New S6210 Owner

Hey all,

I just bought a 6210 a few days ago, in part by having read this forum. Thanks for all of the great content.

I was going to go with the IBM X40, but decided to carry a little extra weight and get the bigger screen and built-in optical drive with the 6210.

I am very pleased with it!

I bought it from Fry's, even though I'm far from a fan after a bad experience with them in LA almost 10 years ago. But I needed it to take on a trip next week, and the better online places seemed to be out of stock. I bought the entry-level ($1499) model.

Anyway, I did not find any dead pixels, and so far it's running great.

I love the screen - that was a pleasant surprise. Looking at it, I think I would have trouble with anything smaller. The picture is awesome. I was worried about glare, but have had no problems at all yet.

The build quality seems good. I like the keyboard, which was an important factor, except for the delete key size/placement and a bit of squishiness that I got accustomed to pretty quickly.

I can't believe how light it is though. I am currently a desktop user, so this is a supplement mostly for writing, but I did own a Dell Insprion 8000 some years ago, and the difference is night and day. In a small carry bag, you don't even feel it. My Dell used to rip my shoulder off, though that was intended to be a desktop replacement.

I think it has an excellent balance of features and portability. For me, it is so light that anything lighter/smaller I wouldn't really notice any additional benefit. It is nice to have a built-in optical drive, which I was originally planning to do without.


Questions:

1) Is it worth extending the warranty to three years direct with Fujitsu (quoted $179)? At first I thought it was a no-brainer, but seeing as how it might not cover damage to the screen, I don't know that it is worth it. I also don't know that I would keep it for three years (hard to say now - that's a long time).

2) Can the keyboard keys be remapped? For instance, I use "delete" a lot, and wanted to map it to one of the bigger keys I don't use at all.

Thanks!

Jason



Jason

 

I think you can buy a "screen protection" policy from fujitsu. It is a few hundred buts covers 2 broken screens I think.

this is a good keyboard remapping utility that adds to the registery to make the changes.
http://www.randyrants.com/archives/000375.asp

 

Thanks for the info. I did see that additional warranty, but that with the 3 yr extension gets you up to 1/3 the cost of the total laptop. I'm kind of leaning toward just being really careful...

Also, if I bought the endtry-level $1499 model with 512 MB of ram, is that in just one of two slots? Could I buy more ram from say Crucial, and use the ram it came with at the same time?

Thanks again!

Jason

 

The RAM is in two slots unless specified otherwise.

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It comes with 2x256 and if you buy a 512mb stick online, then you could have a total of 768. A 512 stick cost over a 100 so I went with the 768 upgrade on the portable one site for 75. This way I have 768 now, and if I want to upgrade to one gig I can do so for 100 by buyin a 512stick and replacing a 256 stick. Does this make sense?

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Fujitsu S6210: 1.6Ghz PM ~ 768MB RAM ~ 60GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
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if it comes with the 2x256 and you added a 512 wouldn't that be a gig? or were you talking about removing one of the 256's?

 

Right, it comes with 2 x 256. You have to take one out to put in 512, totaling 768.

I feel like I'm in math class...now if a train leaves Boston at 60 MPH...

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<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Brian

 

Probably a lot...aren't most train conductors drunk?

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