Fujitsu LifeBook P8010

Fujitsu LifeBook P8010
Ultraportable doesn't stand out from the crowd




FUJITSU'S $2,009 LIFEBOOK P8010 ultraportable laptop delivers many nice features, as well as solid performance at a competitive price, but ultimately, it offers nothing to make it a premier machine.
Weighing in at 2.9 pounds, the P8010 manages to cram a 12.1-inch, 1,280x800-resolution display and an optical drive into a chassis that's smaller than a sheet of paper. Perhaps as a result of misguided attempt at style, the P8010 features a hideous sparkly black top, which picks up fingerprints far too well. Instead of using a latch, Fujitsu designed the screen's hinge to stay closed through gravity, which makes the notebook impossible to open with one hand.
Inside, you'll find a decent-size touch pad with two buttons separated by a fingerprint sensor. We liked replacing our Windows login with a fingerprint, but the sensor's size and placement shrink the P8010's touch-pad keys, making clicking more difficult. The 82-key keyboard is also cramped, although we do like that the system includes a set of customizable function buttons. The laptop also includes a Wi-Fi switch on its front edge; it's a useful addition, but its positioning makes it all to easy to disable the wireless adapter by accident.
Battery life on the P8010 was impressive: The notebook lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes on our punishing DVD-rundown test. The P8010's other benchmark scores proved that-while the system runs more than quickly enough to handle word processing and th elike-it shouldn't be your first choice for gaming, or intensive video or audio rendering.

source: Computer Shopper August 2008.
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