Fujitsu pulls the plug on European client PC sales Fujitsu has confirmed to The Register that it will cease selling all personal computers in Europe beginning in spring next year. The decision comes amid shrinking sales for the sector following the pandemic boom. Only in Europe A Fujitsu spokesperson told us that its commercial strategy is to become a "DX company to support …
Same here. I remember seeing the odd Fujitsu PC on my travels around many different customer sites, but I don't recall seeing any since Windows became popular back about Windows 3.0/3.1 era. My brain associates Fujitsu with hard disks and rolls of camera film and that's about it. In a way, that's even more odd. I'm "brand aware" of Fujitsu as a name, but can't think of anything current that they produce or sell apart from the Post Office Horizon scandal, so "brand aware" in a negative sense.
The end of an era then. I bought a dozen of their desktops for my company when Windows 7 became the required OS, and they lasted for the best part of 7 years, right until the Win 10 'refresh'. Admittedly they all had to have the motherboard PSU capacitors changed* after 3 years, but apart from that they were rock solid, both mechanically and software-wise. They were perfect for their ofiice-based duties, although the design team stuck to their Dells and Lenovos for performance reasons.
That said, I won't miss them much as I'm long since retired.
* A trivial matter for an electronics manufacturer with the requisite gear.
They are the main supplier to Canon for clients & servers, and it's the worst hardware I've ever worked with. The brand new laptops are truly abysmal and their support is a waste of time.
Their support web site looks like it hasn't been updated in over a decade, and I think that shows how Fujitsu is going. Saying that, Canon isn't much better.
I guess I'm one of those few who'll miss them - since they've inherited the Augsburg factory as a merger with the Siemens computer business most Fujitsu PCs can be found in Germany and at German companies. The Bayerisch factory was acquired by the motherboard manufacturer Kontron - they make rock solid stuff, hope the suppliers survive and the know-how won't be just thrown away.
Ah - and their keyboards and monitors were also top-notch in terms of value! Avoid the entry-level office monitors, but Fujitsu P-series displays were up there with mid-range Eizos. Grab one while you can.
That'll be the REAL end for the 'Lifebook for Life*' scam then. The first swap at 3 years was a painless trade...
But you know, after the time they claimed my 3rd trade-in was received 'broken and scratched, meaning your participation in this promotion is now ended, thanks & bye' but luckily I had videoed it with a dated newspaper next to the screen and sent it using their own UPS transport, in the box etc...
A curt note saying that 'as a goodwill gesture' I got a top of the line i7 workstation Lifebook was the result, though.
I cut my losses and kept it never trading it in again. Still got it today, and it's very usable speed wise despite the age.
I wonder if there is a single person left that hasn't been lied to by Opia (or whatever they are called now, the people who did the dirty work) telling them their Lifebook was broken. If not, will they get a payoff? When AEG power tools did a free battery for life thing around the same time, when they withdrew from the UK market years later I was offered a very nice Milwaukee complete drill kit as a payoff.
*Circa 2005, if you bought a high-end Lifebook, you were entitled to a free one every 3 years for life.
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