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Posted by Barrabas on June 8, 2006, 9:06 pm
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> Re: "I was told once that the operating system it comes with is the one
> it's meant to stay with, dual booting notwithstanding. What about all the
> Toshiba applications running, such as power saver and such, what happens
> to those if I upgrade? I'm not supposed to use graphics card driver
> upgrades that aren't on the Toshiba website."
>
> A gross misunderstanding and misinterpretation.
>
> There are two issues that you have mixed up in your understanding.
>
> The first issue is whether or not the operating system that comes on a
> laptop can be move to another computer. The answer is that it can't be
> LEGALLY moved due to licensing restrictions. Legally, that OS is tied to
> that computer forever. Even that, however, does not necessarily that it
> can't actually [physically] be done, although in some cases product
> activation may make activation of such an operating system difficult or
> impossible.
>
> The second issue is whether another OS can be installed on a computer that
> comes with an OS preinstalled, and the answer is an unequivocal yes. A
> laptop is no different than any other computer. You can install any OS
> you want, and for which you can have or can find (or even can write) the
> necessary drivers.
>
> As for applications and drivers that come with (preinstalled on) a laptop:
>
> -Many are unnecessary; in fact, many are even undesireable (people are
> actually writing programs ("decrapifiers") to do wholesale removal of ALL
> such software ("crapware") at once from new laptops with preinstalled
> software.
There is 'Toshiba Assist'. So this is unnecessary then?
The average user is expected to disregard it. If you change power settings,
it is
expected to use this at present.
There isn't really a lot of crap anyway. Norton's is the worst for slowing
the system down.
>
> -The ones that are necessary and/or desireable are generally available
> separately either on CDs that come with the laptop or by download from the
> manufacturer's web site
>
> -It's not absolutely true that you can't/shouldn't ever use non-OEM
> drivers. It is true that in general, you should first use the drivers
> from the OEM's web site where they exist for the hardware and OS to be
> installed. However, there are quite a few times when it's appropriate to
> use a non-OEM driver, including both when you are installing an OS that
> the OEM doesn't support on that hardware at all, and when the OEM fails to
> offer software or driver upgrades that are available elsewhere.
>
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