Review of the Fidelity VPC
With computing devices getting cheaper all of the time, we can safely say that we are witnessing the beginning of a mini laptop price war. This is the Fidelity very personal computer (VPU) the company name may be unknown within the computer industry, but they are well known in electrical products. This venture into mini laptop country could spell a disaster for the marketing plans of the big boys.
The 1.5lb VPC features:
Wi-Fi
Onboard USB and Ethernet ports
An SD reader
7″ TFT display with an 800×480 resolution
2GB of internal storage
100 MHz processor
Linux with preloaded programs such as internet browser, spreadsheet, word processor, a media player for movies, music and pictures, e-book reader, dictionary, calendar, PDF reader, email, chat, calculator, file manager
Priced at $199
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August 24th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
I bought a VPC on impulse a couple days ago, in a retail store. I was able to browse the net via WiFi within about 5 minutes, mostly delayed by my wireless router paranoid security setup. The machine is okay for text, but rather slow for browsing anything graphical. Battery life with WiFi enabled is poor, less than 1.5 hours. The underlying Linux OS is hidden from the user. After I downloaded and installed the software update 1.1, the WiFi stopped connecting, unless I disable my router's security. So this is a first-generation product, with typical problems. It is definitely small and lightweight, and the screen is very nice (but 800×480 so horizontal scrolling is sometimes necessary). I have not been able to get any video working yet. Volume for MP3 playback is way too loud, especially with earbuds. My VPC seems to have 4GB flash memory, partitioned as two virtual drives C and D, and has about 3.5GB available to the user. There is no clear indication of the RAM size. There are hints that the CPU is the MIPS architecture. This is appealing because many virii designed for x86 architecture will not run on the VPC. My early opinion is that the VPC is okay for tolerant techie tinkerers, but is likely to be frustrating for non-techies or people accustomed to blazing fast PC's with big screens. The USB ports might be v1.x because transferring data to/from a USB memory stick is very slow (about 0.5 megabytes per second). I have not mapped out all the rough spots yet. But the machine has promise.
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November 28th, 2009 at 8:14 am
I am considering purchasing the Fidelity VPC – what do you think of it now after having it forsome time now….
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December 9th, 2009 at 12:38 am
Don't buy it. It is slow, unreliable, poorly supported, unpolished prototype quality, and there are better alternatives for portable computing. I wish I had spent my $200 on an iPod Touch 8GB.
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December 9th, 2009 at 6:11 am
Thanks…we actually did end up getting an iPod instead!!!!
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December 14th, 2009 at 7:50 am
this computer is good as a secondary computer
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December 29th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
the VPC is horrible it can’t even connect to my wireless with no security. I plugged an ethernet cable in and it still did connect to the internet.
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January 7th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
DON’T BUY THIS $%?%! Like Tomwamm say buy a IPOD touch youre going to have more fun…
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