Comments on: VAIO P XP install

By: todd

todd — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:02:00 +0000

why dont you all quit bitchin and get this raggedy assed “lifestyle” unit working.

By: jenna

jenna — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:52:34 +0000

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By: Jeff Arbor

Jeff Arbor — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:17:15 +0000

We saw something like this in our corner of Michigan recently.

Can’t wait all these XP systems to start needing upgrades.

Thanks for the post.

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megan fox — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:40:19 +0000

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By: richard

richard — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:19:42 +0000

“Vista is way better than XP. Just keep Vista.”

Terrific Troll, would rage again A++++++!!

I have the Vaio P – runs Ubuntu really well, faster than Vista and everything works except brightness controls, zoom control and suspend/hibernate…. I use it to take notes at uni. Wifi works perfectly, my USB 3G key works perfectly…. IMO, this piece of hardware would be perfect if it just shipped with Linux. Oh, and if it didn’t have the accursed GMA500 Poulsbo graphics which still don’t have stable 3D support…. grrrrrrrrrr.

By: Lolwjat

Lolwjat — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:38:45 +0000

“Vista is way better than XP. Just keep Vista.”

Obvious troll is obvious. 1/10

By: Free Bullets

Free Bullets — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:18:57 +0000

Vista is way better than XP. Just keep Vista.

By: Simon C. Ion

Simon C. Ion — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:24:07 +0000

@nubie

Try running
xrandr –help
in a terminal.
If you have a KDE installation, try running krandrtray

By: Narf

Narf — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:57:02 +0000

Wah Wah its not Linux. Wah Wah its not open source. Wah Wah its a sony product. Wah Wah its proprietary.

By: tnkgrl

tnkgrl — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:08:44 +0000

@theevocater you have no idea what you are talking about…

Sony does not support XP on the VAIO P – it’s not just a matter of installing drivers. For one thing, the Vista drivers don’t work with XP out of the box.

Most of it is trivial, but getting the WWAN and GPS radios working was tricky, because the radios are powered off by default and don’t even appear in the device manager!

There’s a lot more to it then just using Universal Extractor – including lots of trial and error and some registry hacking.

As for linux, I like Ubuntu a lot and use it on older systems. On newer systems (especially notebooks) , I prefer to use Windows XP because driver availability.

There’s some custom Sony hardware in the VAIO P – it’s not just another netbook based on a reference Atom motherboard design.

By: osathiest

osathiest — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:08:03 +0000

It has linux built in already via the xross quick boot stuff. I’d be more interested in seeing someone do something with that than the Windows install. I want a 5-second-boot snoop box/wardriver that can reboot clean into windows to prove to the cops I’m not up to anything sneaky.

By: n00bhunter

n00bhunter — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:52:46 +0000

@andBeans
sshhhh.. (we have to do it quietly :p)

By: andBeans

andBeans — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:13:40 +0000

@n00bhunter:
You are quite the master baiter. ;)

@theevocater:
No, I already ate all the cookies. >:)

By: Som3one

Som3one — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:05:34 +0000

I would be happy if there are drivers for XP available. Insted they even try to intall M$ Vi$ta. Why to use a slower shittier and even more bloated OS if the better one already runs on it.

Why don’t they dejunk and reprogramm XP. Instead the bloat it.

Anyway Linux is already better than Win, so I stop complaining now.