Fujitsu-Siemens LifeBook A Series

Fujitsu-Siemens LifeBook A3120

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Average Score: 72.5% - average

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75% Fujitsu LifeBook A3120
Source: PC World Archive.org version
This consumer laptop has a unique touchpad and an attractive vanilla ice cream-colored case, but performance wanes under pressure. With such poor battery life, the LifeBook A3120 is a less-than-appealing choice for mobile warriors, and its speed is too sluggish to make it work as a desktop replacement. It's a looker, but its beauty is only skin deep.
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(von 100): 75, Leistung 53, Austattung 80, Preis/Leistung sehr günstig
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 05/09/2007
Rating: Total score: 75% price: 90% performance: 53% features: 80%

70% This sharp-looking multimedia machine has features you might not expect in a home notebook. Just keep it near a power outlet
Source: Laptop Mag Archive.org version
In laptop design, white is the new black. But the Fujitsu LifeBook A3120 is no mere knock-off of the Apple MacBook; its pleasing pearl-white finish has a distinctive look all its own. We wish it lasted a bit longer on a charge, but the Fujitsu A3120 is a good Vista notebook with plenty of style and durability. And it offers a lot of features for the price.
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3.5 von 5, Display gut, Akkulaufzeit kurz
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 02/26/2007
Rating: Total score: 70% display: 80%

Fujitsu-Siemens LifeBook A6030

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Average Score: 76.25% - good

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70% Fujitsu LifeBook A6030
Source: Laptop Mag Archive.org version
The Fujitsu LifeBook A6030 stands out from the pack by featuring a speedy Intel Next Generation Centrino Duo processor (a first for the "A" series), excellent wireless performance, and Fujitsu's unique Point-and-Write technology that adds Tablet PC functionality to the touchpad. Priced at $1,349, the A6030 is an excellent productivity machine, but we wish it weighed less and lasted longer on a charge.
Weighing in at a hefty 6.6 pounds, the A6030 sports a plain metallic-gray color and a spacious, spill-resistant keyboard that makes typing a smooth, pleasurable experience. Above the keyboard are two quick-launch buttons, My Home and Web Search, for quickly accessing a user-defined homepage and search engine. Adjacent to these are two volume keys and three additional programmable buttons that come premapped to boot up Calculator, Notepad, and Windows Mobility Center.
3.5 von 5, Leistung exzellent, Mobilität schlecht
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/07/2007
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 95% mobility: 40%

80% Fujitsu LifeBook A6030 laptop PC
Source: Tech Advisor Archive.org version
You can use the Fujitsu LifeBook A6030's touchpad as a pointer and as a small writing pad. It won't replace a full-size tablet screen, but it's great for occasionally storing quick handwritten notes or drawings.
Although the dark-silver Fujitsu LifeBook A6030's battery life is disappointingly short, the unit is generously equipped for the price. The optional dual-purpose touchpad, which Fujitsu calls the Point and Write Pad, is the Fujitsu LifeBook A6030's most interesting feature. It lets you write handwritten notes within an area of the touchpad, using the bundled stylus and pen-input software. What you write appears on an input line on the notebook's screen. (Unlike a tablet PC, the Fujitsu LifeBook A6030 doesn't have a screen that you can write on.) We found that taking notes was laborious at first;
4 von 5, Preis/Leistung 4.5, Ausstattung 4.5, Verarbeitung 3, Mobilität schlecht
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/03/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 90% features: 90% mobility: 40% workmanship: 60%

