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    changing touchscreen on P1630?

    Discussion in 'Fujitsu' started by shleepy, Jul 20, 2009.

  1. shleepy

    shleepy Notebook Consultant

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    Let's say I were to buy a Fujitsu P1630. This is a 9" touchscreen model. Would it be possible to change the touchscreen to one that responds well to soft touches (fingers)? I would like to use mine more often in tablet mode, as an ereader or MID, and not having to take out a stylus would be great.

    One example of a touch-screen that's also 8.9" and responds well to soft touches is the one from the Gigabyte M912M. The problem is that it's a weak netbook with an Atom CPU, rather than a fairly powerful C2D system, like the P1630, and I think it even has worse battery life.

    From what I understand, there's an actual "layer" for the touchscreen, presumably above the LCD screen that's plugged in internally (via an internal USB connector?). Is that correct?