Gordon wrote: > Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > >> -Then you'll have to find those drivers for your hardware (if they >> exist) and install them, > > Actually not so in my experience. MS seems to have tsken a leaf out of > Ubuntu's book. The only driver that did NOT come with Windows 7 for my 2 > y/o Toshiba Satellite was my printer....everything else just....worked! >
Er.. I had it a bit worse. Couldn't get online wirelessly, but when I linked the machine to the wired net, it downloaded drivers for my wifi and sound card. Ubuntu is ahead in drivers out-of-the-box, shame about my audio card not working fully in Ubuntu -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/