Amilo M 3438g

Do Not Get It,check Out The Posts In This Forum!!!

I would probably not get it either but I suspect for a different reason than what ShandyUK has. I mean if you read the posts about "the lagging issue" or about "the bug" you'll find out that a percentage of Mx438G-laptops out there have this bug that causes lagging in games, dvd playback and such. Some experience really bad lagging that makes for example gameplay really difficult. Then there are those such as myself who have this bug but it isn't that apparent and makes users experience only minor annoyance. And it has to be noted that some users who may or may not have the bug experience no lagging at all.

My biggest problem with my M3438G is the fact that it freezes/crashes mostly in games when I play a long session. This doesn't happen a lot but enough to cause some annoyance. However, when you look at the selection of performance 17" laptops out there, overall this laptop is kinda great.

On the other hand, I would not recommend this notebook to you. Okey, one of my reasons is that there's a good chance you get a laptop that has the bug and which causes annoyance. But my biggest reason is that better models are on their way and are probably bug-free. So if I were you, I'd wait a bit longer before I'd buy a laptop. Or you could buy Dell 9400 although what I have read Dell's laptops aren't the best out there when it comes to design and display performance.

I wouldn't get it either. I had same crashes like the above poster, with the exception that it ended up in a total melt down... and that was after alittle over 2 months. I then spent almost a month waiting on repairs but gave up and demanded a new Laptop from the store and got a different one (A377G), not as good performance, but im hoping for more stability.

I'm still happy with mine. It does lag but rarely, like 0.2 second during two hours of continuous video playback.

Still, no one should be taking the risk that it could be much worse, so no, don't buy.

I have one and i would not get another one...the lagging issue is a pain in the butt and in my opinion the build quality isnt that great, especially for the price. Fujitsu made a pretty crappy computer and refuse in the case of the 3438g!!