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Posted by liu on June 28, 2007, 12:35 pm
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I don't like Vista but the system is preinstalled. I'm disappointed
that a new notebook can be slower than a 2-year old notebook with XP.
In my opinion, the appearance has sacrificed the performance. Although
there are new features (mostly security), OS always figures out a way
to make the hardware speed gain unnoticeable.
The problem I heard is there are no XP drivers. Without all the
drivers, you're limited with functionality. It's hard to believe that
a manufacturer would limit the user in only drivers for one OS. I
wonder if anyone has successfully convert a Vista Sony VAIO to XP?
Also, I would not buy a SONY notebook again. They don't provide you
with an OS installation DVD. All the drivers, OS is located in a
hidden partition that takes up the space from user. If your HD is
broken, how can you recover? How about other manufacturers? Do they do
different?
Thanks for the information,
liu
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Posted by Pen on June 28, 2007, 1:42 pm
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liu wrote:
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> I don't like Vista but the system is preinstalled. I'm disappointed
> that a new notebook can be slower than a 2-year old notebook with XP.
> In my opinion, the appearance has sacrificed the performance. Although
> there are new features (mostly security), OS always figures out a way
> to make the hardware speed gain unnoticeable.
>
> The problem I heard is there are no XP drivers. Without all the
> drivers, you're limited with functionality. It's hard to believe that
> a manufacturer would limit the user in only drivers for one OS. I
> wonder if anyone has successfully convert a Vista Sony VAIO to XP?
>
> Also, I would not buy a SONY notebook again. They don't provide you
> with an OS installation DVD. All the drivers, OS is located in a
> hidden partition that takes up the space from user. If your HD is
> broken, how can you recover? How about other manufacturers? Do they do
> different?
>
> Thanks for the information,
>
> liu
>
I can only speak of Dells, but they do provide the DVDs/CDs for the
operating system and all installed software and the drivers.
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Posted by zack on June 28, 2007, 1:43 pm
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> liu wrote:
>> I don't like Vista but the system is preinstalled. I'm disappointed
>> that a new notebook can be slower than a 2-year old notebook with XP.
>> In my opinion, the appearance has sacrificed the performance. Although
>> there are new features (mostly security), OS always figures out a way
>> to make the hardware speed gain unnoticeable.
>>
>> The problem I heard is there are no XP drivers. Without all the
>> drivers, you're limited with functionality. It's hard to believe that
>> a manufacturer would limit the user in only drivers for one OS. I
>> wonder if anyone has successfully convert a Vista Sony VAIO to XP?
>>
>> Also, I would not buy a SONY notebook again. They don't provide you
>> with an OS installation DVD. All the drivers, OS is located in a
>> hidden partition that takes up the space from user. If your HD is
>> broken, how can you recover? How about other manufacturers? Do they do
>> different?
>>
>> Thanks for the information,
>>
>> liu
>>
> I can only speak of Dells, but they do provide the DVDs/CDs for the
> operating system and all installed software and the drivers.
>
acer also do a backup of cds/dvds & its also
on a hidden partition.
zack.
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Posted by Quaoar on June 29, 2007, 12:46 am
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> I don't like Vista but the system is preinstalled. I'm disappointed
> that a new notebook can be slower than a 2-year old notebook with XP.
> In my opinion, the appearance has sacrificed the performance. Although
> there are new features (mostly security), OS always figures out a way
> to make the hardware speed gain unnoticeable.
>
> The problem I heard is there are no XP drivers. Without all the
> drivers, you're limited with functionality. It's hard to believe that
> a manufacturer would limit the user in only drivers for one OS. I
> wonder if anyone has successfully convert a Vista Sony VAIO to XP?
>
> Also, I would not buy a SONY notebook again. They don't provide you
> with an OS installation DVD. All the drivers, OS is located in a
> hidden partition that takes up the space from user. If your HD is
> broken, how can you recover? How about other manufacturers? Do they do
> different?
>
> Thanks for the information,
>
> liu
>
AFIK, Sony has *always* provided CD or DVD burning capabilities for the
recovery partition.
Perhaps you have not looked.
Q
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Posted by liu on June 29, 2007, 9:00 pm
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> AFIK, Sony has *always* provided CD or DVD burning capabilities for the
> recovery partition.
> Perhaps you have not looked.
I bought it from BestBuy. I looked all over the box right after the
purchase. I ask their tech support too. This is not just me thing.
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> that a new notebook can be slower than a 2-year old notebook with XP.
> In my opinion, the appearance has sacrificed the performance. Although
> there are new features (mostly security), OS always figures out a way
> to make the hardware speed gain unnoticeable.
>
> The problem I heard is there are no XP drivers. Without all the
> drivers, you're limited with functionality. It's hard to believe that
> a manufacturer would limit the user in only drivers for one OS. I
> wonder if anyone has successfully convert a Vista Sony VAIO to XP?
>
> Also, I would not buy a SONY notebook again. They don't provide you
> with an OS installation DVD. All the drivers, OS is located in a
> hidden partition that takes up the space from user. If your HD is
> broken, how can you recover? How about other manufacturers? Do they do
> different?
>
> Thanks for the information,
>
> liu
>