EDIT: Sorry, Fujitsu Sold Out of this baby.
Still PO'ed that you missed out on the Wal-Mart laptop for $749? Well howz about this one:
Fujitsu Lifebook i-4177
500 Mhz Celeron Processor (100 Mhz System Bus)
12.1 TFT Active Matrix Display (800x600)
64 Megs of RAM (Expandable to 192 Megs)
6 Gig Hard Drive
8x DVD Drive
ATI Rage Mobility -P Video w/4 Megs of RAM
Yamaha 16-Bit Sound w/SPDIF Optical Digital Output
ALPS Touchpad
External USB Floppy Drive
2 USB Ports (Legacy Free)
S-Video Output
Built-in 56K Modem
2 PCMCIA Slots (2 Type II or 1 Type III; 32-Bit)
Lifebook Application Panel
You can get the *REFURBISHED* Model for $749 (recently dropped from $849) directly from Fujitsu here:
I personally own this laptop and it's very Sa-Weet!
PROS:
1) Optical Digital Output. Sadly, I can't seem to get it to output the Dolby Digital Signal for DVD though.
2) Made in Japan. Call me a Japanofile, but I think that says a lot.
3) Cool Looking!!!! To me it looks like a younger brother to the new Apple G4.
4) It's very quiet, even when the fan comes on (which is rare...this baby is efficently designed!). I have owned other notebooks that sound like hair dryers when the fan comes on.
CONS:
1) PCI Video. Don't ask me why, but they didn't go with AGP on this one. And it's even an ATI Video card with 4 Megs of dedicated RAM. I have not noticed this fact to affect DVD Playback at all. Alas, I don't play games so I can't comment on the performance there.
2) Legacy Free. NO Serial or Parallel Ports. I don't need 'em, so this is moot to me.
3) External USB Floppy. I don't care about this either, since I never use it anyway. Steve Jobs was right about this one anyway! (Interesting enough though, it is bootable from this external USB Drive, courtesy of the bios).
4) Maximum of 192 megs of RAM seems weak to me.
5) 90 Day Warranty. On this Refurb, that is. But you can make it a year if you add $89.
All in all, I recommend it. Check it out!
P.S. Someone previously mentioned this laptop in one of the other Wal-Mart threads, but I couldn't find his/her name so I couldn't credit them. They didn't mention it for this price though.
Still PO'ed that you missed out on the Wal-Mart laptop for $749? Well howz about this one:
Fujitsu Lifebook i-4177
500 Mhz Celeron Processor (100 Mhz System Bus)
12.1 TFT Active Matrix Display (800x600)
64 Megs of RAM (Expandable to 192 Megs)
6 Gig Hard Drive
8x DVD Drive
ATI Rage Mobility -P Video w/4 Megs of RAM
Yamaha 16-Bit Sound w/SPDIF Optical Digital Output
ALPS Touchpad
External USB Floppy Drive
2 USB Ports (Legacy Free)
S-Video Output
Built-in 56K Modem
2 PCMCIA Slots (2 Type II or 1 Type III; 32-Bit)
Lifebook Application Panel
You can get the *REFURBISHED* Model for $749 (recently dropped from $849) directly from Fujitsu here:
I personally own this laptop and it's very Sa-Weet!
PROS:
1) Optical Digital Output. Sadly, I can't seem to get it to output the Dolby Digital Signal for DVD though.
2) Made in Japan. Call me a Japanofile, but I think that says a lot.
3) Cool Looking!!!! To me it looks like a younger brother to the new Apple G4.
4) It's very quiet, even when the fan comes on (which is rare...this baby is efficently designed!). I have owned other notebooks that sound like hair dryers when the fan comes on.
CONS:
1) PCI Video. Don't ask me why, but they didn't go with AGP on this one. And it's even an ATI Video card with 4 Megs of dedicated RAM. I have not noticed this fact to affect DVD Playback at all. Alas, I don't play games so I can't comment on the performance there.
2) Legacy Free. NO Serial or Parallel Ports. I don't need 'em, so this is moot to me.
3) External USB Floppy. I don't care about this either, since I never use it anyway. Steve Jobs was right about this one anyway! (Interesting enough though, it is bootable from this external USB Drive, courtesy of the bios).
4) Maximum of 192 megs of RAM seems weak to me.
5) 90 Day Warranty. On this Refurb, that is. But you can make it a year if you add $89.
All in all, I recommend it. Check it out!
P.S. Someone previously mentioned this laptop in one of the other Wal-Mart threads, but I couldn't find his/her name so I couldn't credit them. They didn't mention it for this price though.
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