Next generation laptops, hundreds of dollars less

[smf96822]

Don't know if this is hot or not. For those who may have seen ad admired next generation technology from Japan not generally available in the usa. Pricey via 3rd parties as http://www.dynamism.com/w2/main.shtml y or ebay (search "lets note") you may wish to check out
www.pricejapan.com

This is the Japan version of pricewatch and you can use babelfish.com to translate. for example the panasonic "lets note".
a 2.85 lb centrino with built in cd burner/dvd, and other goodies will run about 1800 usd. Tack on 40-50 s/h and their 5% service fee and you still come out way ahead as it costs 2700 via middlemen and the warranty is still via Japan. Guess the odds of this breaking during year one are small. This particular model got a glowing review in a European magazine.

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Interesting information, but this woud be better in our Small Form Factor, Notebooks & other Pre-Built/Barebones PCs forum.

Thanks for understanding,

AnandTech Moderator

 

[iamme]

cool stuff.

too expensive for me, but fun to look at

 

[bradolson]

nice. i'd rather pay have the price and have something a little bigger / heavier.

Brad

 

[smf96822]

After traveling often with a "heavier" laptop I would love to have one of these. See how your back feels with a 6 pounder in a backpack.

 

[smf96822]

They also have sub 1000 usd notebooks, Sharp Mebius I think, and Sharp is supposed to honor a from Japan laptop in the usa.

 

[phatstuff]

Hey everyone,

The Let's Note notebooks are perfect for those who need Laptops to go. The comparable laptops to those are the Panasonic Toughbooks. These are actually high quality (Made in Japan for real), and you'll find that their 900 MHz Centrinos kill a lot of P4 of standard brands. Although they are more expensive, they are worth it. They sell only business line notebooks, and that's why their prices are so high. I have used both the CF-T1s and the CF-T2s and W2s and they are superb machines. And super light too.

Of course, if you want something beefy, you may as well get a desktop.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: smf96822
They also have sub 1000 usd notebooks, Sharp Mebius I think, and Sharp is supposed to honor a from Japan laptop in the usa.

PC-MV1-D5W Sharp Mebius PC-MV1-D5W (Pentium III 1.0GHz, Wireless LAN, 30gb, 256mb, English WinXP Home, DVD-R/RW)
2799.00 4.21 lbs / 1.91kg

PC-MV1-C5F Sharp Mebius PC-MV1-C5F (Pentium III 1.2GHz, Wireless LAN, 60gb, 256mb, English WinXP Pro, CD-RW/DVD)
2799.00 4.21 lbs / 1.91kg

if this bad boy was under $1,000, it'd be a hot deal.

 

[smf96822]

Originally posted by: iamme

Originally posted by: smf96822
They also have sub 1000 usd notebooks, Sharp Mebius I think, and Sharp is supposed to honor a from Japan laptop in the usa.

PC-MV1-D5W Sharp Mebius PC-MV1-D5W (Pentium III 1.0GHz, Wireless LAN, 30gb, 256mb, English WinXP Home, DVD-R/RW)
2799.00 4.21 lbs / 1.91kg


Plug in the below url or just search as I did

http://www.kakaku.com/prdsearch/det...3%45%83%58%83%6D%81%5B%83%67%20PC%2DMV1%2DD5W


139,000.00 JPY = 1,196.33 USD












PC-MV1-C5F Sharp Mebius PC-MV1-C5F (Pentium III 1.2GHz, Wireless LAN, 60gb, 256mb, English WinXP Pro, CD-RW/DVD)
2799.00 4.21 lbs / 1.91kg

if this bad boy was under $1,000, it'd be a hot deal.

 

[PHL1365]

Originally posted by: smf96822
After traveling often with a "heavier" laptop I would love to have one of these. See how your back feels with a 6 pounder in a backpack.

I've also lugged around heavier laptops, and I agree that functionality is the key. What good is a 4 pound laptop when you also have to carry a 1 pound floppy drive and a 12 ounce P/S. I had an 8 pound toshiba once that had everything, including the P/S built in. It was well worth the extra couple of pounds. I think the laptop industry should work towards eliminating the external P/S.

By the way, I once lugged around a 26 pound Osborne 1, so even a 10 pound laptop would be all that bad in comparison. Just trying to keep some things in perspective

 

[dartworth]

Originally posted by: smf96822
After traveling often with a "heavier" laptop I would love to have one of these. See how your back feels with a 6 pounder in a backpack.

Suck it up..

 

[smf96822]

and I was younger then..............

 

[manko]

This is a direct link to the "pricewatch" Japan (all in Japanese, sorry). Pricejapan seems like an interesting service that sells to you based on the prices there. Their "how to find prices" is an external link to this site.

http://www.kakaku.com/


These are a couple other sites in English which offer a similar service to Dynamism on a limited selection of products:

http://conics.net/shp/

http://www.japan-direct.com/shopping.asp