Just finished playing around with the Fujitsu P7010 I was leant for review for a week and a half as I mentioned in my last post. I was determined to get everything back to the default spec like when I got it, so I reformatted and reinstalled everything using the recovery CD it came with. Let’s see, I took a screenshot of the desktop meaning to show the Intel Wifi bubble showing that I was connected, and it says 6:30AM.
I started breakfast around 7:30, so that’s not bad for one OS (XP Home), the accompanying drivers (video, fingerprint recognition software, some utilities here and there, and the accompanying Norman anti-virus software .).
Without saying too much to give the article away (buy m|ph next month ok?!?!), and consequently earn the ire of my editors, I’d say I’ll miss this little sucker basically because it allowed me all that freedom to work wherever and whenever I wanted. Not that I actually got a lot of work done – I’ve still to get used to the idea sitting around in a cafe with lots of people milling about, trying to concentrate on writing an article. Give me my quiet room at home anytime, and I’ll write you up a storm. But at a cafe? Either I’m too distracted, or I’ll need some more time to get used to it.
At any rate, the only thing other thing I can say here about it is that, well, I loved it, but am looking forward to giving it back because hell, I’m tired of lugging it around everyday! At only 1.3kg, about the size of a medium sized textbook, I’ve frankly little to complain about, but that’s just the notebook. Siempre you’ve to put all sorts of stuff in there as well, like a PCMag copy (to read when idle), a crimper and extra LAN cable (I need for a client’s networking job I’m doing), a shirt or two (I might need it if I get soaked in the rain and to help buffer any shock to the notebook), and an umbrella (heaven help me if I get it wet!).
Why bring it around it in the first place? Because NO WAY will I leave it at our empty unattended house even under lock and key. I’d probably rush back every few hours just to check on it.
Anyway, it’s all set in the box that I got it in, ready to be delivered by myself (as instructed. No one wants to risk a messenger for something priced like this) to Makati, ready for whoever else grubby press person’s hands to get a hold of. See ya later baby.