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-
