I think I already might have mentioned that my pre-installed Windows Home edition on my Sony Vaio notebook is packed with tons little bits of software of which you cannot get rid of. For e.g. one special feature is the bubble which constantly pops up to remind you to register at club Vaio.

Probably this and the rootkit dilemma was just the start. If you look at this nice high quality video over at Akihabara News - Sony Vaio UX50 vs. UX90 you will be surprised.

The screenplay goes like this: Daimaou takes the UX50 with plain Windows XP and its faster and more powerful brother the UX90 with special Sony style Windows XP and compares in realtime the boot time of both. Of course the UX90 must win one might think. But take your time to find out yourself.

My next Notebook definitely will be another brand. Some suggest Panasonic devices. So plain and without annoyance you might wonder what is wrong with the machine. My favourite choice most probably will be Toshiba. So many features out of the box. Devices where the extras don’t cost as much as the device itself (furthermore you don’t have to get them extra… they are just on board from the beginning).

Oh yeah. Not to forget. My dispute with Sony is settled. Online customer support told me that I am allowed to replace the harddisk myself. It does not break any warranty (as long as you don’t destroy anything in a blatant way). You just have to keep the original harddisk. In case of failure of another component you have to put in the original harddisk before sending the notebook in. I guess they just want to reinstall Windows themselves in order to repair any other hardware error.

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