Comments on: Sony VGN-SZ780 Laptop Review http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/2008/06/22/sony-vgn-sz780-laptop-review/ Data Analytics | Cloud Computing | Development Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:46:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: cheap laptop http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/2008/06/22/sony-vgn-sz780-laptop-review/comment-page-1/#comment-7573 cheap laptop Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:08:45 +0000 http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/?p=21#comment-7573 Thank for Sony VGN-SZ780 Laptop Review. i read it. i think it's good review and Intelligible. Thank for Sony VGN-SZ780 Laptop Review. i read it. i think it's good review and Intelligible.

]]> By: Lalit http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/2008/06/22/sony-vgn-sz780-laptop-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2034 Lalit Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:56:43 +0000 http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/?p=21#comment-2034 @Man-E-Faces: You make some very valid points. Yes, I too have removed alot of bloatware on the laptop and have gotten a streamlined version of XP running. I found out that the order in which you install some of sony's drivers is important. I have gotten ubuntu running ontop of my xp machine via coLinux and Xming (for gui). It has turned out to be a nice combo i'd say. @Man-E-Faces: You make some very valid points. Yes, I too have removed alot of bloatware on the laptop and have gotten a streamlined version of XP running. I found out that the order in which you install some of sony’s drivers is important. I have gotten ubuntu running ontop of my xp machine via coLinux and Xming (for gui). It has turned out to be a nice combo i’d say.

]]> By: Man-E-Faces http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/2008/06/22/sony-vgn-sz780-laptop-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2030 Man-E-Faces Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:29:29 +0000 http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/?p=21#comment-2030 typo in my last post. should be ps aux | wc -l typo in my last post. should be ps aux | wc -l

]]> By: Man-E-Faces http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/2008/06/22/sony-vgn-sz780-laptop-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2029 Man-E-Faces Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:26:02 +0000 http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/?p=21#comment-2029 Hating on the Sony SZ780 (built specifically for Vista Business) simply b/c it can't play with other O/S is not a reason for hating Sony. I personally like Sony, b/c the HW in other manuf are crap. You can tell a big diff in the laptop chassis that encasses the motherboard. Its a better built product. Now in terms of drivers sure, its always a pain to get the HW to play with other OSes. By the way, you know you can disable all those unwanted processes that you don't like. I've uninstalled all the bloated software and have it streamlined and my Vista laptop on my SZ780 boots up as fast as my Debian (Lenny) laptop. By the way, if you run Fedora, Suse, or Mandrake, you'll get a crazy amount of processes running. Try ps aux | grep -i wc -l and take your count there. Vista is undoubtedly overweight. No doubt there, but it is customizable so that it is streamlined. It just needs a diet at the hand of the Admin role and ensuring that some processes never run. Hating on the Sony SZ780 (built specifically for Vista Business) simply b/c it can’t play with other O/S is not a reason for hating Sony. I personally like Sony, b/c the HW in other manuf are crap. You can tell a big diff in the laptop chassis that encasses the motherboard. Its a better built product. Now in terms of drivers sure, its always a pain to get the HW to play with other OSes. By the way, you know you can disable all those unwanted processes that you don’t like. I’ve uninstalled all the bloated software and have it streamlined and my Vista laptop on my SZ780 boots up as fast as my Debian (Lenny) laptop. By the way, if you run Fedora, Suse, or Mandrake, you’ll get a crazy amount of processes running. Try ps aux | grep -i wc -l and take your count there. Vista is undoubtedly overweight. No doubt there, but it is customizable so that it is streamlined. It just needs a diet at the hand of the Admin role and ensuring that some processes never run.

]]> By: Lalit Kapoor http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/2008/06/22/sony-vgn-sz780-laptop-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1852 Lalit Kapoor Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:07:12 +0000 http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/?p=21#comment-1852 I have gotten it working, but there are still a few small bugs especially with my bluetooth, perhaps I am doing something wrong there. I will give that another shot. I have gotten it working, but there are still a few small bugs especially with my bluetooth, perhaps I am doing something wrong there. I will give that another shot.

]]> By: Joshua http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/2008/06/22/sony-vgn-sz780-laptop-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1844 Joshua Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:04:54 +0000 http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/?p=21#comment-1844 You must be joking, right? Everything works in SZ-780 in XP 32bit including brightness function et al, been using it for 5 months now and haven't had a single crash. The computer is loaded now with all sorts of programs and it is rock solid. You must be doing something wrong buddy as this is a very fine computer. You must be joking, right?
Everything works in SZ-780 in XP 32bit including brightness function et al, been using it for 5 months now and haven’t had a single crash.
The computer is loaded now with all sorts of programs and it is rock solid.
You must be doing something wrong buddy as this is a very fine computer.

]]> By: Lalit Kapoor http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/2008/06/22/sony-vgn-sz780-laptop-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1788 Lalit Kapoor Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:38:01 +0000 http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/?p=21#comment-1788 The downgrade CD doesn't work. I called Sony, they don't have a downgrade option for this laptop, even though they provide the drivers for XP now (The brightness function keys don't work on XP). The downgrade CD doesn’t work. I called Sony, they don’t have a downgrade option for this laptop, even though they provide the drivers for XP now (The brightness function keys don’t work on XP).

]]> By: Lalit Kapoor http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/2008/06/22/sony-vgn-sz780-laptop-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1750 Lalit Kapoor Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:42:31 +0000 http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/?p=21#comment-1750 also, I forgot to mention, disable the dragLock if you don't like your windows, etc being dragged if you click and move fast. also, I forgot to mention, disable the dragLock if you don’t like your windows, etc being dragged if you click and move fast.

]]> By: Lalit Kapoor http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/2008/06/22/sony-vgn-sz780-laptop-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1749 Lalit Kapoor Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:31:42 +0000 http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/?p=21#comment-1749 A solution to the mouse problem!: found here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=308940 download the dell drivers found here: http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=us&l=en&cs=&k=R196853&cat=sup&x=5&y=10 it will give you even more scrolling options, you can check the touchpad settings to figure out more. it's cool. A solution to the mouse problem!:
found here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=308940

download the dell drivers found here: http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=us&l=en&cs=&k=R196853&cat=sup&x=5&y=10

it will give you even more scrolling options, you can check the touchpad settings to figure out more. it’s cool.

]]> By: Lalit Kapoor http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/2008/06/22/sony-vgn-sz780-laptop-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1748 Lalit Kapoor Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:25:53 +0000 http://www.lalitkapoor.com/blog/?p=21#comment-1748 a new problem: sometimes the mouse moves in the opposite direction (the orientation changes) a new problem: sometimes the mouse moves in the opposite direction (the orientation changes)

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