Comments on: The state of Vista on the Fujitsu P1610

By: Martin Tibbitts

Martin Tibbitts — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:29:03 +0000

I installed Vista on my 1610, and in the end went back to XP. Vista simply requires more horsepower and memory than is available on the 1610. Don’t get me wrong, I love Vista for tablets….but you really need 2g of memory or you will be constantly annoyed by the apparent slowness of the system.

Also, readyboost didn’t seem to make much difference…and the 1610′s SD reader is not readyboost compliant. You have to use USB.

I love my 1610, but I really can’t wait for the next version…let’s hope it can run Vista without hickups.

Martin Tibbitts

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:33:46 +0000

Oh, the thing about the 1610 that shook me was the feel of *horsepower* it had. It wasn't my imagination, was it? I opened my blog with all its recent pictures and it was *effortless* on the 1610. Is this the same CPU the Sony UX uses? The UX always felt sluggish to me (ala TBPOSKTM, the 770).

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:31:57 +0000

jk: The 1610 is not much bigger than the Q1. At least that was my impression in person (it was not next to a Q1, however; DataVision doesn’t have any UMPCs — nor was there a Pepper Pad 3 I could see!). Is this so? The DV one was running off AC with the battery *out* (J&R does that too), so I couldn’t tell what its weight was. But I really liked what I experienced. Hmmmm… does it have a stylus? What’s it look like?

By: jk

jk — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:22:41 +0000

Mike, get you a real gadget. And a room. :)

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:17:40 +0000

I hate you, Kendrick!!

I hate hate hate hate you!!

I am tuyping this at DataVision in NYC — on a Fujitsu 1610!

You bloody SOB!!

This is Love!!

Now I know why you dumped the Q1.

So would I.

Drooooooooool!!!

By: David Roberts

David Roberts — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 06:42:57 +0000

JK, I think you'll find that the ResultsManager problem is IE7 related not Vista, the guys at Gyronix have a solution to the problem on their site.

By: James Tenniswood

James Tenniswood — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 06:23:29 +0000

I'm thinking about getting a 1610 but I'm worried vista might be a bit crampt given the 1gb memory limit, how is the memory preformance with office and vista and 1gb? Is there lots of disk curn (I've noticed loads on my 1gb m200)?

By: ActivityOwner

ActivityOwner — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:34:22 +0000

Have you tried unchecking the "Install ResultsMerlin" option during ResultsManager installation? ResultsMerlin is there solely to aid beginners and not needed for routine ResultsManager operation. I've seen ResultsMerlin cause problems on non-admin users and also (I think) some .net issues.

By: jk

jk — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:42:47 +0000

Fernando, yes I do still have that and I do believe it is the Hot Key stuff. As I understand it that is only the on-screen confirmation for the Fn settings adjustment as I mentioned. I have not seen anything else that does not work as a result of this undefined device.

By: Rob Bushway

Rob Bushway — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:10:44 +0000

The lack of bluetooth for me ( i couldn't get it to install and remain stable ), and the autorotate errors were enough for me to go back to xp. I'll wait for the official cd and drivers.

By: Gael

Gael — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:00:17 +0000

We need video!!
We need video!!
We need video!!
We need video!!
We need video!!

By: Fernando

Fernando — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:23:33 +0000

James, do you still have the one "unknown device" in the Device Manager that does not install correctly? I believe it is the Hot Keys utility (Fuj02B1) that won't install? Another question is whether you have been able to connect to the web through your bluetooth phone. Thanks for any pointers and happy holidays!

By: e

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:23:05 +0000