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Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pa3553

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Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pa3553
Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pa3553 (Amilo P Series)
Display
15.40 inch 16:10, 1280 x 800 pixel, glossy: yes
Weight
3 kg ( = 105.82 oz / 6.61 pounds), Power Supply: 0 g ( = 0 oz / 0 pounds)
Price
800 Euro

 

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Average Score: 72% - average
Average of 5 scores (from 5 reviews)
price: 78%, performance: 68%, features: 70%, display: 67% mobility: 51%, workmanship: 80%, ergonomy: 65%, emissions: 57%

Reviews for the Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pa3553

70% FSC Amilo Pa 3553
Source: Techradar English Archive.org version
The FSC Amilo Pa 3553 is a stylish consumer laptop, and there's enough power and features to satisfy most users. The poor battery life and warm-running chassis definitely let it down, but it remains good value for money.
3.5 von 5, Display gut, Preis gut, Leistung sehr gut, Mobilität schlecht, Emissionen mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/14/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 80% performance: 90% display: 80% mobility: 40% emissions: 50%

Foreign Reviews

66% Ein Puma ohne Krallen
Source: Chip.de - 12/08 German
Comparison, online available, Medium, Date: 12/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 66% price: 70% performance: 61% features: 80% display: 86% mobility: 42% ergonomy: 70%
80% Neuer Look - neue Technik
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy - 11-12/08 German
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 12/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 90% performance: 80% emissions: 80%
74% Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pa3553
Source: ZDNet German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/04/2008
Rating: Total score: 74% performance: 70% features: 80% display: 70% mobility: 70% workmanship: 80%
70% FSC Amilo Pa3553
Source: Notebookjournal German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/07/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 70% performance: 40% features: 50% display: 30% mobility: 50% workmanship: 80% ergonomy: 60% emissions: 40%

Comment

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470: Faster clocked HD 3450 and successor of the HD 2400 XT but with DirectX 10.1 and due to the new 55nm process, higher clockspeeds. Avivo HD video functions allow the decoding of HD videos.

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

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


AMD Turion X2 Ultra: The AMD Turion X2 Ultra is part of the Puma platform and a mixture of the old K9 core (form the Turion 64 X2) and some parts of the K10 architecture (memorycontroller, hypertransport, crossbar switch from the Phenom). Because of the increased L2 cache ("Ultra" CPUs) and the improved memory controller, the performance increased a bit. Still a similar clocked Core 2 Duo is noticably faster.


ZM-80:

Mixture out of two K8 based cores and K10 uncores (e.g. memory controller). Offers improved power saving functions compared to older Turion CPUs but still not as good and fast as a Core 2 Duo. The ZM-80 is the slowest CPU of the ZM series and a entry level CPU in 2008.

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


15.40":

15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.

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


3 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.


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".

Fujitsu-Siemens reviews


72%: 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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Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pa3553
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Stefan Hinum, 2008-09- 7 (Update: 2012-05-26)