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S6510/Vista Vs. S2110/XP Professional
Blog What I want to concentrate on here is the difference between Windows Vista and Windows XP Professional. Windows Vista Business.Windows XP Professional SP2 It appears that Vista is so much more demanding that it is taking a fundamentally superior...
[January 9, 2008, 13:06]
Status Update, Vista To XP Retreat (Advance?)
Blog It has been two weeks since I switched from Windows Vista back to Windows XP Professional on my Fujitsu Lifebook S6510, and two months since I made the same switch on my Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S2110.
[January 25, 2008, 12:00]
Windows XP SP3 Installed
Blog Overall I am very happy with the S6510 running XP since my latest retreat from Vista last week. Moreover, they have not only held back XP SP3, they have also stopped Vista SP1 from Automatic Download (again) for the same reason.
[April 30, 2008, 8:53]
S6510: XP Faster, More Stable Than Vista
Blog I suspected that it was the "Intel Turbo Memory" option, and a little research on the Fujitsu web page confirmed that this is only available with Windows Vista. So I decided to get a second disk drive, so that I could keep the original drive with...
[January 13, 2008, 20:44]
Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog Comment GRUB even shows that it knows the Vista boot is "special", because when I do it with XP Pro, the GRUB boot menu only lists "Microsoft Windows XP Professional", whereas when I did it with Vista, the menu says "Microsoft Windows Vista (loader)".
[June 18, 2008, 9:27]
Ubuntu On Fujitsu Lifebook S6510
Blog Having had so much success with Ubuntu on the older "test" laptop (Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S2110), and not expecting to want to try Vista on the newer Fujitsu Lifebook S6510 again anytime soon, I decided to try installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron...
[June 5, 2008, 9:16]
Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog The first problem that I ran into was that the Windows installation disks I have are actually "recovery" media from Fujitsu, and as such they will only recreate the factory-delivered configuration, with Windows (Vista or XP) in the C: partition...
[June 17, 2008, 15:16]
Windows Vista - Here I Go Again!
Blog So, after reading all of the recent posts about Vista SP1 being available "Real Soon Now" (which made me aware that there are some Vista updates that must be installed before SP1 will install), and reading David Long's good article about...
[February 19, 2008, 13:02]
More Pleasant Surprises With Ubuntu
Blog When I loaded Vista, I was very positive and hopeful, and each time I started out thinking it was great, and would work out fine for me. The contrast with how this all went with Vista is interesting, I think.
[June 3, 2008, 11:01]
Lifebook S6510 - Part 3; Networking, Software And Drivers
Blog There is practically nothing on the Fujitsu support web site for it; a BIOS update, which was already installed on mine, and a driver update for Windows XP, which doesn't interest me because I'm running Vista.
[January 3, 2008, 13:43]
Vista SP1 - No Go For Me At The Moment
Blog I have been waiting anxiously for the public release of Vista SP1. I had reloaded the Vista disk for my Lifebook S6510 a week or so ago, so that I would have a fresh load ready for update. On the other hand, considering how unprepared many (most...
[March 19, 2008, 19:38]
Vista Vs. XP: The Final Retreat
Blog My Fujitsu Lifebook S6510 is running Windows XP Professional again, and I have no intention of spending any more time or effort on Vista until Vista SP2 comes out, at which point I might consider it again.
[April 24, 2008, 20:19]
OpenSUSE 11.0 First Impressions
Blog As I told my brother (who is still using XP, and has sworn not to touch Vista until Hell freezes over), in many cases the average user who is accustomed to Windows XP would have no more trouble changing to Linux (openSUSE or Ubuntu) than they...
[June 20, 2008, 12:45]
A Few Minor Windows XP Glitches
Blog As I expect Vista SP1 to be available soon, and XP SP3 not long after that, I suppose I will be playing "disc jokey" with my laptop again before long. But if I then suspend/resume Windows, it somehow decides that the wired ethernet needs to be...
[March 14, 2008, 15:03]
Vista To XP - A Forced Retreat
Blog This morning when I turned the system on, it said "unable to start Windows".and went into the Vista startup recovery procedure. But I said that I would keep this blog up to date with my Vista/XP adventures, and I want others who may run into this...
[February 26, 2008, 8:49]
Vista Memory Leak?
Blog I've been running Vista Business on my Lifebook S6510 for several weeks now, and overall I'm pleased - at least pleased enough to keep it this time, rather than retreating to XP Pro again. I'm wondering if anyone else has seen anything that looks...
[April 17, 2008, 13:39]
Vista SP1 - Now Installed And Running
Blog Ok, in large part due to some good advice from David Long, I now have Vista SP1 installed on my Fujitsu Lifebook S6510, and after two days it is still running with no problems. I had been trying to use either the Intel "setup" program, or the Vista...
[March 24, 2008, 10:37]
Vista To XP - Two Weeks Later
Blog Comment I will be making another blog posting in the next few days about that, with comments on loading drivers and application software and comparisons with Vista on the S2110. My general feeling so far is that this one is much better, and is certainly...
[December 31, 2007, 15:35]
Laptop Review - Fujitsu Lifebook S6510
Blog Although the system came preloaded with Windows Vista Business, the recovery media included both Vista and XP Pro disks, and there was a page included titled "Downgrade Rights for Microsoft Windows Vista Business" which states that the owner has...
[December 27, 2007, 12:15]
S6510: XP Faster, More Stable Than Vista
Blog Comment I like many people looked forward to Vista; XP had been a massive step from Windows 2000, i thought maybe Vista would be the same, after all it took 6 years. Vista SP1 is in Beta testing i believe, lets hope it will be what you expect!
[January 14, 2008, 23:23]
