OK, fess up. Who here has a Lifebook P1000 series?

[Skoobouy]

What a sweet little machine! I'm looking for a replacement for my iPaq... except that I think I'm done with trying to make a Pocket PC replace a laptop. I'm thinking, maybe I want a laptop to replace my Pocket PC.

This little doozy weighs 2.7 lbs with the 9 hour battery, with a 1024 x 600 touch screen, and it runs WindowsXP. Measures about 6" by 9" by 1.4". Costs about $1200-1300 depending on the options.

Cnet reviewers weren't impressed (those Crusoe processors are kind of slow)--but every user-review on C-Net, e-pinions, and a couple of blogs say that they love the thing!

I had a Jornada 720 before and loved it, but the biggest problem was software availability. I wouldn't have to worry about that with this thing, would I?

[Jason Dunn]

I have a P5010D and love it, so I can vouch for Fujitsu's ability to make excellent tiny notebooks. :mrgreen:

[CTSLICK]

I have a P5010D and love it, so I can vouch for Fujitsu's ability to make excellent tiny notebooks. :mrgreen:

Yeah...and whatever happened to that review of your 5010 :wink:

[Jason Dunn]

Yeah...and whatever happened to that review of your 5010 :wink:

Um...err....like many things, I started it and haven't quite finished it yet. :oops: Because I bought it with my own money, and it's not a review loaner unit, it goes to the bottom of the list. ;-)

[Skoobouy]

And for a lot cheaper than Sony's notebooks too. (And no memory stink, to boot). I did some research, and you know what? The P2000's look simply perfect, but they stopped selling them on their Website! What gives? They're just like a P1000 but an inch wider on each side, with an internal optical drive and no touch screen. Maybe the lack of the touch screen was what did it in.

[Skoobouy]

Sorry for resurrecting a dead thread, but I just wanted to update. I've done some more research, and here's what I've found out:

According to Fujitsu tech support, the P1000 series' Crusoe processor really can't handle DVDs smoothly through the PCMCIA slot. However, one reviewer has reported great success with a 500MB MPEG file, and another is quite happy using DivX. On the one hand, it's dissapointing that this is not a performance machine by any stretch of the word; on the other, I never wanted to lug around an external optical drive anyway, and it saves me about $150 and 1.1 lbs not worrying about one (seeing as how it would not be my primary PC).

Regarding performance, most people's irritation comes from those flashy Windows XP effects; with those turned off, it functions like any other machine.

I have seen almost twenty reviews for the latest P1000 on the Web, and the only one that was lukewarm was C-Net's. Everyone else just freaking loved it. Unresistable appeal!

I discovered that PortableOne makes screen protectors for the P1000. http://www.laptopsinc.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=GC&Category_Code=SPFP. They're kind of "ghetto" according to one user, but they work. Advertised 8 months to a year of use.

With the standard features--30GB hard drive, 256MB DDR RAM--and the extended battery for 10 hours+, the whole thing comes to $1238. I wager that Fujitsu has a Centrino version up their sleeve... but I also wager it will be $2500 at launch.

Official page, great pictures (http://webshop.fujitsupc.com/fpc/Ecommerce/buildseriesbean.do?series=P1)

Here are reviews for the latest P-1000, (The P-1120)

The C-Net review, some nice pics, and its eight short customer reviews (http://reviews.cnet.com/Fujitsu_LifeBook_P1000/4505-3121_7-20776335.html)

The Epinions reviews (http://www.epinions.com/pr-Fujitsu_LifeBook_P1120_FPCM20101_PC_Notebook/display_~reviews)

One from APCMag (http://www.apcmag.com/apc/v3.nsf/0/395A28ABE2A0F7A4CA256D44001A3B39)

A great little Spiffle! review (with sweet pictures) (http://www.spiffle.com/rants/11-14-2003_03-15pm)

Obsessed? Noooooo. :wink: