Ubuntu – Would dual-booting Ubuntu 12.04 with Windows 7 work succesfully on a Sony VAIO e series laptop

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Can anyone please tell me if the Sony Vaio E series or any other series (T or S) would work fine with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 in a dual-boot configuration?

I am planning to buy a SONY VAIO E series with following specs:

  • 14'' Premium E series Sony Vaio laptop ( SVE14A15FDS or SVE14A15FDB)
  • 3rd gen Intel® Core™ i5-3210M processor (2.50GHz / 3.10GHz),
  • Intel® HD Graphics 4000
  • Installed Memory : 6GB (4GB x 1 + 2GB x 1)

  • Memory Type/Speed : DDR3 SDRAM, PC3-10600 1333 MHz

  • Storage

    • Storage Capacity : 750 GB2
    • Storage Technology : Serial ATA
    • Storage Type : HDD 5400 rpm

  • Wireless:

    • Bluetooth® Technology : Bluetooth® standard Ver. 4.0 + HS
    • Ethernet Protocol : 1000BASE-T/100BASE-TX/10BASE-T
    • WiDi Ready : Intel® Wireless Display Technology
    • WiFi Adapter : WiFi Adapter : Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 (802.11b/g/n)

Please tell me if the above or any other configurations would work successfully with dual-boot with Sony VAIO 2012 laptops.

Any comments/suggestions are really appreciated.

Best Answer

You can get a feel of how Ubuntu looks like on your system by booting it using Ubuntu live CD or a Bootable USB drive, without making any change to your current Operating System. You can fiddle around with the OS and check if all or most of the drivers are detected correctly. In some cases it is possible that some drivers may not be available but there are work around which may not be very easy to follow for a new user to Linux.

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