Fujitsu Lifebook Q550

performance, usability, battery, portability, design

reliability, keyboard

42% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

100% des avis sur Amazon.fr donnent une note favorable à ce produit.

Good security ; Removable battery ; Excellent screen

Sluggish performer ; Pricey

The Stylistic Q550 is an Intel 'Oak Trail' based tablet that runs Windows 7. It's designed for enterprise users and has lots of security features to prove it. It's not awfully fast and it can sometimes feel downright sluggish, but as Fujitsu told us:...

Good display ; Fairly portable

Underpowered ; Lack of power trips up touchscreen at times

To keep these figures down, the Q550 is largely made of plastic, with little metal outer bodywork to weigh it down. As such, it doesn't have the luxury airs you'll feel between your fingers when holding some metal-bodied tablets. Build quality is good...

Rugged construction. Swappable battery. Digital pen makes Windows 7 more tablet-friendly. Multiple security features, like fingerprint scanner and SmartCard reader. Physical controls add to usability

A bit heavy. No built-in holder for digital pen. Speaker offers only mono sound

With its security features, sturdy design, and swappable battery, the Fujitsu Stylistic Q550 puts business functionality into a Windows tablet you can actually use, and its combination of touch input and physical controls sidestep many common problems.

Sturdy, well-built, good battery life and removable battery

No stylus slot, poor performance, price

The Q550 makes a lot of compromises and they may not be the right ones for you. You get business security features and full-size ports in compact but sturdy package - but not the full power to go with them.

Interface array; Exchangeable battery; Security features; Accurate inputs via stylus; Full-fledged x86 operating system; Bright display, IPS, rates; Acceptable battery runtimes

Boring case design; Case stability and workmanship; Fairly heavy and thick; Poor cameras; Lack of tablet optimization (Windows 7); Weak performance (HD not smooth); Warm case during load; Poor mono loudspeaker

Depending on requirements, there is the bigger Stylistic ST tablet with a 12.1 inch screen, for example, as well as numerous consumer tablets. Among them, the Motorola Xoom, the Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101, the Acer tablets: Iconia Tab A500 or the...

Reasonable battery life for a Windows 7 Tablet ; Full Windows 7 functionality

Expensive for such a slow performer ; Windows 7 works with touch — but not well ; Screen orientation will put you in a spin

Like the rest of Fujitsu's notebook line-up, the Stylistic Q550 is pitched as a premium-priced tablet solution. Like the rest of Fujitsu's line-up, it's well built. Unlike the rest of its line-up, however, we're reluctant to recommend it, simply...

I saw a very slick demo early last summer with promises that it will be available ‘within two weeks’ if you made a baby around that time it would probably now be close to birth. Still I remembered the important demo points. While there was a raft of...

The Stylistic Q550 is a robust device, despite being plastic, and is easy to use thanks to the familiarity of Windows and Fujitsu’s Infinity Lounge. Our biggest gripe is that there’s no housing for the stylus―it attaches via a lanyard and hangs...