By Desire Athow
Launched at the beginning of 2016, the Lifebook S936 sits, together with the U904, in a category that Fujitsu describes as notebooks with “ultimate features and stylish design”, destined for professionals on the move looking for products that combine looks with substance.
Prosaically though, it’s essentially a more refined version of the Lifebook E736 that we reviewed not so long ago.
As expected from a laptop for which the cheapest version will set you back about £1,000 (around $1,340, AU$1,740), this is a model that looks and feels premium. Its main rivals include the ThinkPad T460s series, the Dell Latitude E7440 and the HP Elitebook 1040 G3.
The S936 uses the same magnesium/aluminium combination for its chassis but manages to keep the weight down to only 1.19kg (our model weighed in at 1.42kg thanks to an optical drive and the touch display).
What came as a surprise though was how chunky it is – at its thickest, this notebook is a whopping 26mm thick, which pushes it outside the minimum requirements to be called an Ultrabook. At last, a vendor that doesn’t compromise!
Another area where Fujitsu has trumped the competition is connectivity and expansion capabilities.
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Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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