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Page 4 of 5 Connections: The P7230 has just about all the connectivity options you’d need in day to day life, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (both of which can be turned off by a physical switch just below the screen), USB2.0, Firewire400, an external VGA port, Microphone and Headphone ports, a flash card reader at the front and network and modem ports at the rear. The only things missing are old-school ports like serial and parallel, though I imagine demand for those would be limited. A single 32-bit PC Card slot is included for any expansion needs, unfortunately there is no external PCI-Express slot like many current notebooks for new high speed expansion cards. Battery Life: The P7230’s standard battery is a 6-cell Lithium Ion item, producing 10.8V and 5800mAh which according to Fujitsu can last up to 5.9 hours. While I don’t doubt this claim entirely, it relies on you running the notebook in “ECO” mode and no wireless, very little HDD usage etc... So it’s not exactly a real-world figure. With normal usage we were still seeing excellent battery life and were easily getting 5 hours or so of usage even with the Wi-Fi turned on and average HDD usage. Large Capacity Battery Standard  Battery life can be boosted by the addition of an expansion bay battery which takes the place of the optical drive which gives a claimed total battery life of up to 9 hours, so you could have this notebook running for your whole work day without plugging in which is exceptional. Extra Features: The P7230 doesn’t come with a whole heap of extra features, only a slim bag is included as standard along with a standard power adapter, there is quite a bit of software bundled as standard however, such as backup software (Acronis TrueImage), DVD Player and authoring software (By CyberLink) and Norman Virus Control, so some of your basic needs are taken care of out of the box. As mentioned before a second battery is available that goes into the modular bay in place of the optical drive, and a docking bay is also available which will give you more USB ports as well as video/LAN connectors, but overall is not really necessary for this notebook.
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