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Dual-Boot Ubuntu And Windows XP Professional
Blog As always, I have started this on the older "test" laptop, a Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S2110, which has an AMD Turion 64 CPU. I kept my "primary" Windows XP disk intact, by using a second disk drive which I had previously used to test Vista and...
[June 13, 2008, 10:30]
A Few Minor Windows XP Glitches
Blog I've been meaning to mention a couple of odd things I have come across on my Lifebook S6510, so I'd best get it out of the way now. As I expect Vista SP1 to be available soon, and XP SP3 not long after that, I suppose I will be playing "disc jokey...
[March 14, 2008, 15:03]
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]
S6510: XP Faster, More Stable Than Vista
Blog I tried loading on a Fujitsu Lifebook S6120 (Intel Pentium-M 1.6 GHz), and while it would load and boot, it was ridiculously slow, the Aero interface wouldn't run, and there were quite a few devices that I couldn't get Vista drivers for.
[January 13, 2008, 20:44]
Laptop Review - Fujitsu Lifebook S6510
Blog Although I did choose to go back to XP on my other Lifebook, so far I have not wanted or needed to do so on this one. The OmniPass software included with the Lifebook walked me through activating the fingerprint reader with my Windows account, and...
[December 27, 2007, 12:15]
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]
S6510/Vista Vs. S2110/XP Professional
Blog Lifebook S6510.Lifebook S2110 What I want to concentrate on here is the difference between Windows Vista and Windows XP Professional. Windows Vista Business.Windows XP Professional SP2 As I have described previously, I spent a long time struggling...
[January 9, 2008, 13:06]
Windows Driver Updates
Blog Because of my recent adventures with Windows Vista on my Lifebook, I've had to learn about and deal with the differences between Vista and XP in third-party device driver distribution and updates. I have seen a number of them included in the...
[May 13, 2008, 12:49]
Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog After several days of struggle, I am still unable to get a triple-boot disk set up on my Fujitsu Lifebook S6510. The first problem that I ran into was that the Windows installation disks I have are actually "recovery" media from Fujitsu, and as...
[June 17, 2008, 15:16]
More Pleasant Surprises With Ubuntu
Blog If it continues to go this way, what I will probably do is try loading Ubuntu on the newer Lifebook S6510, and see how it works there. The contrast with how this all went with Vista is interesting, I think.
[June 3, 2008, 11:01]
Atom-based Ultraportables At IDF
News Fujitsu's LifeBook U2020 has a tilting and swivelling screen, a real — but very small — keyboard, and more internal storage — 60GB — than most ultramobiles. Most of these machines come with Linux, but a few offer Windows XP or Vista as an option.
[August 22, 2008, 9:21]
Windows XP SP3 Installed
Blog I have downloaded and installed Service Pack 3 for Windows XP Professional on my Fujitsu Lifebook S6510. Overall I am very happy with the S6510 running XP since my latest retreat from Vista last week.
[April 30, 2008, 8:53]
Windows Vista - Here I Go Again!
Blog I have now take the XP Professional disk out, and put the Vista disk back into this Lifebook S6510. First, installing the Vista updates which were released while I was running XP; then a couple of driver updates.
[February 19, 2008, 13:02]
Lifebook S6510 - Part 3; Networking, Software And Drivers
Blog I have continued to make good progress in moving to the new Lifebook S6510. This may turn out to be a driver problem on the Lifebook, or firmware in the Linksys router. The Lifebook S6510 seems to be a bit of a special case, just because it is so new.
[January 3, 2008, 13:43]
OpenSUSE 11.0 First Impressions
Blog The installation only took about 15 minutes on the newer Lifebook S6510 (Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz) laptop. 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...
[June 20, 2008, 12:45]
Sierra Wireless AirCard 880 GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA PC Card
Blog Sierra Wireless also makes Express Card and USB adapters equivalent to the PC Card that I got, which are also offered as OEM products from Swisscom and various other mobile companies in Europe, and an embedded module which is used in the Fujitsu...
[January 22, 2008, 12:37]
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]
Vista To XP - A Forced Retreat
Blog It has been exactly a week since I put the Vista Business disk back into my main laptops, a Fujitsu Lifebook S6510. 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 situation to...
[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]
Maybe Vista Really Is Getting Better
Blog This laptop (Fujitsu Lifebook S6510) has the optional 1 GB of "TurboMemory", and I can guarantee you that the previous times I ran Vista I could not see anything unusual about the suspend/resume speed.
[August 8, 2008, 7:51]
