Nice deal on the Fujitsu U810 at sellout.woot
Being that the Fujitsu U810 has been out for close to three years now, this probably doesn't qualify as breaking news, but some really nice deals can be had on the tiny Fujitsu convertible UMPC nowadays. One such deal is happening today over at sellout.woot, where they will sell you a brand-new U810 for $399.99 plus only $5 for shipping.
The listed specs are well-known to readers here at Pocketables, so I'll briefly list the important ones, like the 5.6" swivel touchscreen (1024 x 600), the Intel A110 800MHz processor, 1GB RAM, 60GB hard drive, and both 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 wireless. At checkout, you have your choice of either Vista Home Premium or Vista Business, with that second choice being the key, since it should include an Windows XP Tablet downgrade disk that truly transforms this machine into a very competent performer.
While sellout.woot lists the specs on the battery as being a 2-cell, their picture clearly shows a 4-cell protruding out the back. Either way, the U810 is a definite winner at this price, and makes me jealous that I paid just under $1000 for mine back in 2007. I still use mine frequently, along with my newer U820, and I think they offer the best combination of features in a small form-factor. Oh, the joys of being an early adopter and paying that special tax!
Don't let the low processor speed or the age of the U810 fool you; it can be easily upgraded to use an SSD instead of the hard drive, plus alternate operating systems such as Ubuntu and even the newly-released Windows 7 can be installed. As a matter of fact, Windows 7 would be a great match because of the built-in tablet features, plus it is much friendlier on the 1GB RAM than Vista.
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Considering the price of an eee t91, or a viliv s5, i dont see how this is cheap
How well does Ubuntu run on it? Does the screen rotation work?
I have never tried Ubuntu on mine, because once I switched it over to XPT from Vista it was perfect for me. Seems like quite a few people do run Ubuntu on it, though.
Here is a link to a thread in our forums that has a some info that might help on the rotation question:
http://forum.pocketables.com/showthread.php?t=1832
Keep in mind, some of that info is 6+ months old, so there might even be alternate ways to get it working by now.
Even at this price, I’d have a hard time recommending the u810 these days. Performance is definitely an issue with this machine, even with XP.
Tempting price, but I don’t actually need it so I decided against it when I first saw it.
That is a real good price! 3 years ago…
$400 is a great price for this little wonder. I upgraded the HD in mine to a 100GB (maybe it was 120) for not too much cash. The higher rotational speed (I added a 5400 rpm drive) made a huge performance difference. Considering this device weighs 1.5 pounds and lasts close to 6 hours real world, it is hard to beat.
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