Slide Show: The MacBook Air in Perspective
Apple's ultrathin MacBook Air refocuses attention on ultraportable laptops. How does it stack up against the competing Fujitsu's LifeBook P8010 and Toshiba's Portege R500?
Melissa J. Perenson, PC World
LifeBook P8010: Ports Aplenty
The P8010 proves that it's not necessary to sacrifice function for the sake of form. On the right-hand side of the notebook (top) is a 4X multiformat DVD burner; cleverly built into the top-left corner of the drive is a PC Card slot. To the right of the DVD burner is a USB 2.0 port, one of three on the system. Wall-to-wall ports line the entire left side of the notebook (bottom, from left to right): a Kensington lock slot, a power port, a VGA port, gigabit ethernet, two USB ports, a 4-pin Firewire port, a microphone jack, and a headphone jack. (By comparison, the MacBook Air trades off its clean design for the flexibility integrated ports offer--it has only a headphone jack, a proprietary video-out port, and one USB port.) The P8010 also has integrated 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth wireless, and a 1.3-megapixel Webcam.
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