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Sager NP 1280 Series vs. Fujitsu S6210

by Ch1Fool Oct 4, 2004 2:58PM PDT

basicly i'm looking for a small portable notebook for a reasonable price.

the NP1280 is SLIGHTLY cheaper and i might actually even be able to get it a little cheaper but there is a 50/50 chance of that happening.

Fujitsu's seems to be the more reliable and more popular pick however i've heard (and by the looks of it) Sager also makes some nice machines.

the one thing that seems to be different between these two machines is that the Fujitsu comes with an extra bay for a second battery extending the battery life significantly which is why i'm leaning towards the fujitsu.

any comments or opinions to sway or support me? either would be appreciated. THANKS

Sager NP 1280
http://www.sagernotebook.com/pages/notebooks/product.cfm?ProductType=1280

Fujitsu S6210
http://webshop.fujitsupc.com/fpc/Ecommerce/buildseriesbean.do?series=S62
(i'm looking at the cheapest model displayed)

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Re: Sager NP 1280 Series vs. Fujitsu S6210
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Oct 4, 2004 9:53PM PDT
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Re: Sager NP 1280 Series vs. Fujitsu S6210
by KenSanramon Oct 5, 2004 10:24AM PDT

The moderator has posted several times about the risks of ordering from a 2nd tier manufacturer like Sager.

Fujitsu does have a very good reputation overall and they still manufacture the notebooks in Japan. However, they are sold in the US at very few retail outlets (Fry's Electronics in the west does have them).

The one big drawback of most of the Fujitsu notebooks is that they have only shared/integrated video RAM. I have seen Dedicated memory on a model or 2 in the mid $2,000 price range but the $1500 ones have Shared.

You have better be sure you can live with shared/integrated video RAM as opposed to the Dedicated Video RAM (ATI or Nvidia video card) on most mainstream notebooks that weigh over 5.5 pounds or cost in the $1500 range as you cannot upgrade it later.

Most people don't worry about a video card when buying a desktop (so it comes with integrated video RAM to start) as you can easily add a video card at anytime if you have an expansion slot.

You can do this on a notebook and shared video not only won't play some games or do higher end video programs at all but if also uses some of your system RAM so 64mb shared video memory means 512 - 64 = only 448mb system RAM available to you.

Dedicated video RAM is its own separate video memory and does not interfere with any other process or slow it down.

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