Okay, finally got past the issues in my previous post. How? By buying from another seller. Cost me an extra 75$ but ah well, at least the laptop’s on the way!
So, what’d I get?
Here’s the Sony page on it.
As always, here’s some logic behidn what I was looking for.
First, I wanted a computer with enough power to run Vista when it comes out. So a dual core was a must. 2GB of RAM was must (in this case I’ll upgrade it as soon as it gets here).
Beyond that, I was looking for some key features:
- EVDO / EDGE integration: I travel so much, that the laptop’ll practically pay for itself in not paying airport and hotel WiFi fees
- Decent graphics card: I don’t game a lot, but I wanted the option. In fact, this laptop has both a graphics card AND an onboard one. So I can use the onboard one (to save power) when I’m not gaming.
- DVD burner
- Under 5 pounds
- camera
- finger print scanner
- 100GB+ HDD
And all for under 2500$ (all in (shipping and taxes)). The problem is that while I’m partial to Vaio’s, I couldn’t actaully find a system out there that met these requirements outside of the SZ series from Sony. I looked. Several Future Shop, Best Buy’s, Staples later. Nada.
Once I get the laptop I’ll be upgrading its RAM, getting a new laptop mouse, bag and headset (this one has blue tooth, w00t!) and probably getting a docking station for it.
All in all it’ll come in around my original budget, but I’m getting a hell of a lot of machine for my buck. Fingers crossed, it’ll be here Friday or Monday.
July 26th, 2006 at 4:27 pm
Why did you want the fingerprint scanner? Taking on some after hours detective work?
July 26th, 2006 at 4:29 pm
Testing some new apps. Nothing critical, but it’s a nice locking mechanism for laptops when you need to leave it somewhere.
July 26th, 2006 at 5:35 pm
It’s a nice machine! I bought their FS-790 last year, and I’m totally happy with it. It’s probably gonna last me another 1-2 years.
July 26th, 2006 at 5:37 pm
Thanks
I’m definitely looking at this as a 3-year investment, that’s for sure 
July 26th, 2006 at 9:43 pm
I think you just confirmed Vista’s minimum system requirements.
July 26th, 2006 at 10:01 pm
I knew there was another reason I liked you. You like Sony computers too!
August 11th, 2006 at 8:22 am
I bought the new laptop too
August 12th, 2006 at 9:54 am
wow, congrats.
I’m also planning on buying a new laptop.
August 21st, 2006 at 2:25 pm
It’s a nice machine but I personally would buy an Apple MacBookPro. 2.16GHz Duo Core and 3 OS choices: OSX, Linux, Windows