Ray Thanks for your informative and detailed review - I think I will wait and keep searching. Ever get the feeling you want something that just doesn't exist?
Thanks! Joe On 9/15/05, Ray Lai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 11:33:28PM -0400, Joe . wrote: > > On 9/14/05, Ted Unangst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > the fujitsu lifebook p2000 models work (early ones are best; they added > > > acpi or something and dicked up usb in later models from what i've > > > gathered). p1000 should be the same. while it's a lot faster than a > > > zaurus, it's nowhere close to what you'd get with a pentium m cpu. > > > > Someone else recommended those as well and they look pretty excellent! > > The newer ones seem to have a touch screen on some models as well - is > > there any chance that is supported? > > The touch screen isn't supported on my P-1035. > > > Also how is the battery life? Thanks for the feedback! > > The battery life is decent, but my ThinkPad X40 + 8 cell battery > has much better battery life. Sorry, no numbers. > > There are several reasons why I decided to replace my P-1035 with the X40: > - Screen size: While it was nice at first to be able to carry my > laptop all over without having much bulk, the screen is really > difficult to look at after a while. Everything is too small, > and the 1024x600 resolution meant that not everything fit on the > screen. And while the screen size reduces the length and width > of the laptop, the extra depth (1.5 inches versus today's < 1 > inch laptops) is noticable. > - Speed: I'm not sure what exactly causes its slowness, but I don't > think it's purely the CPU's fault. My old Dell Inspiron 3500 > Celeron 400 felt faster. It also doesn't help to have only > 128 MB ram, non-upgradable. (The newer models probably have > more.) > - Mouse: The eraser head is really small and not nearly as nice > as the nice, wide, grippy ones the ThinkPads have. They also > wear out into a very smooth ball-bearing after a while, making > using a mouse rather unpleasant. > - Keyboard: Page Up/Down, two rather important keys for web browsing, > are Fn-Up/Down combinations. The right shift and the / keys are > swapped, making typing paths very tedious. > - Battery Life: Okay, this is something I discovered after getting > the X40: the battery life while doing a make build, surfing > the web using tor on a 802.11g USB (seems to) exceed that of the > P-1035 while doing simple editing/compiling cycles. Then again, > the battery for the P-1035 is much older (by two, three years) > so it might have just worn out. > > On the other hand, hardware support on OpenBSD is pretty good. The > builtin 802.11b card works perfectly, the USB works perfectly (until > you suspend and resume, at which point any USB device attached will > cause a panic), suspend + resume works, cardbus works, X works. > > My girlfriend has the P-2000 and aside from the screen, which is > marginally more comfortable to use (larger and higher resolution), > the same issues apply. Plus it's noticably heavier than the P-1035. > > I've heard reports that all Transmeta CPUs are slow. I'm not sure > if it's to the extent that I've suffered, or if Fujitsus are > exceptionally slow. I would be wary of Transmeta CPUs in general > and definitely try them out before buying one. > > Sorry, I definitely do not recommend getting any Fujitsu Lifebook > + Transmeta CPU laptops. > > -Ray-
