Comments on: Fujitsu P1610 Vista desktop

By: J Warner

J Warner — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:43:49 +0000

As to the cost of the RAM, I agree; it’s outrageous. I am getting mine just after the first of the year and configured it with only 512mb. I’ll just stay “down on the farm” and ignore Vista until it becomes economical to run it. (At least on this PC…)

By: TABLET40

TABLET40 — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:32:39 +0000

Just went to look for info on the 1GB memory, EXPENSIVE. http://store.shopfujitsu.com/fpc/Ecommerce/SelectAccessoryDetail.jsp

By: TABLET40

TABLET40 — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:10:36 +0000

Just after I asked the question it occured to me that may be the P1610 has to be bought in one or the other configuration and it is not user upgradable. Similar to the LS800. Do you feel that this is the situation? Thanks

By: jk

jk — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:53:47 +0000

Mine came with 1 GB installed. I believe that the memory is proprietary and has to come from Fujitsu, but verify that before taking my word for it.

By: TABLET40

TABLET40 — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:01:29 +0000

What does it take to go from 512MB to 1GB. Easy access for the swap? What 1GB does it take? Thanks

By: J Warner

J Warner — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:22:32 +0000

Thanks again JK! You are a fountainhead of TabletPC knowledge and wisdom!

By: jk

jk — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:52:51 +0000

J Warner, I believe that ritepen is on a CD that came with the P1610 but I haven't installed it yet. I have used ritePen for a long time however, and have reveiwed it here: http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2005/02/using_ritepen_o.html

By: J Warner

J Warner — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:43:49 +0000

James; thank you for your response to my email the other day on the 1610′s durability. I have been reading the Fujitsu web site and am a little confused about the software bundle. Was ritePen 2.5 bundled with your 1610? If it was, how do you like it? I have never been a fan of TabletPC’s TIP concept and ritePen looks like a better system to me.

Thanks

By: Tablet PC User

Tablet PC User — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:00:21 +0000

@ Nikooo

That’s so interesting…I’ve been using Mac OSX for over a year and Vista since RC2. At first, Vista seemed like a total copy of OSX. Now that I’m using Vista more (and still using OSX), I can safely say that Vista IS a MSFT product and is NOTHING like OSX.

Anyone who says OSX and Vista are the same either (a) haven’t used OSX for a long time, (b) haven’t used Vista for a long time (c) looked at screenshots/videos of Vista/OSX and made their conclusions.

By: jk

jk — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:36:09 +0000

Miyagi has 1 GB of RAM which seems to be plenty. I haven't started playing around with ReadyBoost yet.

By: Nikooo

Nikooo — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:27:51 +0000

Did you guys watch the latest Pogue's video from the New York Times? There's a sarcastic comparison of Vista and OSX :) http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/

By: Retops

Retops — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:51:11 +0000

I really like the look of the Vista running on the little Fujitsu. How much RAM is required in the real world?

By: Tax Man (aka Bill)

Tax Man (aka Bill) — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:17:40 +0000

Intuit sent out an email last week that only QuickBooks 2007 is compatible with Vista. So be prepared to upgrade if you are a QB users, and if you support users with older versions of QB make sure you keep at least one machine running XP.

By: Colin Walker

Colin Walker — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:23:48 +0000

It’s good to see Aero working fully on this device James.

I must admit, the sidebar erally comes in to it’s own on a widescreen display. On a standard 4:3 display I can’t help but feel that it’s getting in the way a bit – even if it actually doesn’t.

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