I struggled trying to use Vista on my new Sony Vaio NR110E. When do these stupid companies learn that every user doesnt use all that preloaded software? It made my laptop slow. So slow that I took a decision to install Ubuntu with Dual boot on Vista.
Everything started great.
1) I shrinked the drive space on Vista.
2) Downloaded and burned Ubuntu 7.10
3) Installed Ubuntu
4) Started the OS
5) Next logical step - tried to connect to wireless lan. No luck.
Struggled but in vain. Will post next if I am able to crack the Da Vinci Code.
Edited on Mar 7, 2008: After 3 hours of battle, I could make wi-fi work using the same steps I tried day before yesterday. I am posting this using the WIFI itself. Hurray....
First I tried the steps as in this post. It did not work.
Then switched strategy and used the instructions as in here
My first impressions - Ubuntu is great. I am now really feeling the speed of my 2GB RAM. With Vista, I dont know what it did, always applications were slow. Why do Sony preinstall Quickbooks and Corel Draw on a laptop? Are they crazy!!! Like these two there are 100 different software which I never use in my life all preloaded.
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Sony finally heard our voice. They are soon going to offer Vaio without the Crapware. I got myself Vaio SZ series notebook and managed to remove almost all the Crapware and just when I was feeling proud about it, my lappy dies. I had to load all the Crapware back to get it to work again. :-(
Agreed Krishna. It takes so many years for them to make such simple changes because of the agreements that will have with these companies. (that will make them cheaper)
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