Thread: Sony laptop question

Just a quick question here, her in doors has got a sony laptop I didn't buy it new but it was only about 6 months old when i did some guy desperate for some mony you know the story.

Right the other week she starts telling me it's playing up and she cannot log in I tell her to take it to the sony shop in central, she phones me up saying they might not be able to fix it, anyway she came home later they managed to fix it I asked how much?

They said that it is not compatible with windows 7 is that true or not is the question.

In english please, thanks

Originally Posted by FarangRed

They said that it is not compatible with windows 7 is that true or not is the question.

How old is it ?

I installed Windows 7 on some ancient desktop

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Are you Windows 7 compatible?

When it says it isn't compatible, it means they won't support it.

In practice, that means when you install Windows it may not find Windows 7 drivers for all of the hardware, but if you search on the manufacturer's site you can most often use the Vista drivers without any problem.

The only problem you might face is if the network drivers aren't there. Then you'll have to download them on another PC and move them over via USB drive or something.

Originally Posted by sabaii sabaii

Originally Posted by FarangRed

They said that it is not compatible with windows 7 is that true or not is the question.

How old is it ?

I installed Windows 7 on some ancient desktop

Lets say just over 1 year

One of our top bods had a brand new top of the range Sony Vaio, and when Windows 7 came out I was very surprised to see they didn't support it.

I think it's a bloody disgrace, they obviously didn't want to do the work because they'd rather people went out and bought a new machine.

We got it working on there anyway, without problem.

Funnily enough I bought a conference phone thingy that worked with XP, and although the vendor promised Vista support once it was released it never came. Their website was flooded with complaints from people who felt they'd been ripped off.

When Win7 came out, I dug it out of the cupboard and plugged it in. Fuck me sideways if it didn't detect a Windows 7 driver, install it and work first time.

Very strange.

^thanks bye the way, thats what they said in the shop it will only work with Vista I thought it was BS when she told me.

I thought she was winding me up for a new laptop she kept talking about a new Mac and her sister has one.

Originally Posted by FarangRed

They said that it is not compatible with windows 7 is that true or not is the question.

They probably can't be bothered in case you have problems afterwards

Take it to Pantip Plaza or Fortune, they will get it working on Windows 7


What model is your Sony Laptop ?