14 DAY TRIAL // The past weeks have been filled with news of laptops, especially netbooks with support for DDR3 memory, and it would hardly be surprising to see another such device emerge. Fortunately, even though it seems to have stuck to the trend, Fujitsu, at the very least, changed the tone a little by moving on from netbooks to ultra-light notebooks. In short, the PC maker has started shipping the LifeBook PH520 to US customers and possibly aims to exploit the so-called 'novelty' factor that the non-Intel hardware confers.
The LifeBook PH520 is based on AMD's latest mobile platform and boasts decent performance capabilities, especially for a product that weighs only 1.4 kg. At the center of the configuration lies an Athlon II Neo K125 CPU, developed by Advanced Micro Devices and clocked at 1.7GHz. This chip is backed up by 2GB of RAM and the ATI mobility Radeon HD 4225 integrated graphics.
The rest of the feature set is not particularly unique, but it is still noteworthy, especially considering that the battery life enabled by the 6-cell battery is of up to 6.2 hours. The display, for instance, is a Crystal View panel with a native resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. Also, the hard disk drive available has a storage capacity of 320GB. As for connectors, plugs and wireless communication, Fujitsu threw in a 1.3 megapixel webcam, LAN, Bluetooth and 802.11 b/g/n WiFi.
This computer, powered by AMD's ultrathin platform, is pre-loaded with the Microsoft Windows 7 Professional operating system and, as a bonus, the Office Starter 2010 application suite. It is already selling in the US, painted red, and carries a price tag of $599. End-users interested in acquiring such a machine need only visit the official product page that the company itself has added to its website.