Official Sony SB/SA/SC/SD Series Owners' Thread

[xinhang]

i would go with the i7 if it is the quad core version. SSD can be upgraded later but the CPU is soldered in.

[Runordie]

Thanks for the replies everyone!

I am planning on buying an SSD and I was wondering if a good way to get everything onto my SSD is if I just make an system image.

Like I will swap my current HDD with the SSD and then use the System Image I created from my external HDD...Is that the best option for me considering I buy an large enough SSD?

Thanks in advance!!

[martino]

i would go with the i7 if it is the quad core version. SSD can be upgraded later but the CPU is soldered in.

It's a dual-core version.

Still, the i7 has a higher clock speed and more cache. If you're a casual user then it probably won't make a difference, but if you do image/video processing or programming then you will see a difference.

[Crotia]

Thanks for the replies everyone!

I am planning on buying an SSD and I was wondering if a good way to get everything onto my SSD is if I just make an system image.

Like I will swap my current HDD with the SSD and then use the System Image I created from my external HDD...Is that the best option for me considering I buy an large enough SSD?

Thanks in advance!!

I know a lot of people have done the imaging to the SSD. Personally, I just reinstalled a fresh version of windows and installed the drivers - theres a guide on how to do it on the first post. You could also reinstall windows using the recovery CDs if you wanted to.

[ptrkhh]

Thanks for the replies everyone!

I am planning on buying an SSD and I was wondering if a good way to get everything onto my SSD is if I just make an system image.

Like I will swap my current HDD with the SSD and then use the System Image I created from my external HDD...Is that the best option for me considering I buy an large enough SSD?

Thanks in advance!!

I would prefer to reinstall from Recovery image. Therefore, your SA will be optimized for SSD since the first boot.
I'm just too lazy to install all the drivers from a clean Windows.

It's a dual-core version.

Still, the i7 has a higher clock speed and more cache. If you're a casual user then it probably won't make a difference, but if you do image/video processing or programming then you will see a difference.

Never tried, but 0.1 or 0.2 GHz is less than 10%, so I think it won't be much difference in real use.

Also, if someone can send me that ALPs driver from TPB i would appreciate it. I don't think there are any more seeders (not downloading at all).

I'm seeding it now

Hey everyone, I was wondering, what is better spent?

And i7 processor or an SSD?

I don't game often on an PC as I have an PS3 but I do use Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash etc...

I would rather pick the i7, and buy a third-party SSD because it is much cheaper than the Sony pricing.
Or... save the money and buy larger third-party SSD for the same price.

I'm having trouble using the drivers. They install fine, but in the mouse settings in the control panel I don't see any touchpad options to configure. Any ideas??

Try uninstalling all the Alps drivers (on Control Panel) and reinstall it.

[martino]

Never tried, but 0.1 or 0.2 GHz is less than 10%, so I think it won't be much difference in real use.

Well, that's exactly because you've not tried. When you have to wait for long operations to finish, even a few seconds or minutes shaved off make a difference to productivity. And the clock speed is not the only factor that makes a difference, there's other differences in the architectures.

As has been said before, the chip is soldered in so what you get is what you'll be stuck with. The HDD/SSD is another story though as you can always upgrade it, so it makes more sense to buy a model with a better CPU if you can afford it.

[Nothingtown]

I went with the i7 and HDD SA simply because CPU can't be upgraded later. A few weeks after I got my SA I bought an SSD for it.

[Crotia]

Its weird, when I install the HP Alps touchpad drivers, it shows the alps logo in the mouse properties but there isn't any configurable option for multitouch or etc. =/

[Encephalartos]

Wonder if anyone can help me? I have recently flashed by SA4 with modified version of R2085H4 Bios and every seems to work fine except still not sata 3 speeds (not really bothered to much about that now though). But my system fans seem to be acting a bit strange (I have not changed anything) what I want to do is downgrade back to Sony official R2085H4 bios. When I download the update from Sony it says my bios is current. How do I downgrade to the official sony one with messing up my system?
James

[baydigital]

Its weird, when I install the HP Alps touchpad drivers, it shows the alps logo in the mouse properties but there isn't any configurable option for multitouch or etc. =/

I experienced the same driver issues you are describing when I had loaded multiple drivers on top of one another. If you do a clean install and only load the modified HP driver you should not experience any of these problems you're describing - (unless the SA4 got new hardware somehow?) A few people have been describing installation issues and I believe they are related to incompatibly between the Sony, Dell, and HP drivers.

I just did a clean install on my SA3 last night to retest the driver and the modified HP driver worked flawlessly OOB. Just had to go into control panel and check boxes for my preference of circular scrolling and zoom under the "Gestures" Tab. Under the "Multitouch Gestures" tab Flick navigation, Enable Pan Scrolling (2 finger), and Enable Pinch Zoom are already checked. The option for Enable Pivot Rotation will show but will be unchecked by default.