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    Windows 7 on the Sony Vaio

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by blazeboy84, Feb 8, 2009.

  1. blazeboy84

    blazeboy84 Notebook Consultant

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    Hello guys, I have read the forum and seems like a lot of you guys installed windows 7 on your laptops. I only have two simple questions; the first one is whether the beta windows 7 that is available for download more stable than windows vista? (I only use this laptop for hw, and i need it to be quite stable for school). Second, will the Drivers & programms that comes with Sony work on windows 7? Eg. webcams, networking, videocard drivers, Roxio, etc.
     
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    Lt.Glare Notebook Evangelist

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    It's beta. Although it has been reported as the most stable windows beta ever, you can assume it is not as stable as vista. I've had a few issues on my desktop computer, so I haven't installed it on my sony Z. Don't install it as your main OS on your laptop. Besides, the beta will only work for a few months, then you'll have to start all over again with either a retail version of 7, or you'll have to go back to vista. Id' recommend sticking with vista.
     
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