Excellent

8

out of 10

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Great Laptop from Fujitsu, but not perfect

Sep 15, 2008

Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: huge screen for its form factor; powerful; elegant design ('vaio style'); extremely slim and light for 14 incher; great keyboard; bright and vivid LCD
Cons: no dedicated graphic card; no volume control button/rocker; low resolution screen; extremely lousy speaker
Opinion:
I bought the upgraded version of S6520 (T9400 processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 320GB HDD). It is approx. SGD 3500 on street, but NTU/NUS/SMU student can buy at approx. SGD 2350 after tax.

It looks well as it is well performing. It has a great keyboard, and also bright and vivid LCD. It is also slim and light for a 14 incher, hence provide great mobility (1.8kg with standard battery).

Small in size does not mean small in performance. My S6520 performs extremely well, run Windows Vista and other relatively heavy application (Photoshop, Office 2007, etc) smoothly. It also has a giant capacity 320GB HDD, quite surprising for notebook in this form factor.

Its main selling point is its 14" screen, embedded in a 13" form factor (its size is very similar to 13 incher Vaio SZ series). Unfortunately, its 14" screen only has 1280x800 resolution, which is arguably low for a hi-end 14" laptop. Hence, it is ... Read more

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