Sony Vaio

[Cricketman]

How are Vaios?
I actually have a pretty good deal for one right now - 3GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor @ 2.0Ghz - for about $700. My desktop *finally* conked off after 8 years of use and abuse, and a day later my crappy $450-Thanksgiving deal special-Compaq laptop literally blew up.

So i'm looking for something to replace them both. I've knocked it down to the The Vaio because the specs are awesome and Sony is a pretty good name. I won't by another HP/Compaq after the explosion and horrible service I got, I swear the thing didn't last more then a month off warantee. My dad doesn't want to buy a Dell for some reason. We don't want a Mac as it isn't in our price range, looking for something that's $850 tops.

I've read some reviews of the Vaio and they havn't been as good as I'd hoped. Can anyone chime in with an opinion?

 

[Precambrian]

How are Vaios?
I actually have a pretty good deal for one right now - 3GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor @ 2.0Ghz - for about $700. My desktop *finally* conked off after 8 years of use and abuse, and a day later my crappy $450-Thanksgiving deal special-Compaq laptop literally blew up.

So i'm looking for something to replace them both. I've knocked it down to the The Vaio because the specs are awesome and Sony is a pretty good name. I won't by another HP/Compaq after the explosion and horrible service I got, I swear the thing didn't last more then a month off warantee. My dad doesn't want to buy a Dell for some reason. We don't want a Mac as it isn't in our price range, looking for something that's $850 tops.

I've read some reviews of the Vaio and they havn't been as good as I'd hoped. Can anyone chime in with an opinion?

Mine's Vaio. Pretty cool.

 

[Cricketman]

Which model do you have? I'm looking into the CS290.

Btw, how is the customer service?

 

[Harrypotter_fan]

My friend has a Dell laptop and it works great. But as your dad doesn't want it ... Have you checked Lenovo? I've heard that Vaios aren't great BTW.

I don't know about laptops but my old HP PC (about 12 years old) is still working without a problem.

 

[Cricketman]

Picked up a Vaio FW from Best Buy.

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor at 2.16GHZ
250GB Hard Drive
4GB Ram
Windows Vista Home Premium
16.4 Inch High Def display, 1080p resolution.

at $700, that's a steal.

Havn't opened it yet, will tomorrow. Inaugurate it on Obama's inauguration day.

 

[Abhas]

Sounds Cool !! looks quite good as well

I hope the windows is 64bit.. You don't want to lose out on 1 gb ram if you are using a 32 bit OS.

 

[Cricketman]

Yep 64 bit OS