75% Fujitsu LifeBook A6030 (Core 2 Duo 2GHz, 2GB RAM, 120GB HDD, Vista Home Premium)
Source: CNet Archive.org version
The boxy, slate-gray Fujitsu LifeBook A6030 didn't exactly catch our eye when it rolled into our offices. But after spending a little time with the machine, we found something in the laptop to please every type of user. The laptop's 15.4-inch display is a delight for movie-watchers (though the reflective screen coating might turn off some users), and its full-size keyboard will please productivity hounds. Tech fiends will be fascinated (or possibly confounded) by the A6030's unique touch pad, while speed demons will appreciate the laptop's competitive benchmark performance. And accounting types will love that the $1,449 LifeBook A6030 costs less than similar systems, such as the HP Pavilion dv6500t and the Sony VAIO FZ180E. The LifeBook A6030 is not without flaws--for example, it lacks a Webcam for video chats and its battery life, while acceptable, could be longer.
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(von 10): 7.5, Leistung 8, Ausstattung 8, Mobilität 6, Preis/Leistung gut, Display mäßig
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/27/2007
Rating: Total score: 75% price: 80% performance: 80% features: 80% display: 60% mobility: 60%

80% Fujitsu Lifebook A6030
Source: PC Mag Archive.org version
Bottom Line: If you value a bright screen and a solid feature set, the Fujitsu LifeBook A6030 has that and Intel's new Centrino Duo platform to boot. Pros: Awe-inspiring widescreen. Unique, Wacom-enabled touchpad. Five USB ports. Excellent keyboard. Cons: Uninspiring battery life.
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4 von 5, Display sehr gut, Austattung gut, Mobilität mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/09/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% features: 80% display: 90% mobility: 50%

Fujitsu-Siemens LifeBook A6110

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Average Score: 71% - average

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80% Fujitsu LifeBook A6110
Source: PC World Archive.org version
Brisk speed, a great screen, and a dual-mode touchpad highlight this nicely priced desktop replacement.
(von 100): 80, Leistung 78, Austattung 74, Preis/Leistung sehr gut, Display sehr gut, Mobilität schlecht
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 12/03/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 90% performance: 78% features: 74% display: 90% mobility: 40%

62% Fujitsu LifeBook A6110 (Core 2 Duo T5250 1.5GHz, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Vista Home Premium)
Source: CNet Archive.org version
Compared with the rounded edges and glossy black exteriors of other laptops in our sub-$1,000 roundup, the Fujitsu LifeBook A6110 looks decidedly square. We're willing to look past the boxy design--indeed, we have in the past--because the LifeBook A series offers one of the most thorough feature sets available in a mainstream laptop. But you'll have to look past more than square edges with the $999 LifeBook A6110; the laptop's scores on our performance benchmarks ranged from top of its class to bottom of the pile, and it barely survived an hour and a half on our battery drain tests. If you have $1,000 to spend and want a sleekly designed laptop, look to the Gateway M-1618 or the Sony VAIO CR120; if you want the fastest performance of our low-cost systems, look to the Lenovo 3000 N200.
(von 10): 6.2, Leistung 5, Ausstattung 8, Mobilität 4, Preis/Leistung gut, Display ausgezeichnet
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/16/2007
Rating: Total score: 62% price: 80% performance: 50% features: 80% display: 95% mobility: 40%

Fujitsu-Siemens LifeBook A6120

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Average Score: 69.5% - average

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60% Fujitsu LifeBook A6120
Source: Laptop Mag Archive.org version
There’s much to like about the Fujitsu LifeBook A6120. It offers good speed for the price, strong Wi-Fi performance, a spacious hard drive, and more durability features than you’d find on most budget notebooks. For the same price, though, the 14.1-inch Gateway T-6828 offers a slimmer, more stylish design, a larger hard drive, 802.11n wireless, and comparable performance, though you’ll give up some screen real estate. If you want a larger screen, the A6120 is a strong contender.
3 von 5, Leistung gut, Mobilität schlecht
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/22/2008
Rating: Total score: 60% performance: 80% mobility: 40%

