Asus Eee vs Fujitsu LifeBook U810

Asus Eee vs Fujitsu LifeBook U810

I was in at PC Cyber looking at the Asus Eee notebook on 2008-01-04.

$299 with 2 GB drive

$349 with 4 GB drive

$399 with 4 GB and web cam

What I do not like about it is that it does not have a touch screen, so you have to use a touch pad to move the cursor.

I also saw the Fujitsu LifeBook U810 which is much smaller and much better, however, it costs $899 Can.

The U810 does have a touch screen. It also has a swivel screen, so it can be used as a tablet PC.

To use as a tablet, you install Windows® XP Tablet PC Edition 2005. The alternate OS is Windows Vista Business edition.

The touch screen is much faster to use than the touch pad on the Eee.

The U810 size is right for me - it would go in my purse. The Eee would not.

	Asus Eee	Fujitsu LifeBook
Model, ver.	Eee PC 4G (701)	U810
Manufacturer	Asus	Fujitsu
Price	$349Can (PC Cyber) $399 (PC Cyber) with web cam Eee 2G:$299 (PC Cyber)	$899 (PC Cyber)
Dimensions	225 × 165 × 35 mm	171×133×26.5 - 32mm
Weight	0.92 kg	0.7 kg incl battery
Battery	4-cell, Li-Ion, 5200 mAh, 7.4 V 3.5 h	Lithium ion 4-cell battery (7.2 V, 5200 mAh). Rated up to 5.5 hours
Screen	7” TFT LCD with LED backlight, 800×480;	5.6” WSVGA Crystal View touch screen 1024 x 600, 16M colours
Memory	512MB DDR2-667, 4G SSD	1 GB, DDR2 400 MHz. 40 GB HD (1.8” PATA Ultra 100, 4200 rpm)
Processor	900MHz Intel Celeron-M ULV 353, fan	800 MHz, Intel A110
OS	Xandros (Linux based) running KDE. Hardware XP-compatible	Windows Vista Business, or Windows® XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
Connectivity	10/100 Mbit Ethernet 802.11b/g wireless LAN 3 USB 2.0 ports MMC/SD card reader VGA port (up to 1600×1280)	10/100 Mbit Ethernet. Wireless LAN (802.11a/b/g). Optional Bluetooth (v2.0) One USB (v2.0) CF and SD card reader VGA (1280 x 1024)

Note that the U810 has a higher screen resolution (1024x600 vs 800x480 for the Eee) even though the screen is slightly smaller.

It uses the same size battery as the Eee (7.2 V, 5200 mAh).but it lasts longer (5.5 hrs vs 3.5 hrs).

Even though the battery is the same, the U810 weighs 700 g vs the 920 g (including battery) of the Eee.

The U810 has more RAM (1 GB vs 512 MB), and it has a 10 x bigger hard drive.

Features & Benefits for the LifeBook® U810 mini-notebook are at