Re: That nice Sony company

On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 09:27:39 +0100, martin griffith
<martingriffith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Wed, 02 Nov 2005 20:26:29 -0800, in sci.electronics.design John
>Larkin <jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 18:22:59 -0800, "Joel Kolstad"
>><JKolstad71HatesSpam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> Makes you think twice or so about buying a Vaio laptop. What
>>>> terrifying stealth crap might they load on them?
>>>
>>>All the new VAIOs do come with a service pre-installed that spends its life
>>>sitting around querying the battery ever now and then and -- if a non-Sony
>>>battery is detected -- forces the laptop into hibernation after telling you
>>>that only Sony brand batteries are supported!
>>>
>>>Happily, the service that does this easy to remove... but still, it's annoying
>>>that you're sucking up memory and CPU time to run a program that's only ever
>>>going to make your VAIO less usable than it otherwise would be!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Hey, I have a newish Vaio, and the replacement battery from Sony is
>>about $300. What's the thing I should remove?
>>
>>John
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>
>martin


What's that all about?

John

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