Sharp Actius PC-MM10 Laptop (1.0-GHz Transmeta Crusoe TM5800, 256 MB RAM, 15 GB Hard Drive)

by Sharp

Product Details

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• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches ; 2.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00008X5F2
• Item model number: PC-MM10
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,427 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 20, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Early Adopters Pick: April 2003. One of the slimmest and lightest notebook PCs in the world, the Sharp Actius MM10 Notebook PC is only 0.79 inches thick and weighs a mere 2.1 pounds. All that and it packs a blazingly fast 1GHz Crusoe processor, 256 MB RAM, 2 USB 2.0 ports and ibuilt-in IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN technology.

On the connection front, the Iomega Sync-powered SharpSync solution allows you to select folders or files on separate machines that you would like to keep in sync with the Actius MM10. Consequently, each time the Actius MM10 notebook computer is placed in its Connection Cradle, Iomega Sync automatically synchronizes those folders between your main computer and the Actius MM10 ultra-portable notebook, ensuring that you always have the latest copy of important files.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Recovery process did not work, June 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Sharp Actius PC-MM10 Laptop (1.0-GHz Transmeta Crusoe TM5800, 256 MB RAM, 15 GB Hard Drive) (Personal Computers)

The laptop crashed. Thanks to the cradle that allows my another computer to read the hard disk through USB, I was able to recover all my data. BUT the recovery CDs did not work. The BIOS seems to ignore the existence of the external CDROM driver no matter how you set the BIOS parameters. It could either be a problem of the CDROM driver or a bug in the laptop's BIOS or bootup program.

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Be Careful!, May 5, 2003

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J. Seman "jaseman6" (Houston, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sharp Actius PC-MM10 Laptop (1.0-GHz Transmeta Crusoe TM5800, 256 MB RAM, 15 GB Hard Drive) (Personal Computers)

I had to send it back because the recovery process (on 2 CD's) did not work. The unit was unable to boot from the "free" CD/RW-DVD unit that comes with the laptop. Tech support was unable to get it to work either. Even though the "free" CD/RW-DVD seemed to work OK within Windows, when I first installed the unit through the USB port, I received a message that I was installing a high-speed device into a low speed port. The laptop is supposed to come with USB 2.0 ports, not 1.1.
I am waiting to receive another complete unit. Hopefully the problem was with the "free" CD/RW-DVD and not with the laptop itself. Also, mine had at least one bad pixel. We will see how the other one works. Stay tuned for any updates!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK product, but won't boot from CD, December 21, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Sharp Actius PC-MM10 Laptop (1.0-GHz Transmeta Crusoe TM5800, 256 MB RAM, 15 GB Hard Drive) (Personal Computers)

I agree with the previous reviewers. This computer will not boot from an external CD, no matter what BIOS settings you choose. (I was using an external USB CD). I would have thought this is a fairly basic requirement and I'm convinced it's a BIOS bug. I havn't been able to find a patch.

Sharp, if you're reading this, it's a shame that such a nice product has been let down by a simple thing. I suggest you fix it quick, before you lose sales.