Re: Ha. Low end ethernet routers

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:04:53 GMT, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hello Jim,
>
>>>The last three PC's I've purchased were delivered without OS and I did
>>>the installing.
>>>
>
>On laptops they usually don't let you do this. Some of the HW in there
>isn't as generic as it is for desktops.

Yep, I had some problems with my Sony Vaio.

>So if you wipe them and install
>you own stuff chances are that the CD drive won't work or the display
>might not wake up anymore.

I had to get nasty with Sony "support" to get everything working.
Apparently I wasn't the only one bitching... they finally put up all
the drivers on their web site.

>That would be a real bummer. At least you'd
>have to disassemble the whole thing to see what's in there. Dell is
>pretty good in that you can get that kind of information via their help
>files but for some other laptops that's not the case.
>
>
>>>I'm always slow to upgrade... I had trouble leaving WFWG3.11 ;-)
>>>
>
>Same here. If it does what you need it to do, why upgrade?
>>
>>
>> After I hit "Send" I remembered that the only fully successful OS
>> "upgrades" I've done were completely clean installs... not "upgrades"
>> at all.
>>
>
>I have never upgraded an OS except once for DOS. Chances are, I never will.
>
>Regards, Joerg
>
>http://www.analogconsultants.com


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