Sony VAIO C Series

[Davey]

My Dell Laptop broke last week, so I am in the need of having (buying) a new notebook for myself, and I have catch my eye on the Sony Vaio C series.



And I was wondering if anybody have some reviews for me...

Here is some more information in Japanes:

Windows Vista Home Basic ﾂ青ｳ窶ｹK窶敕?/URL]
Celeron M 440 (1.86 GHz)
512MBﾆ陳?停?堡椎?ﾂーﾂ（512MBﾂ×1ﾂ）
窶禿ｱ100GBﾆ地ﾂーﾆ檀ﾆ断ﾆ達ﾆ湛ﾆ誰
DVDﾆ湛ﾂーﾆ恥ﾂーﾆ筑ﾆ停?ｹﾆ蛋ﾆ檀ﾆ停?ｰﾆ辰ﾆ置
13.3ﾅ耽ﾆ陳照辰ﾆ檀ﾆ誰ﾆ椎?ﾆ但ﾆ置ﾆ停?ｰﾆ鍛ﾆ誰LE窶ｰtﾂ渉ｻ
ﾆ辰ﾆ停?愴弾ﾆ停?ｹ GMA 950
ﾆ陳照辰ﾆ停?榿椎槌湛LAN
窶愿ｺ窶怒ﾅ津ｪ窶掏窶氾ｱﾆ鱈ﾂーﾆ畜ﾂーﾆ檀ﾂ（ﾆ築ﾆ陳照辰ﾆ暖ﾂ）
Microsoft Office Personal 2007
ﾆ鱈ﾆ槌槌椎?ﾆ停?愴丹ﾆ単ﾂーﾆ湛ﾂ（ﾆ置ﾆ停?ｹﾂーﾂ）
ﾆ探ﾆ筑ﾂーﾆ湛ﾆ谷ﾆ辰ﾆ置ﾆ停?ｹﾂー

I also want to know for sure if it is possible to buy a Japanese Visa, and change the settings to English... is that only possible with the premium edition of vista?

 

[Grandpa Frank]

Love mine!

I'm using the model VGN-A190. It's a bit heavy with a 17 inch screen and the battery won't go beyond 2 hours. I use mine as a tower; have a 19 inch flat screen pluged into it and a regular keyboard. Mine has a docking station and 2 speakers with it which is nice. It has been running 5 hours a day or more for almost 2 years without 1 problem so far.It has a program so it can be used as a TV when hooked to cable which is nice. The DVD player and sound are great to watch movies with. I don't think you could go wrong if you get one.

Uncle Frank

 

[Nuala]

I would recommend getting a better processor. 1.8 Ghz is slow for this day and age, and 1 GB of RAM should be the minimum amount you get, trust me on this.

 

[Grandpa Frank]

With the new Windows Vista.....

they say you need 2GB of ram to keep your speed up.

Uncle Frank

 

[Nuala]

they say you need 2GB of ram to keep your speed up.
Uncle Frank

Ram is getting cheaper, so yeah I agree with you. When I built my desktop about 3 years ago, 1 GB was great, but I see why 2 GB would be better. In fact I have that much on my laptop.

 

[RockLee]

I should slap you against the head for reading "Celeron" and wanting to buy that Dave! It's the lowest of low budget processor on the market -_-;
If I were you, I'd pick nothing less that at least an Intel core 2 duo for processor. They have longer battery life (Centrino proc.) and are much faster than those crappy Celerons. Also, Sony is garbage, when it comes to Laptops. You'd better stick to Dell, HP, Toshiba (some lines are good) or Panasonic. Sony is a big no-no if you ask me, overpriced as well on top.


Some info on a Dell Inspiron 1720 :

Intel Core 2 Duo T7100（2MB L2 Cache、1.80GHz、800MHz FSB）

Windows Vista® Home Premium

2GB(1GB×2) DDR2-SDRAM

17 TFT TrueLife™ WUXGA

120GB SATA HDD

DVD＋/－RW（DVD＋R 2）

Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG （802.11a/b/g）(networkcard)

NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600 GT 256MB DDR2

This all for 161,886円 or 971.3€ (cheap as hell), compared to your 149,800円 piece of crap Sony, it's a much better bargain ;-) Also, the Vaio has a 13.3" screen, like the Macbook, which is REALLY small if you like a bigger screen ;-)

Linky : Dell 公式サイト (Dell Japan) | Dell 日本

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

I have an old Sony Vaio that I bought 5 or 6 years ago.

Vaio's look cool, but I think next time I get a laptop, I'll look for another company.

 

[Davey]

Thanks for the advice you guys! I will have a further look the next time I will step into K's Denkies

 

[Grandpa Frank]

Hummm???

Maybe better think twice on that laptop !

Uncle Frank

 

[Nuala]

Hmm, reduced sperm count? We are suffering from an overpopulation problem as it is..oh well?