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WHAT!? I bought an AR11S before 26th October and cannot get Vista upgrade?

emitrom — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:24:25 GMT

WHAT!? I bought an AR11S before 26th October and cannot get Vista upgrade?

Please tell me I am wrong!

I would expect from June this year not from only 1 month ago!

And if you are supporting the AR21S why not the AR11S which has only been out 2 months longer? And do we get sent the driver disc or do we have to order it?

If this is true; this is way out of line Sony.

Re: WHAT!? I bought an AR11S before 26th October and cannot get Vista upgrade?

Twisted-Rizla — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:36:53 GMT

Hi

Welcome to the forum

You'll be able to download the drivers from Vaio-Link when Vista goes live to the public.

Edit to add: Not sure about your machine though.

Re: WHAT!? I bought an AR11S before 26th October and cannot get Vista upgrade?

robpaxton — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:03:04 GMT

The Vista upgrade is a Microsoft initiative isn't it? It was started to try to avoid the potential downturn in PC sales (and therefore os sales) because of people waiting for Microsofts new o/s.

AFAIK, all manufacturers have the same cutoff date for the offer (if they are participating).

I would expect that the driver updates for the 11S will be in the first or second wave of releases - was the 11S sold as Vista compatible/capable?

Re: WHAT!? I bought an AR11S before 26th October and cannot get Vista upgrade?

apierc1 — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:29:34 GMT

Nah, better off without it

Re: WHAT!? I bought an AR11S before 26th October and cannot get Vista upgrade?

emitrom — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:24:25 GMT

The Vista upgrade is a Microsoft initiative isn't it?  It was started to try to avoid the potential downturn in PC sales (and therefore os sales) because of people waiting for Microsofts new o/s.

AFAIK, all manufacturers have the same cutoff date for the offer (if they are participating).

I would expect that the driver updates for the 11S will be in the first or second wave of releases - was the 11S sold as Vista compatible/capable?

Yes it was sold a capable with a sticker on it.

My main annoyane is that Sony are offering the upgrade on the AR21S and say drivers will be available when the mahcine I bought is only 2 months older ( barely ). Which is absolutely mad.

As far as I can tell the 21S only difference is a faster processor and more memory. THe rest of the spec is exactly the same.

Re: WHAT!? I bought an AR11S before 26th October and cannot get Vista upgrade?

emitrom — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:26:14 GMT

Hi

Welcome to the forum

You'll be able to download the drivers from Vaio-Link when Vista goes live to the public.

Edit to add: Not sure about your machine though.

Thanks and hello!

As per my previous reply, as a driver DVD is going to be available for the 21S it should work with the 11S as its the same hardware apart from memory and processor.

Re: WHAT!? I bought an AR11S before 26th October and cannot get Vista upgrade?

emitrom — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:27:19 GMT

Nah, better off without it

Possibly, but it would have been nice to have the choice on a laptop that is only 2-3 months old!

Re: WHAT!? I bought an AR11S before 26th October and cannot get Vista upgrade?

robpaxton — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:29:39 GMT

There is a good chance that the drivers for the 21S will work with the 11S anyway . . . .

Re: WHAT!? I bought an AR11S before 26th October and cannot get Vista upgrade?

kee-lo_ — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:40:45 GMT

As Rob has correctly pointed out, this isn't Sony's fault, if you want to have a go at someone have a go at MS (why not they deserve a good moan), not Sony.

Also TR pointed out the new drivers and utilities will be online - that's right, but not until the official release of Microsoft Windows Vista.

Re: WHAT!? I bought an AR11S before 26th October and cannot get Vista upgrade?

apierc1 — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:50:02 GMT

Microsoft dropped a lot of the advanced stuff from Vista as it was causing continual delays, I advised my mum to wait for a new PC until after 2006 as last I heard Vista should be standard OS for new Systems some time in January, but I wouldn't bother upgrading to Vista from XP, computers general lifespan is too short, although you can upgrade desktops but I'm not sure it would be worth it..

Re: WHAT!? I bought an AR11S before 26th October and cannot get Vista upgrade?

Thalamus. — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:31:22 GMT

I advised my mum to wait for a new PC until after 2006 as last I heard Vista should be standard OS for new Systems some time in January,

Andy, the release may be a little later, Microsoft spokesman stated Vista would be shipped "when it is available".

Re: WHAT!? I bought an AR11S before 26th October and cannot get Vista upgrade?

wheresmybeaver — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 11:42:41 GMT

Hey guys, just to confirm, Vista will start appearing on Vaios from about February on? Or March perhaps?

I notice from the Vaio Vista page at http://vista.vaio-link.com/vaiovista.html?lang=en that the "express upgrade" would allow you to upgrade from XP Media Centre edition to Vista Home Premium for free. No mention of Vista Ultimate tho?

Re: WHAT!? I bought an AR11S before 26th October and cannot get Vista upgrade?

kee-lo_ — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 12:21:15 GMT

I think you would have to pay for Ultimate.

As you say, they should start cropping up in February