I have never owned a laptop. This is the first time i am going to buy one. I don't know the details about installing another OS apart from what comes with it.
I am going to buy a new Sony VAIO E Series laptop. I hate the Windows 7 Home Basic that comes with it. I want to install Windows 7 Ultimate. I heard someone recommend dell instead of vaio because of issues with updates to drivers for sony laptops, when new OS arrives. I want to install Win7 Ultimate. Can I do it on a sony vaio e series laptop?
Best Answer
You shouldn't have a problem with drivers or anything else since your laptop originally came with Windows 7. The same drivers will be used for Windows 7 Home Basic and Windows 7 Ultimate (and all versions of Windows 7 for that matter). You will be able to simply download the drivers from Sony and install them on your new OS. If Sony is being a b**** about their drivers (which is possible) then it is always possible to unzip them from their installer package and install them manually. I do recall doing that more than once on my Vaio desktop when I installed a retail version of XP versus the OEM version it came with.
In summary any issues you might have installing Windows Ultimate are minimal and can easily be worked through.
On a side note I haven't seen any major usage differences between Windows 7 Home Basic and Windows 7 and any other version of Windows 7. If you looking for more features such as Media Center, BitLocker, etc., then upgrading might be a good idea. If you simply hate the look and feel of Windows 7 Home Basic then I wouldn't bother upgrading.