The Profile I tried includes a 120-gigabyte hardriveve (50% bigger than the iMac's), an integrated floppy drive, a PC Card slot and standard keyboard, mouse, printer and serial ports that the iMac lacks.
But in the Fujitsu world, you're better off skipping Centrino entirely:The P5000D I tried includes a Broadcom Wi-Fi chip that uses the faster 802.11g standard yet costs no more than a Centrino-labeled P5000 with Intel's slower Wi-Fi.
Everything I tried — including the $16 orecchiette pasta with squash compote — was excellent and reasonably priced.
The kit I tried included two micro-USB plugs, an iPhone plug, a mini-USB plug, a Nokia plug and a Samsung plug.
But I loved the other desserts I tried, including a crème brûlée with tawny caramel-flavored custard and adorable little ginger cookies.
Pasta was overcooked in several underseasoned dishes I tried, including fusilli with fava beans, pecorino and mint, and bucatini with a testa (pig's head) ragù.
Three devices I tried, including two multipurpose gadgets, Black & Decker's $70 Bulls Eye and the $55 Stanley IntelliLaser Pro, and the Zircon iLine, which sells for $40, all try to eliminate marital disputes that result when one spouse holds a level steady while the other marks the wall.
The wines I tried, including such Bordeaux-derived classics as merlot, cabernet sauvignon and sauvignon blanc, are excellent and extremely well-priced.
With every application I tried, including the beta version of the next edition of Adobe Photoshop, the Vaio had no trouble keeping up with the Macand avoiding the crush.
But on my machine, no data corruption could possibly have occurred, because no matter what I tried, including a half-hour consultation with a support guru, the Zip drive refused to install itself correctly.
The Sushi Combo ($24.99) for dinner that I tried included seven types of nigiris, three pieces of tuna roll, spring salad with ginger miso dressing, and miso soup.
