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Affordable Solution for Multi-Threaded Environments: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pro V3405 Notebook Review (page 11)

Category: Mobile

by Alexander Britvin

[ 06/18/2007 | 03:22 PM ]

Conclusion

As we might have guessed even before our tests of the Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pro V3405, the product from the German-Japanese corporation combines high quality with high technologies. Perfectly matching its positioning, this notebook is a good balance between price, reliability and performance. It is going to solve easily any business task you have. You won’t be able to play heavy 3D games on it, however, due to the integrated graphics core.

The difference between the Intel Calistoga 945GM and ATI Radeon Xpress 200M chipsets is not too big for you to pay attention to it when you are choosing your business notebook because you won’t feel this difference in office applications unless you run special benchmarks. As for the graphics subsystem, the Radeon Xpress 200M features a more advanced graphics solution, yet it is still insufficiently fast for a gamer.

Highs:

• Classic exterior design
• Good performance in office applications
• WLAN interface
• Rather long battery life
• Quiet optical drive
• Matte display coating
• Affordable price

Lows:

• Scanty accessories
• Easily soiled keyboard
• No card-reader