78% Fujitsu Lifebook A6120
Source: PC World Archive.org version
The Fujitsu LifeBook A6120 is a good performer, carries a reasonable price tag, and comes with most of the features you'd expect from a well-rounded machine--except good battery life. The A6120 doesn't win the laurel crown in any particular category, but it gets enough right at the right price to rate as a good (not great) notebook.
78 von 100, Leistung gut, Preis gut, Ausstattung gut, Mobilität schlecht
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/11/2008
Rating: Total score: 78% price: 80% performance: 80% features: 80% mobility: 40%

70% Fujitsu LifeBook A6120
Source: PC Mag Archive.org version
The Fujitsu LifeBook A6120 ($1,369 direct, as tested) is a classic mainstream laptop, geared toward general-purpose users with a sensible spending limit. It comes with Intel 's newest-generation processor (code-named Penryn), an abundance of RAM, and features few can complain about. Furthermore, Fujitsu 's direct channel, where customers can add and subtract features as they please, is as intuitive as buying a laptop from Dell 's or HP's Web site. It's not the sexiest mainstream laptop, but the A6120 goes with Intel's latest technology and has a wide selection of features.
3.5 von 5, Leistung gut, Display gut, Mobilität mäßig
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 60%

70% Fujitsu LifeBook A6120
Source: CNet Archive.org version
While not exactly a looker, the Fujitsu LifeBook A6120 is a well-appointed 15-inch mainstream laptop that should offer a long life for general home use.
7 von 10, Display sehr gut, Verarbeitung gut, Leistung sehr gut
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/14/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 90% display: 90% workmanship: 80%

Fujitsu LifeBook A6120 Review
Source: Notebookreview.com Archive.org version
Overall, the Fujitsu LifeBook A6120 is a solid notebook with good performance and some nice features. The abundance of USB ports and the combionation of a PC Card slot and ExpressCard slot mean this notebook has plenty of room for external expansion. Although the A6120 isn't a gaming machine, the Penryn processor can handle everyday computing tasks with ease. If the awkward speaker placement and overall thickness and weight don't bother you then this notebook makes an excellent choice. In short, the LifeBook A6120 is a dependable workhorse of a notebook but lacks the flashy features found on most consumer notebooks.
Mobilität mäßig, Leistung gut, Ausstattung gut, Verarbeitung mangelhaft
User Review, online available, Medium, Date: 02/19/2008
Rating: performance: 80% features: 80% mobility: 60% workmanship: 50%

Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook A6210

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Average Score: 78.5% - good

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86% Fujitsu LifeBook A6210
Source: Computer Shopper Archive.org version
If you need a notebook suitable for both business and pleasure, the Fujitsu LifeBook A6210 merits serious attention. It has all the features a business user could want (including Centrino 2 performance, a spill-resistant keyboard and shock-resistant hard drive, and plenty of connectivity) plus multimedia features (a gorgeous wide-screen display, a Blu-ray option, and an HDMI port) for life beyond work. The LifeBook A6210 adeptly combines business features with multimedia prowess, making it equally suited for work or play.
8.6 von 10, Leistung gut, Display gut, Verarbeitung gut, Mobilität mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/10/2008
Rating: Total score: 86% performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 50% workmanship: 80%

71% Fujitsu LifeBook A6210 (2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400)
Source: CNet Archive.org version
Though it's slightly bulky for a midsize laptop, the feature-packed Fujitsu LifeBook A6210 does double duty as both a computer and a portable Blu-ray player.
(von 10): 7.1, Ausstattung 9, Leistung 6, Mobilität 5, Display mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/29/2008
Rating: Total score: 71% performance: 60% features: 90% display: 50% mobility: 50%

Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook A1110

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Average Score: 50% - poor

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Fujitsu LifeBook A1110 Review
Source: Notebookreview.com Archive.org version
The Fujitsu A1110 would be a great deal if it was $400 less than the current price of $999 for the configuration we reviewed. It offers a basic desktop replacement form-factor with a midrange processor and integrated graphics, which is the starting configuration for many budget notebook models. The design could be improved in many areas, but it does have a colorful lid which gives it a bit of a facelift. Build quality could be improved across the board with flexible plastic over the screen and palmrest. From what we have seen Fujitsu really needs to improve the design of this consumer notebook and rethink their pricing structure, especially now with the slumping economy.
Emissionen gut, Leistung gut, Verarbeitung schlecht, Preis schlecht, Mobilität schlecht
User Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/15/2008
Rating: price: 40% performance: 80% mobility: 40% workmanship: 40% emissions: 80%

