Ubuntu On Fujitsu Lifebook S6510
Blog But perhaps I will now try installing on the XP disk for the S2110, as it is the "test" system, preserve the XP partition and set it up to dual-boot. It took about 5 minutes to boot the CD and answer the few questions that come up, then about 15...
[June 5, 2008, 9:16]
Vista Vs. XP: The Final Retreat
Blog That scares the daylights out of me - especially after having Vista give me the "unable to boot / unable to recover" business previously. When I boot Vista, the memory meter shows 38% memory in use (of a total of 3 GB).
[April 24, 2008, 20:19]
S6510: XP Faster, More Stable Than Vista
Blog When I compared it, running Vista, to the S2110, it took about a minute to boot and display the Windows Logon screen (the same as the 2110), and then after I logged in it took about another minute before it was ready for use (much longer than the...
[January 13, 2008, 20:44]
Marketing Mush
Blog Currently DebbieToo (a Celeron) and SugarBear (a P3) both boot up faster than Windows XP SP3 on my P4. Yes that makes it boot faster more often, but it also means you have to leave the system powered while doing that.
[October 17, 2008, 3:51]
Monolithic OS Upgrades Are So Over
Blog That will go on as a boot option. I have a new (personal) Vista laptop arriving in the next few days and I shall be very interested to see how it performs. I am also waiting to get my hands on Ubuntu 7.10 to see how it deals with Centrino Pro and...
[September 25, 2007, 18:26]
S6510/Vista Vs. S2110/XP Professional
Blog Since going back, I have never had another problem with the S2110 - not one boot failure, BSOD, USB hang, or any of the other problems that were plaguing that system when it was running Vista. There were roughly equal through the diagnostic checks...
[January 9, 2008, 13:06]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I turns out that vista needed 26 minutes to boot from scratch. It took the whole operating system 47 minutes to install and a whole 74 seconds to boot from switched off. I thought: new laptop, very powerful, it should work just fine.
[October 22, 2007, 3:25]
I Will Blog, Despite Vista's Best Efforts
Blog As I fired up Vista on my Asus to a) time accurately how long it takes to boot, and b) take another look at Google Docs and those eye-candied gadgets, Vista informed me that the product key I entered is not valid, indeed the whole operating system...
[March 20, 2008, 20:56]
Vista Memory Leak?
Blog When I boot Vista, once everything settles down it shows memory use of about 40% (I have 3 GB installed). I have checked the memory use for remaining processes in the Windows Task Manager, and while a couple of things are using noticeably more...
[April 17, 2008, 13:39]
Photos: Toshiba Launches World's Lightest Laptop
News Toshiba claims that SSDs are more resilient to shock and vibration, more power efficient, and have faster boot-up times than conventional hard drives. The Portégé R500 weighs in at just 779 grams and is the company's first laptop to feature a flash...
[June 22, 2007, 10:27]
Dual-Boot Ubuntu And Windows XP Professional
Blog Then Ubuntu installed itself as usual, and the next time I rebooted, the GRUB boot loader offered to boot either Ubuntu (default) or Windows XP. My first attempt at this was to simply load XP on the disk as usual, and then boot the Ubuntu...
[June 13, 2008, 10:30]
Intel Macs Will Struggle With Vista
News Mac OS X, Vista will use EFI to aid the boot process. The first Intel Macs, a revamped iMac and the MacBook Pro laptop debuted in January. Hoping your Intel Mac will easily run Windows Vista? Windows would be easier to load on Macs than Windows XP...
[March 10, 2006, 8:25]
