Re: Buying a Sony laptop -- software on CD?

news wrote:

That's all very well, but what do you do if your machine dies, you attempt to rebuild it with the disks you created, and only then discover that the disks are bad? Does Sony say anything about this?

After the hassle I had with Sony's support a few years back (I had s/ware problems with a camcorder firewire interface) I'd not rely on Sony supporting anything. I'm afraid the Sony Centre where I'd bought the kit was /way/ out of its depth, and yet Sony insisted the problem was the shop's to solve. Not helpful. Between that and the rotten design of the Sony minidisk player I bought last year and the foul-up that constitutes SonicStage, I'd never, ever trust Sony again. They /used/ to be good - 30 years ago :-)

Caveat emptor.

--
Please use the corrected version of the address below for replies.
Replies to the header address will be junked, as will mail from
various domains listed at www.scottsonline.org.uk
Mike Scott Harlow Essex England.(unet -a-t- scottsonline.org.uk)
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Blue ray is PS3s Achilles heal.
    ... Sony is going to be putting ... blue disks? ... If they put all their games on Blu-Ray to start off with, ... you can already purchase DVDs with Windows Media HD ...
    (alt.games.video.xbox)
  • Re: Why Sonys Blu Ray has already lost the format war to HD DVD
    ... I can burn up to 40 minutes of HD-DVD video on conventional DVD-R disks ... The HD-DVD player is half the price of a Sony Blu Ray ... With Blu-Ray, ...
    (rec.video.production)
  • Backing up Sony Vaio w/o Restore Disks
    ... Unfortunately it didn't come with any software restoration disks (as I had ... drive is FAT32 with the OS and Sony goodies on it. ... We have a home network and access to ...
    (comp.sys.laptops)
  • Re: Toshiba to drop HD-DVD - almost official
    ... proper player that can play all BluRays? ... And while I'm sure not a Sony fan, ... I would hope to see a carousel that can play ... library with my software to mount disks, ...
    (alt.tv.tech.hdtv)
  • Re: Reducing music collection space requirements
    ... I have bought 3 Sony CD/DVD ... dust can ever get into the unit to live with your disks. ... WMA lossless or other lossless formats like WAV or raw PCM) are more ... I'm particularly reluctant to entrust my music to computer control. ...
    (rec.audio.tubes)