Hi
I am wanting to buy a Sony Vaio laptop from here in Korea. As you may know, in Korea you can get a TZ 25/L, which is the same as most TZ's except it has the celeron M processor and hence is 25% cheaper than its core duo cousins.
The operating system is vista home premium and it is the Korean version.
The people at Sony told me that if I format the hard drive and install English vista there "maybe" driver problems.
They won't say for sure, except to say they wouldn't do it and won't support it.
To me, a relative noob, I can't understand how drivers, which control hardware, could be a problem when changing the operating system in such a way.
I have changed many desktop computers from Korean to English via a fresh install and never had a problem.
I suspect the Korean Sony people are just not interested in supporting me and giving me a fob off.
So, I am really stuck. Please help! What are your thoughts?
Thanks, I really appreciate your time.
I am wanting to buy a Sony Vaio laptop from here in Korea. As you may know, in Korea you can get a TZ 25/L, which is the same as most TZ's except it has the celeron M processor and hence is 25% cheaper than its core duo cousins.
The operating system is vista home premium and it is the Korean version.
The people at Sony told me that if I format the hard drive and install English vista there "maybe" driver problems.
They won't say for sure, except to say they wouldn't do it and won't support it.
To me, a relative noob, I can't understand how drivers, which control hardware, could be a problem when changing the operating system in such a way.
I have changed many desktop computers from Korean to English via a fresh install and never had a problem.
I suspect the Korean Sony people are just not interested in supporting me and giving me a fob off.
So, I am really stuck. Please help! What are your thoughts?
Thanks, I really appreciate your time.
