Gaming on the Fujitsu Lifebook N3530

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Tipping the scales at a hunky 8lbs, here's one of the newest core duo laptops from Fujitsu. The N3530 is not ultralight, but rather a desktop replacement targeted at the gaming sector, sporting a 15.4 inch Crystal View widescreen display.

Before Iintroduce you to Fujitsu's new N3530 Lifebook, there are twothings you need to know about me. One, I love gaming,Playstation, PSP, Xbox and my new baby the Xbox 360. Two, Star Wars. Ever since I was a snot covered five year oldwatching the exploits of Skywalker et al in 1977, I have beenlooking for vacation property in a galaxy far far away.

So when the new game for PC only "Star wars: Empire at war" wasreleased I was the first in line to buy it. Imagine mydisappointment when it didn't work on my aging desktop, and everworse when it failed on my old spec challenged laptop.

So my envious glances turned to the new range of super-notebookslaunched by Fujitsu. These Lifebooks (N3530, N6410, and E8110)cover all the bases if you're a gamer, wanting a central hub foryour media, or a power user who needs cutting edge tech.
However it was the first one, N3530 that caught my keen gamer'seye. I wasn't disappointed, the LifebookN3530 is certainly squarely aimed at people like me, dyed in thewool, up to 3am with bleeding fingers gamers.

The early bird catches the worm, and theN3530 is certainly an early adopter of duo core tech, powered asit is by the latest Intel Centrino platform. This Fujitsu beautymoves with a power up cycle that comes in at a blistering 20seconds, and a display that will redefine the concept of beautyin the computer world.

The Lifebook's screen is a sizable 15.4 inch Colour-EnhancedCrystal View widescreen display, which puts traditional LCDdisplay to shame. With real colour and amazing shadingpossibilities it really is a viewers delight.

It's got a fast Serial ATA 100 GB hard drive and a built in ATIMobility Radeon X1400 with 128 MB HyperMemory to store and powerthe latest games and everything else that you want to throw atit.

As for external optical storage duel layer DVD is handled by theinternal drive. Connections are also adequately covered by fourUSB 2.0 ports, a firewire for your Camcorder or IPOD and a cardreader that can take the popular MS/SD/XD formats. With SD cardsgetting as large as 2 GB's now, this is a nice addition that canonly get more useful as the days go on.

The Fujitsu N3530 Lifebook is certainly near the top of my list for a gaming replacement.Until then I'm staring at the box of "Empire at War" with everincreasing longing.....

Please note, if you're looking for an ultralight laptop, this Lifebook is probably not what you're looking for, as it tips the scales at a hunky 7.9 lbs.

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