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]
Do We Need A Campaign To Save XP?
Blog The XP-to-Vista transition is a pretty clear example of the way proprietary operatings fail users. Moving people on, is obviously in Microsoft's interest, as more new PCs, mean more profits (though we've seen elsewhere that in many circumstances...
[January 15, 2008, 11:51]
Windows XP Embedded Standard 2009 CTP#1 & CTP#2
Blog them that Windows XP Embedded was finally going to get IE7 in component form, the MS marketing nimrods got into the mix and decided to change the name of the product AND take the previously promised but canceled FP2008 and turn it into Windows XP...
[August 14, 2008, 1:58]
Windows Chief Fields Readers' Questions
News Interestingly, even though XP will be five years old by the time Vista ships (currently scheduled for the end of this year) the questions posted by many readers indicated that they need to be convinced that Vista will be a necessary upgrade.
[January 30, 2006, 9:35]
2008-01-06 Vista Is An Upgrade - Part 2
Talkback There is a whopping load of programs I used to run on a regular basis under XP that no longer work on Vista. Vista does NOT improve on XP ! I'm trying to give real life examples of totally absurd, crazy, useless meaningless stuff that Vista is...
[January 6, 2008, 23:50]
Vista Vs XP
Blog Comment Yes the deal we have allows us to "downgrade" to XP BUT we have to BUY Vista Business to do it. My guess is that if somebody goes and asks DELL what the ratio of XP to Vista sales are, you won't get an answer since I'm sure Microsoft has shut them up.
[July 30, 2008, 12:48]
A Tale Of Two Vista Systems
Blog I've upgraded two systems to Windows Vista over the past few months, with vastly different results. Then I bunged Vista Business on it, instantly rendering it unusably slow (don't try Vista with less than 1GB of RAM, it's not worth it), and running...
[August 22, 2007, 10:10]
Acer One Runs Vista! But Not For Long.
Blog I've been doing some work for a reseller of late and one of the items that I came across was a 4 gb Acer one net book with an install of vista running. Great I thought to myself, lets get XP pro on the thing and we'll be flying along.
[December 4, 2008, 7:18]
Seeking Your Techno Guru
Blog To set up a PC network share as drive letter, which option on the tools menu within XP or Vista’s Windows Explorer, would you use? Shared files and printers on a on XP PC are no longer available to other network users, which of these are likely...
[November 30, 2008, 17:03]
Businesses Have 'no Appetite For Vista'
News Businesses feel a move to Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system isn't worth the effort yet, due to compatibility issues and it offering too few benefits over XP. Also, companies don't seem to see much point in using Vista over XP, the OS it...
[November 29, 2007, 7:57]
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 Vs. XP: The Final Retreat
Blog I've said many times before, I like using Vista, and I really want it to be as good as, or better than, XP. My Fujitsu Lifebook S6510 is running Windows XP Professional again, and I have no intention of spending any more time or effort on Vista...
[April 24, 2008, 20:19]
