My Hard Drive Died and Now I want a Fuji S

My dell inspiron 8200's hard drive died....it's the second one that died. First died 8 months ago and now this one just died...pretty annoyed and upset by this.
Checkdisk and reinstall are saying the disk is corrupt...(system folder won't load) This is the 2nd time this has happned.
Any tips on preventing this??

Now I'm not sure if I should get the Fujitsu S6000 (Or S7000) now or wait for the new ones just around the corner. Any ideas on when that will be?

I really wanted the 6000 before but decided to just wait for the updates (5% increase and a few things here seemed like a not so bad idea - little graphics doesn't hurt much either).

Now it seems like im caught with a decision to make...
I think it's probably wise to throw in a new hard drive in the dell...just to have it...

Beyond that, what do you guys think?
I'm gonna use this mainly for schoolwork, music, movies etc. No ultra hardcore gaming, but probably a little bit.

 

Also does the S6000 have an expandable (easily removable) Hd like the 7? last i remember it did not.

According the the S7000 review its not very difficult for it....
Anyways your opinions on those models and my issues please?

Thanks sorry (just had to make sure I was clear).

 

If you want a higher quality build, I would stay away from the Dell and get a Fujitsu hands down. I think Dell uses the latest and greatest parts, but sacrifice case quality, etc.

I think the new S series will be out late spring/early summer.

Early reports are showing that the new chipsets have some speed increase, but not much. And the new Intel graphics is an improvement, but hardcore 3D games aren't running that much better.

It's a tough call, my suggestions is if you can find a good price on the current laptops, I would get that. If you want the latest and greatest and don't mind waiting, then get the newer editions when they come out.

 

both S6 and S7 have a one screw bay on the bottom to get to the HDD. pretty straight forward

I had some pics posted somewhere on this forum (for the S6). search for them if u interested. Cannot rememmber which thread and when! [8)]

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I've had my S6231 for 6 days now and there are many things I like about it:

1. size weight -- will have no problem taking this with me or using at home. 13.3" is a compromise where one might think 12" is too small for serious work at home and 14.1" too big for travel

2. battery -- with both batteries and brightness on lowest setting, I believe I could surf for 8 hours.

3. harddrive -- the 7k60 was worth the wait, gives one the "almost desktop performance" feel to windows. My last laptop took forever to boot up.

4. portableone -- free shipping, no sales tax, competent upgraders made the sales process pain free

5. screen -- I'm outside now with the brightness all the way up and the screen looks great. Indoors I lower the brightness down.

Only thing I haven't tested yet is the dvd burner. It comes with windvd creator 2 and sonic recordnow, neither of which I've used before (have Nero on desktop).

-David

 

I got the S7011,
I love the screen 14.1", first i opted for the S6230, changed my mind last minute and it was a good choice.
S7011 is thinner than S6230, weighs almost the same. I wrote a review, have a look at it.

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S7011 - *1.6mHZ*, *512MB DDR 333*, *Hitachi Travelstar 60G 7200RPM*, *Toshiba CDRW Combo Drive*, *14.1' SuperFine*, *Fingerprint Scanner*, *Intel Pro 2200 B/G*, *Logitec Black Optical Mouse*

 

I'd like to have both (pipe dream, haven't gotten my VISA bill yet for the 6231) [ ]. As long as they keep the modular drives compatible with both series, one could save money and share the dvd writer. Only gets to be a bit of a pain keeping data sync'd among different computers. If fujitsu made a modular harddrive that would solve that problem.

-David

 

I think modular HDD should be possible. Since it's able to use with CD Drives. Hmm not sure, but I think concept should be workable, if you use a 1.8" hDD, hell may be the normal notebook HDD should fit in there. All you need is the casing and connector.

But one thing bothers me.. WHY? just get USB casing, that should do it..

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S7011 - *1.6mHZ*, *512MB DDR 333*, *Hitachi Travelstar 60G 7200RPM*, *Toshiba CDRW Combo Drive*, *14.1' SuperFine*, *Fingerprint Scanner*, *Intel Pro 2200 B/G*, *Logitec Black Optical Mouse*

 

Modular HDD is possible and has already been implemented by Fujitsu in the E8020. The E8020 has a modular SATA HDD option for its modular bay.