cheaper and has faster components, but the fujitsu probably at least doubles the battery life of the HP, and its probably noticeably smaller, and puts out far less heat
I got more than 4 hours with the normal battery HP I don’t see anything about long battery life from this one. WIth the HP I can also buy a long battery… but right now 4 hours is enough for me.