Fujitsu's 400G media notebook

Stephen Withers
Wednesday, 14 February 2007 11:07

Your IT - Home IT

Fujitsu's new LifeBook N6420 might not have a name that will attract the "serious entertainment, gaming and power users" the company is targeting, but its 400G of disk space, Core 2 Duo processor and HD DVD drive might get their attention.

But the new LifeBook was launched on the same day that the Australian Blu-ray Disc Working Group claimed "overwhelming support" for that format and JB HiFi (a major DVD and CD retailer) announced it will only stock Blu-ray, not HD DVD.

Still, the format war isn't over. Sony might be including a Blu-ray drive in the Playstation 3, but Microsoft is going with HD DVD drive for the Xbox 360.

So back to the LifeBook. Other specs include a 17in 1440x900 display, 2G of DDR2 RAM, wireless (a/b/g), Gigabit Ethernet, stereo speakers with a subwoofer (purists may argue that you can't put a subwoofer in a notebook, but we'll give them the benefit of the doubt), TV tuner and support for PC Card (type II) and ExpressCard (/34 and /54) as well as SD, Memory Stick Pro and xD memory cards. And yes, Vista is included - the Home Premium Edition.

In case you were wondering about that 400G statistic, it's actually a pair of 200G drives.
 
The downside is that the N6420 weighs 4.7kg (you may struggle to keep within cabin baggage limits if you put anything else inside the same bag) and the claimed battery life is just 1.6 hours, so you probably won't be able to watch an entire movie unless you carry a spare or have access to external power.

But if you've got a lazy $4999 and strong biceps, it's an impressive unit.