Comments on: Vista as an instrument of meditation… http://ophion.org/index.php/2008/05/vista-as-an-instrument-of-meditation/ Rafael Ferreira's blog Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:02:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jonathan http://ophion.org/index.php/2008/05/vista-as-an-instrument-of-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Jonathan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://ophion.org:81/blog/?p=22#comment-18 I've installed Vista from scratch many times and never has it taken more than a few minutes to complete the first boot. I'm finding more and more that OEMs are a big reason for Vista's bad press. Just recently I got an HP laptop with Vista preinstalled. It ran ok for the most part, but was sluggish sometimes and had occasional weird glitches. I decided to wipe out HP's preinstalled crap and did a clean, fresh, install from a clean Vista DVD. It worked wonders and it now runs faster and more stable than before. All the crapware that HP loaded is what was causing problems - not Vista. I would not be suprised if it was the same way with Sony in your case. I’ve installed Vista from scratch many times and never has it taken more than a few minutes to complete the first boot. I’m finding more and more that OEMs are a big reason for Vista’s bad press. Just recently I got an HP laptop with Vista preinstalled. It ran ok for the most part, but was sluggish sometimes and had occasional weird glitches. I decided to wipe out HP’s preinstalled crap and did a clean, fresh, install from a clean Vista DVD. It worked wonders and it now runs faster and more stable than before. All the crapware that HP loaded is what was causing problems – not Vista. I would not be suprised if it was the same way with Sony in your case.

]]> By: Foxfire http://ophion.org/index.php/2008/05/vista-as-an-instrument-of-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Foxfire Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://ophion.org:81/blog/?p=22#comment-19 It's very likely that this "check my hardware" was just the installation of Vista from a hidden partition on your drive. Other than that: Do whar Jonathan said. Won't take longer to install it clean from disk than that ;) It’s very likely that this “check my hardware” was just the installation of Vista from a hidden partition on your drive. Other than that: Do whar Jonathan said. Won’t take longer to install it clean from disk than that ;)

]]> By: Sebastien Lambla http://ophion.org/index.php/2008/05/vista-as-an-instrument-of-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Sebastien Lambla Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://ophion.org:81/blog/?p=22#comment-20 Is that a baseline vista or one of the highly customized Sony one? Sony is very well known to install an unimaginable level of crapware on their machines, to the point where they're rendered useless. First thing I do with a sony machine is reinstall a clean copy of the OS without all their "improvements" baked in... Is that a baseline vista or one of the highly customized Sony one?

Sony is very well known to install an unimaginable level of crapware on their machines, to the point where they’re rendered useless.

First thing I do with a sony machine is reinstall a clean copy of the OS without all their “improvements” baked in…

]]> By: Rafael Ferreira http://ophion.org/index.php/2008/05/vista-as-an-instrument-of-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Rafael Ferreira Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://ophion.org:81/blog/?p=22#comment-21 Yeah, after some severe deletion of crapware things are looking better but still, my whole point is about the flawed experience Yeah, after some severe deletion of crapware things are looking better but still, my whole point is about the flawed experience

]]> By: Alan http://ophion.org/index.php/2008/05/vista-as-an-instrument-of-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Alan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://ophion.org:81/blog/?p=22#comment-22 I was roped into helping set up a friends new laptop. I had the exact same experience, the first time i turned it on i had to wait about 30 mins for the whole thing to set itself up before i could do anything. Very irritating, especially since this could have been done by the OEM (mostly). I was roped into helping set up a friends new laptop. I had the exact same experience, the first time i turned it on i had to wait about 30 mins for the whole thing to set itself up before i could do anything. Very irritating, especially since this could have been done by the OEM (mostly).

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