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As I can only speak medium Jap. and writing is a secret to me (only Katakana, Hiragana and some Kanji-Essentials) Mister Kohno offered me a discount on the Vista-Ultimate-Upgrade and was willing to switch it to German after the Upgrade.
So when the comuter reached the store, I had to buy a Anytime-Upgrade-license and Mister Kohno and I started the installation. After conversion to German, I had a German Vista-Ultimate, with some Japanese Applications and tons of Addware from Vaio-Computers. I took it home and finished my job in Japan.
Here I'd like to describe the TZ:
Its literally spoken "ultraportable". Its very small, but just on the edge, still very operationable. It's ultra lightweight and seems to be very durable. All peripherals worked and most of the applications could be switched to German or English, except the Tuner. But nevertheless, I got used to it. Some Kanji are kind of self-explaining and many words like "sa-he" (safe) or "Ko-N-Pi-Yu-Ta" (written in Katakana) are lovely Jap-Style-details, that make my Computer to MY Computer.
Returning to Germany, I found that
Sony had already sent me the DVD and as I got used to Vista meanwhile I backuped my data, burned a "recovery-DVD", and tried reinstalling the OS.
1.: The SN on my laptop is not valid for German DVDs
2.: The "recovered" Vista rejects cooperation with the German AU-DVD
3.: The Tuner-Driver rejects installation under German Vista
4.: SONY speeks itself free from any responsibility for delivering the wrong DVD.
5.: VAIO Germany can not and in no future time serve me a Japanese DVD
6.: "Miste' Kohno" is very sorry for all that mess, ("gomen nasai") but can't change anything about it... especially NOT testify how it came to this dog's breakfast!
So I decided to visit Miste' Kohno next time I'm in Japan and show him my 64-legs-Chip-removal-forceps... and to continue with this interim-state (German Business-license) before I get hands on a Japanese Anytime-Upgrade-DVD.
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