topic AR61M frustrations in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/ar61m-frustrations/m-p/66119#M61919 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>OK, so I know all the following is my own fault for not researching every last detail before purchasing, but it's still annoying that such obvious things are missing from a modern £850 laptop.<BR />No Bluetooth! How can Sony possibly justify not including bluetooth on a laptop these days?<BR />No TPM. Run Bitlocker and then it tells me no TPM! No way am I pratting around with a USB key every boot! Again, why is such a basic item missing?<BR /><BR />Anyone managed to get BluRay to play via HDMI yet? I get a message telling me my driver needs updating when using PowerDVD. I haven't got the WinDVD BD shipped with the Vaio because I can't get it off the recovery disks.<BR /><BR />Combined with all the useless software installed by default (I trashed it and started again as soon as I got it) really has put me off ever buying another Vaio.<BR /><BR />Small whinge over with <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:32:08 GMT OffColour 2008-04-13T12:32:08Z AR61M frustrations https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/ar61m-frustrations/m-p/66119#M61919 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>OK, so I know all the following is my own fault for not researching every last detail before purchasing, but it's still annoying that such obvious things are missing from a modern £850 laptop.<BR />No Bluetooth! How can Sony possibly justify not including bluetooth on a laptop these days?<BR />No TPM. Run Bitlocker and then it tells me no TPM! No way am I pratting around with a USB key every boot! Again, why is such a basic item missing?<BR /><BR />Anyone managed to get BluRay to play via HDMI yet? I get a message telling me my driver needs updating when using PowerDVD. I haven't got the WinDVD BD shipped with the Vaio because I can't get it off the recovery disks.<BR /><BR />Combined with all the useless software installed by default (I trashed it and started again as soon as I got it) really has put me off ever buying another Vaio.<BR /><BR />Small whinge over with <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:32:08 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/ar61m-frustrations/m-p/66119#M61919 OffColour 2008-04-13T12:32:08Z