T4310 vs T4410

[ericshmerick]

So I bought an HP tablet last night on eBay. Got it for $770 after cashback.

I am contemplating selling my Lenovo X200 to finance a different tablet.

I have been looking at the Fujitsu T4310/T4410's on eBay (15% cashback). I can get the T4310 for around $1050, a base T4410 for $1100, and the 2.53 T4410 for $1400.

Which is the best buy for the money? It's tempting to sell my X200 for a healthy profit ($700 upside) but I do want to get a machine that will last years.



Thoughts?

[n00beta]

The 4310 is the same as the 4410 base model, except that the 4310 comes with bluetooth, fingerprint scanner, and multitouch, whereas you have to choose those options with the 4410. Since you're getting bottlenecked by the lack of GPU in most situations, I didnt feel the need to get a monster processor. I bought one on my desktop, and havent stressed it over 15% with normal use...

Thats the on-paper difference, check out the existing t4310 review to get an idea of the in-use difference. I'll be posting my own review of it when it gets to me in a week or so.

[ericshmerick]

Would the battery life of the 2.2 be longer than the 2.53? On paper, it would seem so...

That's a great advantage if true. I don't NEED the 2.53 but for some reason having the extra horsepower seems like a good idea for long tern usage.

[n00beta]

It might be slightly better.. generally the difference would only be noticeable if you were using the full power of the processor, and therefore consuming the most electricity. Thats why they market those trash ULV processors, and business class tablets only have 1.6 Ghz dual core... sad, really.

[jcddvm]

n00beta, I think both the base model T4410 and T4310 come w/bluetooth and the fingerprint scanner, according to the Fujitsu website. The T4310 comes with 4G RAM and a 360G HDD, though, whereas the T4410 comes with only 2G RAM and 160G HDD. I'm not sure why the T4310 is so much cheaper, because it looks like a better deal than either the $1199 base model or the $1299 model.

I'm interested in getting the T4310 with the extra battery, but I'm still doing my research. I'm somewhat unclear whether the bay battery gets charged from the AC adapter at the same time as the onboard battery. Do you or anyone know how that works?

[jcddvm]

Here's a comparison of differences between the T4310 (black dots) and the $1299 configuration of the T4410 (white dots).

• Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T6600 (2.2 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB)
o Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T6670 (2.2 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB)

• Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
o Genuine Windows® 7 Professional (MUI), Bonus Media

• Microsoft® Office Professional 2007 60-Day Trial Microsoft® Works
o Microsoft® Office Professional 2007 60-Day Trial Microsoft® OneNote 2007

• 4 GB DDR3 1066 MHz SDRAM memory (Dual Channel; 2 GB + 2GB)
o 2 GB DDR3 1066 MHz SDRAM memory (2 GB + empty slot)

• 320 GB S-ATA 150, 5400 rpm hard drive1 (protected by Fujitsu Shock Sensor)
o 160 GB S-ATA 150, 5400 rpm hard drive3 (protected by Fujitsu Shock Sensor)

• Integrated Atheros XSPAN® 802.11 BGN (b/g/draft-n) wireless
o Intel® WiFi Link 5100 (a/b/g/draft-n)

• Embedded Fingerprint Sensor
o Embedded Fingerprint Sensor, integrated TPM, Security Panel

• One-year International Limited Warranty
o Three-year International Limited Warranty

[ericshmerick]

Wow, it just doesn't make sense why the T4310 is so much cheaper.

Yes, it only has a 1yr warranty, a different wireless card, and no TPM, but c'mon, who cares?

Plus the T4310 is all black, which is a plus, IMO (white keyboards always confused me...)

I'm very close to buying the T4310...

[jcddvm]

Physically they look the same except for color of course, so I wonder if they used different materials? The extra 2G Ram plus double HD space trumps the software and warranty for me. I don't know what difference there is between the wireless cards, though. And I have no idea what TPM means.

[Samk]

T4410 is more advanced than T4310, and it also has HDMI.
Consider T5010, but it does not have HDMI.

[jcddvm]

According to the Fujitsu website, the T4310 also has HDMI.