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Fujitsu Lifebook S6510 - Wrap-Up
Blog This will be the last entry that I will write specifically about my new Fujitsu Lifebook S6510. I have it completely set up and everything transferred from the Lifebook S2110, and port replicators installed both at home and in the office.
[January 7, 2008, 12:47]
Thankfully, It Worked For Me
Talkback I installed XP SP3 on my Lifebook S2110, which has an AMD Turion 64 CPU, with no problems. After what I have been through with Vista on the Lifebook S6510 (and the S2110, for that matter, although not as much), I would have been really unhappy if...
[May 14, 2008, 9:18]
Vista SP1 - One Week Update
Blog It has been a week since I installed Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1) on this Fujitsu Lifebook S6510 laptop computer. The bad news is that there is still some sort of intermittent problem with the wireless connection between the Lifebook and the...
[March 31, 2008, 10:17]
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]
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]
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]
An Impressive Week With Ubuntu
Blog I mentioned last week that I had loaded Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on my older "test" laptop, a Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S2110. I am impressed. Very, very impressed. This hardly seemed like a "fair test" to me, because it is a laptop (I have not had...
[May 30, 2008, 13:59]
Wireless-N Networking And Linux
Blog I am doing this testing on my primary laptop, a Fujitsu Lifebook S6510, with a built-in Intel 4965AGN wireless adapter. After installing a new Netgear Wireless-N Dual Band Router (review), I was anxious to test Linux with it.
[August 4, 2008, 13:58]
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. I'm almost embarrassed to write this, and I'm sure there are people who are tired of reading it.
[February 26, 2008, 8:49]
OpenSuSE Stumbles, Ubuntu Shines
Blog I tried loading openSuSE 11.0 on my Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S2110 over the weekend. It's an AMD Turion 64-based system, and of course it seemed to load just fine. However, for some reason, it stumbled over the Alps touchpad.
[July 15, 2008, 9:21]
Traveling Success With Linux
Blog Comment This works for me flawlessly with two totally different laptops and wireless interfaces; the Lifebook S2110 is an AMD cpu and Atheros wireless interface, and the Lifebook S6510 is an Intel cpu and Intel 4965 wireless interface.
[July 29, 2008, 9:23]
Wireless Network Flakiness
Blog As I mentioned a few months ago, after returning from the U.S.with my new Fujitsu Lifebook S6510, this laptop has Wireless-N networking. So, I purchased a new Wireless-N router (Linksys WRT350N), and with a little bit of effort I was up and running...
[June 11, 2008, 14:57]
Windows XP SP3 Installed
Blog I have downloaded and installed Service Pack 3 for Windows XP Professional on my Fujitsu Lifebook S6510. Everything went smoothly, and it seems to work just fine. I don't see anything particularly better after the installation, but more importantly...
[April 30, 2008, 8:53]
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]
Quad-Boot Fun, And A Correction
Blog I now have my Fujitsu Lifebook S6510 set up to quad-boot XP/Ubuntu/openSuSE/Mandriva! First, the good news. That's certainly worth a few giggles. More importantly, it will make it a lot easier for me to track and compare the various Linux versions...
[July 2, 2008, 13:41]
SP3 Under Suspicion Again
Blog I had been running this Fujitsu Lifebook S6510 with Windows XP Professional for several months when SP3 came out. I find myself suspecting that there is something very strange wrong with Windows XP SP3, or at least with the installation procedure...
[July 18, 2008, 9:37]
S6510/Vista Vs. S2110/XP Professional
Blog Lifebook S6510.Lifebook S2110 It's time for a side-by-side comparison. What I want to concentrate on here is the difference between Windows Vista and Windows XP Professional. For those who just want the bottom line first, here it is: Vista on the...
[January 9, 2008, 13:06]
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]
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]
Laptop Review - Fujitsu Lifebook S6510
Blog The keyboard and touchpad are the same that I have become used to in my previous Lifebook S-series laptops, with perhaps a bit more textured surface than before. Although I did choose to go back to XP on my other Lifebook, so far I have not wanted...
[December 27, 2007, 12:15]
