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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]
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 The OmniPass software included with the Lifebook walked me through activating the fingerprint reader with my Windows account, and registering two fingers to control it. Although I did choose to go back to XP on my other Lifebook, so far I have not...
[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]
Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo Mobile U9200 review
Reviews Unlike recent models in the LifeBook range, the Esprimo Mobile U9200 does not have an 'Eco' mode designed to help with power conservation. As such, it's not as 'ultraportable' as, for example, the remarkable 779g Toshiba Portege R500-10U, the...
[October 25, 2007, 13:28]
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 The Vista system still showed the blank "Logon" background for...
[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]
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]
Renewed Adventures With Vista
Blog It has been a few months since I last gave up on Vista on my Lifebook S6510 laptop. Please give Vista another try". I have said before, and I genuinely mean it, I would like for Vista to work properly.
[August 5, 2008, 8:48]
Fujitsu Siemens LifeBook P1610 review
Reviews Our review sample of the LifeBook P1610 ran Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, although Windows Vista Business is also available. We found the LifeBook P1610 reasonably responsive when running mainstream business applications, although we'd advise...
[July 26, 2007, 12:29]
Fujitsu Siemens LifeBook T4215 review
Reviews Our review sample of the LifeBook T4215 runs Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, although it can also be configured with Windows Vista Business. The LifeBook T4215 is a neatly designed notebook. The LifeBook T4215 has a dual-action clasp that keeps...
[September 6, 2007, 12:02]
Open Office To The Rescue
Blog I gave them the Lifebook S2110, running Ubuntu and OpenOffice.org, and they worked perfectly happily on it all evening. Because I don't work with Windows much any more, the last time I loaded Vista on this laptop I didn't bother loading most of the...
[September 26, 2008, 12:02]
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]
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]
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. This morning when I turned the system on, it said "unable to start Windows".and went into the Vista startup recovery procedure.
[February 26, 2008, 8:49]
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 believe that I have determined that the problem I had previously...
[March 24, 2008, 10:37]
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]
