Upgrade Fujitsu tablet PC to Vista
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From: Rainald Taesler on 7 May 2008 17:36 Rich Raffenetti wrote: > Has anyone tried upgrading a Fujitsu tablet PC to Vista? Fujitsu > doesn't provide support for upgrading but I wonder if Microsoft has > included drivers in Vista which would support some/all of the > Fujitsu tablet devices. It's almost the same situation with *all* manufacturers as far as "older" TabletPCs are concerned. But it might be done with enough time for experiments and a lot if trial & error (and heavy usage of system recovery). > I'm currently weaning myself from my T4010 tablet in favor of > another desktop PC and will soon be in a position to either rebuild > the XP Tablet with the support disks or install or upgrade to > Vista. I'm wondering if trying Vista would be at all fruitful or > an exercise in frustration. I was more then skeptical as to doing it with my good old HP tc1100. No drivers at all offered by HP. But it came out to be a full success in the end. The key to the success was a fantastic write-up "HP/TC1100/Windows Vista Installation Notes" by W Newquay http://mobilepcwiki.com/mpc/index.php?title=HP/TC1100/Windows_Vista_Installation_Notes#_note-2 The references there were helpful too. My tc1100 now does everything it should (no Aero, naturally, but I don't need that), there are only some issues with some Bluetooth services remaining. And the result IMO was well worth the work. I just think: If it can be done with a HP, why not with a Fujitsu? I'd suggest that you'd carefully go through the said article (and the other source referenced there) and then try things in a parallel way. All the best Rainald
From: rrod on 10 May 2008 02:35 I have the same fujitsu t4010 and i had Vista home prem it sucked i went back to xp "Rainald Taesler" wrote: > Rich Raffenetti wrote: > > > Has anyone tried upgrading a Fujitsu tablet PC to Vista? Fujitsu > > doesn't provide support for upgrading but I wonder if Microsoft has > > included drivers in Vista which would support some/all of the > > Fujitsu tablet devices. > > It's almost the same situation with *all* manufacturers as far as > "older" TabletPCs are concerned. > But it might be done with enough time for experiments and a lot if trial > & error (and heavy usage of system recovery). > > > I'm currently weaning myself from my T4010 tablet in favor of > > another desktop PC and will soon be in a position to either rebuild > > the XP Tablet with the support disks or install or upgrade to > > Vista. I'm wondering if trying Vista would be at all fruitful or > > an exercise in frustration. > > I was more then skeptical as to doing it with my good old HP tc1100. No > drivers at all offered by HP. But it came out to be a full success in > the end. > The key to the success was a fantastic write-up "HP/TC1100/Windows Vista > Installation Notes" by W Newquay > http://mobilepcwiki.com/mpc/index.php?title=HP/TC1100/Windows_Vista_Installation_Notes#_note-2 > The references there were helpful too. > My tc1100 now does everything it should (no Aero, naturally, but I don't > need that), there are only some issues with some Bluetooth services > remaining. > > And the result IMO was well worth the work. > > I just think: If it can be done with a HP, why not with a Fujitsu? > I'd suggest that you'd carefully go through the said article (and the > other source referenced there) and then try things in a parallel way. > > All the best > Rainald > >
From: J Ray Nightcrawler on 15 May 2008 11:16 Rich, I am writing you now from an upgraded Fujitsu T4010D and it works great. Running Vista Business! Sven was right in the fact that there are a few missing drivers (duh) that won't allow it to automatically rotate the screen and some other input buttons (which I didn't use anyway). Not sure what rrod was referring to because his post was so vague, but it doesn't suck at all and many people just complain about 3rd party drivers and blame Microsoft. Dumb. Things to consider: I have 1.5gb RAM, new 120HD (not required), and the graphics will not allow Aero Experience. Overall, I am very happy with the upgrade! Why spend life in the past when the future is here :) Hope this helps! PS. Let me know if you want to rid yourself of the Tablet! I love em! "Rich Raffenetti" wrote: > Has anyone tried upgrading a Fujitsu tablet PC to Vista? Fujitsu doesn't > provide support for upgrading but I wonder if Microsoft has included drivers > in Vista which would support some/all of the Fujitsu tablet devices. > > I'm currently weaning myself from my T4010 tablet in favor of another > desktop PC and will soon be in a position to either rebuild the XP Tablet > with the support disks or install or upgrade to Vista. I'm wondering if > trying Vista would be at all fruitful or an exercise in frustration. > > >
From: Rainald Taesler on 2 Jun 2008 17:12
J Ray Nightcrawler schrieb: > Rich, I am writing you now from an upgraded Fujitsu T4010D and it > works great. Running Vista Business! Good news! > Sven was right in the fact that there are a few missing drivers > (duh) that won't allow it to automatically rotate the screen and > some other input buttons (which I didn't use anyway). I got all of this functionaltity ib my HP tc1100 by installing the XP-drivers (installing the drivers *manually* and taking care of "compatibility mode"). Things may be different with Fujitsu, but IMHO it be worth testing things step by step. Rainald |