Fujitsu LifeBook A1110
Source: Computer Shopper Archive.org version
The LifeBook A1110 delivers solid performance at a reasonable price, and you can accessorize it with an assortment of colorful snap-on lid covers.
7.3 von 10, Leistung gut, Preis gut, Mobilität schlecht
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/15/2008
Rating: price: 80% performance: 80% mobility: 40%

50% Fujitsu LifeBook A1110
Source: PC Mag Archive.org version
Competing in the budget laptop market is hard, what with the cut-throat competition from giants like Dell and HP and the countless low-priced models being offered. The A1110 would fare better against the competition had Fujitsu spent more time designing a sleeker-looking chassis.
2.5 von 5, Lesitung gut, Preis sehr gut, Display gut, Mobilität schlecht, Verarbeitung mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 50% price: 90% performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 40% workmanship: 50%

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Fujitsu-Siemens: Fujitsu, founded 1935, is a Japanese company specializing in semiconductors, air conditioners, computers (supercomputers, personal computers, servers), telecommunications, and services, and is headquartered in Tokyo. Fujitsu employs around 160,000 people and has 500 subsidiary companies. The partnership with Siemens AG was established in 1999 in the form of Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC), one of Europe's largest IT hardware suppliers, and owned 50/50 by Fujitsu and Siemens. 2009, this cooperation was terminated, FSC ended to exist. In future, no laptops will be sold with the brand "Fujitsu-Siemens" but only "Fujitsu".

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These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.

ATI Radeon Xpress 1150: Faster clocked Xpress 1100 onboard graphics card with x300 core. Should run Vista Aero Glass fluently.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on a Mobile Intel 965GM chipset. It is the successor of GMA 950 and features a fully programmable pipeline (supports Aero Glass fully and DirectX 10 with newest drivers). The peformance of the X3100 is clearly better than the GMA 950, still demanding modern games won't run fluently.

Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD: Onboard (shared Memory) GPU built in the GM45, GE45 and GS45 chipset (Montevina). Because of two more shaders and a higher core clock, much faster than the old GMA X3100. Still not advisable for gamers (DirectX 10 games not playable or only with very low settings). The integrated video processor is able to help decode HD videos (AVC/VC-2/MPEG2) , e.g., for a fluent Blu-Ray playback with slow CPUs.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

AMD Turion 64 X2: AMD Turion 64 X2 is intended to be positioned against the Intel Core Duo was presented in 17. May 2006. The current consumption is not higher than with Centrino-Duo-notebooks (TL-45 with ATI Xpress and Mobility Radeon X300). This means, that approximative the same battery runtime and fan functions can be expected (with this chipset). However, the performance was 20% below the T2300 (1.66 GHz) due to the lower L2 Cache (Core Duo has 2048 Kbyte shared L2 Cache). Nevertheless, the performance is sufficient.

TL-56:

Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).

The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.

T7300: Mid-range (at the time of annoucement) dual core processor based on the Merom core. 

T8100: Former mid-range Core 2 Duo based on the Penryn core that features FSB800 and VT-x virtualization functions.

P8400:

Middle class dual core CPU with a TDP of 25 Watt. For high end gamer the performance could be not sufficient (for class 1 graphic cards).

T5800: Entry level dual core processor based on the Merom core without Virtualization support and a low maximum temperature.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

2.9 kg:

With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.

3.1 kg:

A laptop with this weight is comparatively heavy and less designed for mobility than for use at the desk. Therefore, the devices tend to shine less with battery life than with a large screen and higher performance.

71.8%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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