Fujitsu Siemens & Fujitsu

What is the difference between these 2 companies?

Do they produce the same notebooks?

Those from Fujitsu Siemens looks very nice.

Fujitsu Litebooks look cool.

 

Its best to treat them as two totally seperate companies. They both have different notebook ranges and are not connected to each other. Generally, Fujitsu seem to have outstanding build quality, while Fujitsu Siemens build quality is still good, but not the best. Fujitsu Siemens also seem to have slightly more powerful systems than Fujitsu models do.

 

Thank you for the information.

 

Are you sure about this?

The Lifebook models appear both on the Fujitsu web pages (for the USA) and on the Fujitsu-Siemens web pages (for Europe etc).

According to the Fujitsu-Siemens web site:
As a joint venture between Fujitsu Limited and Siemens AG, Fujitsu Siemens Computers was formed on 1 October 1999,

and

Fujitsu Siemens Computers has a presence in all key markets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, (but not the USA)

So I think this is more a corporate strategy and marketing thing.

Of course different ranges of laptops bearing the same corporate name may have very different origins. I looked at the underside of an Amilo Si 1520 and it said "Made in Germany". What does it say on the underside of a Lifebook?

Probably the underlying hardware all comes from Taiwan or China, like most laptops in the world, from companies like Quanta whose names doen't appear in retail channels.

 

Yes, I agree, in some respects the companies are similar. Some of the products are exactly the same between the companies. Fujitsu Siemens largely sells their Amilo line, whereas Fujitsu sells their Lifebook range.

In terms of warranty and support, the companies will differ too. For example, I don't think its possible to get most Fujitsu models repaired or serviced at a Fujitsu Siemens service centre.

I also agree with you that Fujitsu Siemens are there for marketing reasons. Its likely that the company has demand for faster machines in Europe, and as a result, the majority of their notebooks are slightly faster to their Fujistu counterparts.

 

underside the US Lifebook it says 'Made in Japan', the same says underside Singaporean one.

Once I called to Fujitsu-Siemens support to enquire whether they would service my Lifebook bought in US with international warranty and they said 'yes' but that it would take longer time because 'parts are different'. Notice that parts are apparently different for the same model P7230 that both Fujitsu and Fujitsu-Siemence produce.

Incidentally, the quote from Singaporean Fujitsu website:

'Asian consumers have long equated Japan-made products with cutting edge quality and design. While Fujitsu in the US and Europe include in their product portfolio some products that are manufactured outside of Japan, it is not so with Fujitsu in Asia, which distributes only Japan-made products. ... We have built our foundation and reputation from our Japan-made products. We don't want to change that. We've done well so far and have proven that people are really willing to pay a little more for quality products that are made by our Japanese factory'

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Marketing? Maybe. But I'd rather have 'made in Japan' undeneath my book