~Toughbooktalk~

So my birthday is coming up this monday, so I ordered a CF-U1 off of Fleabay as a present to myself. However, I'm really confused as to what I ordered. The posting says that the U1 has an Atom Z530 1.6GHz, 2GB of RAM, 64GB SSD, and no OS. The post included a model number of CF-U1AQBXZAM, which according to the TBT configurator, makes no sense with the item title. Today, I asked the seller what the full model number was and he responded with CF-U1GQGXG2M. I'd like to know what the full specs of the CF-U1G model number are, since the eBay posting shows CF-U1GQG in one of the pictures, the hand strap covers the rest of it. The TBT configurator doesn't go up to G under CPU so I can't check the full specs.

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Pics resized to 600x1067. Can you see them now?

much better..

Model Number: CF-U1GQGXG2M
Status: DISCONTINUED
MSRP: $3,153
Description: WinXP (Win7 COA), Intel Atom Z530 1.60GHz, Ultra, 5.6" WSVGA Touch, 64GB SSD, 2GB, Intel WiFi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth, No Drive, TPM, Gobi, No Pass through, Toughbook Preferred

Model Number:
CF-U1AQBXZAM
Status: DISCONTINUED
MSRP: $1,375
Description: WinXP (Vista COA), Intel Atom Z520 1.33GHz, Essential, 5.6" WSVGA Touch, 16GB SSD, 1GB, Intel WiFi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth, No Pass Through, No Drive

You want the Mk2 with 1.6 and 2gb of ram. Just on the older atom pc going from 1 to 2gb of ram was night and day in the speed difference. On the 64 gb ssd it's the slowest one. If you can find a 32 gb Samsung SSD to speed it up and use the SD card slot for more storage.

Is the U1 Mk2 even worth it ADOR? I owned a U1 Mk1 last year and it was shit IMO, too slow for today's tasks.

I think the MK2 is the one I'm getting from USPS at some point, says it's been in Des Moines for the past 28 hours. If it really does have a Gobi in it, I'm definitely excited, it'll save my wallet from more addiction costs. User32, I don't plan on doing anything too hard on it, certainly can't run Starcraft 2 on it, but maybe the original Starcraft but I'll mainly use it for GPS, checking stuff at work, keeping track of trailers, stuff like that. Nothing that'll put too much stress on that tiny Atom

I still use mine alot, but it's not a main pc. That one is still a Mk1. I took a really crappy looking Mk2 with broken screen and dropped it inside of a good Mk1 housing and got it going, but touch isn't working. I just haven't had time to take it back apart and see if it was just the cable or what it was. (That will decide if I strip and sell it and replace it with another Mk2) I use mine more of a back up pc for the Alienware I take to work as my main pc (gaming). The U1 has GPS, etc so I can do some of my hobby stuff. I am kind of a tweak hound on my personal OS's as well so lots of un-needed Panasonic stuff is off (handwriting utility).

I had thought about taking a H1 motherboard and trying to upgrade the CPU in the U1 to the 1.8 ATOM. I had a H1 so I known how it would of run so the cost for doing it would of been much more than the performance gained. I would of liked to seen the U1 stick around and go to the mobile i series like the H2 did. But the small tablets killed that.

But working on other Atom PC's the 2gb of ram made a big difference,Vista and 7 use a lot of ram, but you still need to run more single minded with them. Don't open a ton of tabs in the web browser, etc. Stuff like that. Even in my mini pc collection I have 7 running on a Lifebook 810. 800mhz cpu with 1gb of ram. I have another similar machine (HTC Shift) that will be getting a rare 2gb ram upgrade as it's about the only mini pc that had ram you could upgrade.

I finally have it in my hands! I can confirm that the model number is CF-U1GQGXG2M. Has a few scuffs along the bottom, but it powers on, BIOS reports 2940 hours, and oddly seems to have 2 batteries (despite any part of the Fleabay post mentioning more than one battery). I plugged it in, and I saw the Battery 1 icon show that it was charging, and now while I'm in the BIOS, the Battery 2 light has light up orange. Otherwise the BIOS reports a 64GB primary drive, and under Wireless it shows options for either enabling or disabling Wireless WLAN, Bluetooth, and Wireless WWAN! Gotta say, I don't believe in love at first sight, but I might change my opinion now Side note: Is it normal for a U1 to alternate between batteries while charging? I'm making a Windows 7 Pro USB drive with the U1 MK2 drivers, and it has switched between batteries a few times.