PortableOne Notebook Question

Am I to assume that there are no discussions concerning the P1 notebooks because no one has tried to upgrade and no one has broken their laptop?

 

Ha, well, they're relatively small and new, so there aren't that many owners and as you noted, doesn't look like there are that many problems.

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heh, you always answer my stupid questions. thanks a lot mang.

do you like your fujitsu screen? the forums seem to love them? what are comparable screens? i like the brightview on a compaq i saw. sony has nice screens but the machines are ugly to me. tomorrow i plan to call p1 and ask how their screens are compared to fujitsu, they should know. also, hopefully i could squeeze out some info on if they have any plants for sonoma offerings.

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

 

That's a little off topic, but the P1 screens are not enhanced displays, though they are good. We have reviews of their models, be sure to check those out.

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I just got my SR2 on Monday, and I have a lot to say about it, but right now I am using it furiously to fix various things that are going wrong around me! I stopped in to see if others are used to this insane keyboard layout. I will get used to it, and luckily I will be pretty much the only one using the SR2, but MAN is it weird, coming from a Dell. The touchpad is a pain as well, but again, I will get used to it. I will come back and write a full review later, but I am actually still deciding on whether I will keep it. That's not to say that it isn't awesome, because it is, but I have to see how well I can adapt to its quirks.

BTW, Half-Life 2 plays better on this than my 1-year-old pretty-high-end desktop, and I can't even look at my 21" CRT at 1280x1024 after staring at this all day.

More later.

 

when i first saw the sr2 pictures, i thought it looked silly and tank-like. but the more i look at it, the sexier it gets. but is it worth the money? i guess i'll have to wait for your review. but don't take too long, anxious minds are a-waitin' fer it.

i'm actually hoping on price drops on the sonoma release. honestly... the offerings coming out this month with sonoma aren't too impressive. i don't want to lug around an inspiron 9300, its too big. and it is probably the only sonoma box in my price range.

sigh. why can't i just force space-time to expand outwards and push us into march.



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

 

It's not tanklike in the least, it's actually very compact and surprisingly light. I do plan to write a full review. If you are willing to put up with a few quirks, I think it is worth the money. These quirks include:

-Tiny, sticky touchpad, that fingers skip across. Also, very mushy, small and awkward buttons, especially the right one. The right one is actually more important, because I tap to left-click. It has almost no difference in feeling between the up and down state. Scroll buttons are a little weird too, not very positive.

-Extremely weird and awkward key placement. I use ctrl-esc and ctrl-sh-esc very often, and these are hard on my hand now. Also, every cut or paste operation requires a couple tries, and I continually miss keys. The F keys are also weird, and the arrows, and the Del, and End.. but I might get used to it. Apparently, this is similar to the Asus keyboard layout, so you might find one of those to play with and see if you can take it.

-Screen is not amazing. Good resolution, but bad vertical viewing angle (IMO), and has an apparent pinch point in the lid that makes a distortion on the LCD every time you touch the lid, and also a dark part on the right edge. I will try to get pics of this. Also, it has maybe 8 brightness levels, and they go from about an 8/10 to about a 9/10 on the brightness scale, i.e. there's not much range there. Contrast is not excellent either.

-Speakers are tinny sounding. Might be due to being ruggedized, I think they may have some waterproofing to them or something.

-One fan is kind of whiny, though not very loud. It could get annoying though.

-If it has a microphone, which it looks like it is supposed to, I can't get it to work. But I haven't put much effort into that.

-Latches are a bit sketchy. They protrude when open, and are made of some kind of flimsy-feeling plastic. I am a bit worried about grabbing it wrong and bending one over so it won't fit in its slot any more.

-No hotkeys at all, not even a sleep button. Just power and wi-fi. Nothing programmable, which I would like to have on a laptop. At home, I have lots of buttons on my mouse, but if I don't want to lug that with me (it's bluetooth, so I could) I won't have any programmable buttons.

Any more specific questions, let me know. I will go into positive details later, just taking a short break from putting out fires to vent a little here.

 

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

 

fascinating. please do! 1/18 is going to be purchase-day for many of us.

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

Actually the LCD’s used in the P1’s are better. Things to remember, “Xbrite, CV & TruBrite LCD’s just use non-matted glass, i.e. smooth glass over the LCD’s, they do look a bit sharper at a certain viewing angle but do suffer from lots of added glare, the Fujitsu P7 seems to be the best of them I have seen so far maybe it’s smaller 10 inch size. Some manufacturers are also stating that they are increasing brightness on their machines so they can be daylight readable, the only daylight readable displays that can be used under direct sunlight are reflective LCD’s still, and most of the machines that do have the increased brightness usually suffer from more washed out and milky color gradations on the LCD’s, usually from the bottom of the LCD leaking upward. From my experience talking to various LCD manufacturers they seem surprised people like the non-matted glass over the LCD displays that reduce glare. I will post some side by side pictures, this week, of various Xbrite & CV Screens, as well as other manufacturers SXGA+ displays next to (here’s my plug) the P1 SXGA+ reference display on the MX Series, which is currently the best most balanced notebook LCD I have seen so far


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I've been watching this section of the forum closely for P1 screen info. I've narrowed my choices to the Qosmio F15, the Fujitsu N6010 and the P1 - the last based on reputation of the company alone.The IBM T42 would have been a top contender, but frankly the IBM display is appalling for the price.

What draws me to the Toshiba is the dual lamp and the (soi-disant) 600 nits, but I have absolutely no use for the media centre functions. The Fujitsu likewise appears to have a superb screen, but may drop off the list if the F15 is demonstrably better. The price is attractive, but again, multi-media and 17-inch screens don't don't mesh with my specific needs as a design journalist, which are:

1)Reliability
2)Reliability
3)Reliability
4)Outstanding screen for text and photographs.15" min. display
5)Cool running
6)Power performance (last on the list because configurations can be easily selected to satisfy that requirement)

Everything else is who-cares for me.

I would put the P1 at the top of the list if the screen approached 500 nits. Ivan, can't wait for your pix to be posted. That P1 is powerfully handsome.