Fujitsu LifeBook U810 UMPC - Dining Room Table Reviews

Review of the Fujitsu LifeBook U810 UMPC from my dining room table.

An update: I've dumped Windows Vista and installed Windows XP instead. The U810 does appear to work a little faster now, but not by much. The big difference however is the more than 5 GB of hard drive space I've managed to recover! On a 40 GB drive, that's a huge chunk of space!

The biggest issue when installing Windows XP will be the installation of the drivers. You must first install every Windows Update available including the .NET components BEFORE installing ANY of the Fujitsu drivers. Install the chipset and system extension drivers before installing the tablet and mouse drivers, otherwise you may end up with an inverted mouse.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Fujitsu
• LifeBook
• U810
• UMPC
• Computer
• Ultra
• Mobile
• PC
• dining
• room
• table

[benerban]

Man this machine is bad ass! I really want one now, even though it's 4 years old :)

[TheCanadianPublic]

@benerban No you don't. It's struggling a lot with on-line videos today. They're now so processor intensive, the A110 processor is having trouble keeping up.

You'd be better off getting a $200 Atom based netbook. You can still play 480p YouTube videos with that.

[obsdn666]

This is a very good review. Thank you for putting so much time into making a quality review. I was leaning toward purchasing the u810 and after viewing this I'll be purchasing one in the next couple of weeks.

[brianreal]

Wow! All I can say is wow! You are awesome. Fantastic review! You just tell the facts in a clear, concise, and clever manner. I truly enjoyed this and actually learned much about this product. Keep up the good work. I wish more reviews were as well done as yours.

[TennhardtDidd7758]

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[TheCanadianPublic]

@gvi341984 Wouldn't have made a difference, and might have made things worse, especially with video playback through the USB.

It's a four year old machine. There's only so much it can do today. It did its job, and one day it'll be replaced with something better.

[gvi341984]

@TheCanadianPublic

No Wonder! Look, if you wanted something very quick and light you should have ran Puppy or Knoppix through a usb flash drive.

[TheCanadianPublic]

@gvi341984 Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition in a dual boot configuration. Only Windows XP had all of the appropriate drivers. Ubuntu might have missed a few components including the proper chipset drivers.

[gvi341984]

@TheCanadianPublic

What were you even running? What version ?

[TheCanadianPublic]

@gvi341984 I did. Slow as molasses. Unfortunately, the machine is showing its age pretty badly. It's almost ready to be junked once I find a suitable replacement.

[gvi341984]

You should install some GNU/Linux distro

[TheCanadianPublic]

@explodingzebras Okay. Just tried Ubuntu 11.04 installed via USB in a dual-boot configuration. The biggest (and usual) problem is the custom Fujitsu devices not supported by Linux.

Works: speaker, keyboard, mouse, wireless, video, SD slot, USB, volume.

Doesn't work: custom buttons, screen rotation, lights, touchscreen (very flaky), microphone.

Unknown: VGA out, wired Ethernet, CF slot.