SONY VAIO P – Ubuntu 9.04’s problems and how to solve them

Many people, like me, love to dual-boot. Until now, I ran Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 on my VAIO, but being a Linux geek, I could not stop myself in installing Ubuntu. I went for the Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop edition this time as I thought that VAIO P has extra-ordinary resolution and Desktop edition might just fit the bill right. Boy, was I wrong!

Click on read more to know how to get the VAIO P run at its native resolution (1600×768)

How to view full screen Youtube videos on Acer Aspire 751H?

It is not an unknown fact that the Aspire 751h chokes even while performing some light weight tasks like watching a basic youtube video. However, if you use Vista or Windows 7, you can upgrade the graphic drivers for the Intel GMA 500 that will enable to view not only the basic Youtube videos smoothly, but also HD content and that too in HD!

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Click on read more to find out how to play Youtube videos smoothly on the Aspire 751H!

SONY indirectly admits poor performance of VAIO P, now offering Windows XP as an option

We posted an article “Top 10 reasons you should NOT get a SONY VAIO P” nearly a month back and it received a lot of heat from the people. We concentrated on the fact that even a $300 netbook can outperform a VAIO P any day in any kind of task and asking $1000 for such a poorly performing product is just not justifiable.

The main culprit behind its poor performance is the big and bulky Windows Vista OS. Some people suggested us to install Windows 7, but we won’t do that. Reason? We can not recommend BETA software or a software which is still in its RC stage to the users. Now, it seems that someone at SONY has finally used a VAIO P and has realized how pathetic its performance actually is. SONY has now finally announced the availability of a new VAIO P model, P50, which will be come with a much lighter Windows XP OS instead of Windows Vista.

This also means a great news for the rest of VAIO P community as the users running Vista will be able to get access to the Windows XP drivers. Windows XP will surely make everything more usable and stable on the VAIO P.

Verizon Wireless Netbook reviewed – HP Mini 1151NR

Folks at infosync have done a review of the recently released, HP Mini 1151NR. This is the same netbook, which was last week released by Verizon Wireless. The netbook has very impressive looks. Also, the since it has a pretty wide keyboard, it is a joy to type onto it. Verizon Wireless was also smart to add a Qualcomm Gobi chipset, which lets the netbook work on Verizon’s fast EV-DO Rev.

Skype performed without any problems and did not show any sluggishness in the tests. Well, there are not going to be many problems especially, if you are on a XP machine. Had they gone for Vista, I am sure we would have heard a lot of complains from the users about its ‘poor performance’.

The only minus point to me is its resolution, which is 576 pixels in height. This can lead to problems like dialog boxes not being able to fully fit inside the screen. This is the same problem that I used to face on my old EEE 701, which had just 480 pixels in height. Some users will also complain about the position of the left and right click buttons. These buttons are on the sides of the trackpad instead of being at its bottom. Battery life is also nothing to talk home about: somewhere between 2-3 hours.

Overall: An average netbook