Fujitsu Unveils Amilio Mini: Another Ordinary 8.9-in Mini Laptop in the Market?

Fujitsu finally released its eagerly expected Amilio Mini low-cost laptop in IFA electronics show in Berlin on Wednesday. However, this mini laptop looks far from the expectations that were created in the past weeks.

8.9-in Fujitsu Amilio Mini is powered by 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor and 1GB of RAM like other famous low-cost laptops such as Wind PC or Acer Aspire one. Following other mini laptops or low-cost laptops, it features 3 USB 2.0 ports, VGA out, and a 1.3 MP webcam, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Windows XP Home Edition OS and weight of 2.2 lbs.

The laptop will hit the market of Europe in October with the price tag of €399 ($588). Well, Compared to 8.9-in Acer Aspire one, and 10-in MSI Wind PC or even, the upcoming Dell Inspiron 910, this laptop looks slightly expensive.

Amilio mini has some advantages and disadvantages. For example, one of the advantages of this mini laptop is, contrary to most low-cost laptops, Amilio mini sports an ExpressCard slot rather than a media card slot. I think this is a more useful feature that Fujitsu has added to its European mini laptop.

It also offers faceplates with different color tones to change the color and design of your laptop anytime you would like.

One of the disadvantages of Amilio Mini is that Amilio Mini comes with options support for 60GB or 80 GB hard drives with slow speeds of 3,600 rpm or 4,200rpm and there is no SSD offer!

Engadget could have its hands on Amilio Mini briefly. According to its short review, “Amilo Mini’s keyboard flexes like a trampoline”. Hopefully, the screen seems to be great but Engadget is unsatisfied with the mouse buttons.

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