My Notebook Setup

[aliendude012]

Originally Posted by stracing yes i kinda felt the extra software was bogging it down. in the future, if i use the recovery cds, are there options not to install those extra software? all i need is the OS and drivers.

i dont remember what it was like with our Vaio(desktop), but with my dell laptop, and every dell i've ever unpacked/setup, they come with one disk for OS reinstall, one disk for drivers and diagnostics, and seperate other disks for all their bullshit addons. dell does it nicely, I think Sony did it like that too, but I really dont remember.


and beware, first thing i did when i got my laptop was wipe it out to get rid of the crapware, and more importantly destroy XP Home, and install XP Pro. i went to reinstall the drivers and found that the CD didnt come with a driver for the NIC. lovely. no nic, no connection to the internet. i used my other computer to grab the driver, and wouldnt you know it, the file is bigger than a floppy, besides i didnt get a floppy drive with it anyways. fun, huh? :roll:

[oscargarza88]

Originally Posted by stracing also remember the exchange rate is pretty good for ppl outside of US thats why it seems very pricey. and yes the price included everything in the pic except the speakers

but u said that just the laptop cost $4500AU , and then alien said is was $3155.88 USD, so is this price just 4 the lap or 4 the lap and monitor? :roll:

[aliendude012]

read it, man. he said that he got all the stuff in Hong Kong 'cause it was cheaper. $4200 AUD for the whole shabang. He mentions that the laptop alone would have been $4500 back in Sydney(or wherever in Oz, sorry), for comparison purposes. I gave the exchange rate for the $4200 he paid for everything in HK. Considering what he got, its not that bad a price. See now?

[oscargarza88]

Originally Posted by aliendude012 read it, man. he said that he got all the stuff in Hong Kong 'cause it was cheaper. $4200 AUD for the whole shabang. He mentions that the laptop alone would have been $4500 back in Sydney(or wherever in Oz, sorry), for comparison purposes. I gave the exchange rate for the $4200 he paid for everything in HK. Considering what he got, its not that bad a price. See now?

yea got it sorry