Great laptop for students (Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo Mobile M9400)

Member Name: sstephenson

Product:	Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo Mobile M9400
Date:	04/01/09 (144 review reads)
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Advantages: Features, reasonable price

Disadvantages: Nothing pre-installed, can be difficult if people don't know how to install programmes

I bought this laptop as I wanted something that would give me access to the internet and allow me to use Microsoft Office.

-----Where to buy-------
I ordered this laptop from Tesco and it was delivered within a few days, other suppliers such as PC World will no doubt supply it as well.

-----Getting Started-----
If you're familiar with laptops then it's easy enough to get started on this machine, connecting the cables is self explanitory and finding the 'on' button is easy. The battery needs to be charged first though before you can run it without cables.
One bad feature is that nothing is pre-installed. It comes with a Windows Vista disk which you insert and follow the instructions, it then takes some configuring before you're away.

-----Advantages------
The laptop is easy to carry around and doesn't take too much effort in transportation.
It's an easy enough laptop to learn as it has the general basis of any other latop. You can set up anywhere and use it comfortably.
There's plenty of space with a 120GB harddrive that's conveniently split into four drives so that the CDrive doesn't become too clogged.
It's also great for running window compatible programmes.
There's also the advantage of administrator features meaning you can control certain programmes and prevent other users from changing settings or configurations unless they have your permission

-----Disadvantages------

Some little nit-picks-
- There's no external button that controls sound, it's only available on the desktop
- If you use Word, it's hard to use the End and Home feature
- Microsoft Office has to be bought seperately
- Only 3 USB ports which are quite close together, I can usually only use two of them at once.


-----Conclusion-----
This is a great laptop if there's only one or two people using it, it has good parental controls and can easily connect to Wireless Internet.
However, if you're looking for a business laptop I'd try another brand as this might not help you if you're a large company.

At the end of the day though, it's a simple laptop and it can be easily customised for individual us. Great for students and home users.

Summary: Okay for general use such as word processing and surfing the net

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