:Fujitsu T70M New generation

The famous ultra-portable notebook from Fujitsu, known in Japan as LOOX T, is now available in Japan in a new version, so here's the T70M. The starting digit "7" is kept, and compared to the L or K versions, this machine is fundametally different and Fujitsu seems to have started from scratch. Thinner and maybe a bit smaller but equally performant, that's what Fujitsu offers with this newest addition to their line-up!

If you want to buy one of these beasts, follow this link to GeekStuff4U.com.

A demo video of this device is available here but be careful, it's 40MB big




So, as said before, the changes on this T70M are deeped than just the skin/casing. It's lighter (1.17kg as opposed to the previous 1.21kg. That does not seem like a big difference, but after adding all the bits and pieces in a bag, it could make a small difference. So the chassis and casing have been changed, and that has its consequences on the dimensions of the device. It's a lot thinner and slightly larger than the previous version and the total volume of this T70m is 137.96cm3 (the T75L reached 188.62cm3).

The screen is also new, and it has a new backlight too that provides a better brightness. Sonoma is also implemented with DDR2 and a Intel GMA 128MB VRAM graphics card (that memory is shared). The PC also has a DVD+R DL burner. And FINALLY this is a FANLESS PC! Thank you, Fujitsu, much appreciated.

Since the volume went down, the manufacturer had to lose some space with some components, so as a consequence, the 80GB 2.5" HDD has been traded in for a 60GB 1.8" model. It offers good performances though.

Other than all that, the T70M keeps all the goodies that we had in the T75L, so that's an excellent thing!




Fujitsu always offered some very nicely designed ultra-portables, and personally I think that this version is even better than the previous units. Some might regret the absece of the black casing of the previous versions, but this new grey and burgundy shell give, in my humble opinion, a much classier look to the machine.

There is also a SD/MemoryStick Pro/xD card reader, and the PCMCIA slot is also present, but the CF slot disappeared.

The speakers are located behind the screen instead of below it, and the sound quality suffers a bit because of this layout. You will find yourself putting the volume quite high in a lot of cases to be able to hear a correct and audible sound output.

The S-Video port is still present and the Fingerprint Scanner has not been omitted either.

















Even though the 2.5" disc could have been replaced by a bigger and faster one, we have to be satisfied with this 1.8" disc. Its performances are acceptable and even good, but not on par with a good 2.5" HDD. The BIG advantage here is though that the disc is easily accessible and once these HDD's become faster and available in a wider variety of storage capacities, it will be very easy to swap the current one with a new one.





We're not pro's when it comes to benchmarking, but these are the results that PCMARK 2004 give. A score of 2126 points is almost identical to the previous version (2120 for the T70J for example), which is an achievement with a smaller machine and a 1.8" HDD... so congratulations to the Fujitsu engineering department!



Thanks again to GeekStuff4U.com for allowing us to use this machine.