Fujitsu Lifebook UH572 Review: Good Looks, Significant Drawbacks

Sound and Video

The speaker system is another major downer. Even with the DTS Boost technology and volume controls at the maximum setting, the audio was tinny. Audio with a headset was much better, but not especially greatmusic lovers should look elsewhere.

The UH572 did well with video, however. YouTube videos looked smooth, and the built-in high-def (1280 by 800 pixels) webcam captured good-looking video in a Skype call to China.

Fujitsu's software bundle is minimal, but it avoids the most annoying bloatware and includes a couple of potentially useful applications: Cyber YouCam software for creating videos with the webcam, and Roxio Creator LJ, a stripped-down DVD burning application. You also get the usual trial version of Norton Internet SecuritySecurity and MicrosoftMicrosoft Office Starter Edition. Alles zu Microsoft auf CIO.de Alles zu Security auf CIO.de

Had Fujitsu given the UH572 ethernet support and a more robust audio system, I could forgive the unimpressive performanceafter all, most consumers wont be running heavy-duty spreadsheets or doing serious video editing. But general users do care about decent multimedia and a good keyboard, and Fujitsus attention to industrial design and components fell sadly short in those areas, making it difficult to heartily endorse the UH572.