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jiggyjaggy
very nice indeed
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Posted: 2005-06-01 21:33:19
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buzz lightyear in the background is not included! lol. Seeing as a decent DVD player is £200-300 and this laptop is £800 or there abouts its an absolute bargain!
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Posted: 2005-06-01 21:36:09
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I change laptops every 12-18 months and am now on my 5th vaio in a row, a Vaio VGN-S3XP, since Sony starting making them. The Vaos are great and my whole family have Vaios and wouldn't have anything else. Rarely a problem and the couple of times I have Sony picked it up on Monday, shipped it to Europe, fixed it and had it back to my by Thursday or Friday and all part of standard warranty
before that I had laptops since 386 processor from all sorts including an early acer, HP and also an AST which had a Pentium II 300mhz processor and was my first with a DVD player
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Posted: 2005-06-01 21:37:15
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you selling i thought you were buying
if i didnt have my powerbook and was buying a lappy i would be tempted by that
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Posted: 2005-06-01 21:37:35
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I've had an Acer Travelmate for about 6 years and it's still going strong. I don't have much need for a laptop so, despite being a P3 500Mhz, it still fits my needs now but when I do upgrade, I'll probably get another Acer.
Sony Vaios are quite robust, I've never had one in the shop with a hardware problem (yet!) but I'm told the battery life is not too brilliant.
HP, e-machines and Packard Bell (well, the 'pc world' varieties since they often appear under different brand names) I wouldn't touch with a barge pole, awfull bloody laptops. If it doesn't go wrong for a whole year you're doing really well.
Dells are OK, similar to Vaios in terms of reliability but don't go for the cheapest option, you get what you pay for with Dell.
One thing I would mention, don't be swayed by the whole 'Intel Centrino wireless technology' thing. They're power hungry! If you do need wireless access get a wireless adapter of some kind, it does the job just as well and you're not paying for hyped-up Intel crap.
There's some very nice mobile Athlon 64 systems coming out soon
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Posted: 2005-06-01 21:43:07
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@Cycovision, this new vao with the centrino 2Ghz M760 processor, 13.3" xblack screen, 80gb SATA drive, +/- dvd writer, wifi, BT etc etc gives me easily more than 3 hours and I'm well impressed, the best battery life I have had from a vaio. Intel really have done a good job with these processors for laptops and the power saving capabilities are excellent and the BA lounges I visit every week seem to be very sparse with power outlets so I have to rely on the battery alot. can't be bothered with extended batteries though and anyway, they aint cheap!
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Posted: 2005-06-01 21:49:20
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batt life on my D600 dives for 6 hrs to 2 hrs when i put the wlan on (centrino)
fatreg
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Posted: 2005-06-01 21:50:15
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I'm using the wlan on the vaio all the time in the lounges. I connect with BT openzone in UK and t-online (like t-mobile) here in Germany, and yeah, I get about 2 to 2 1/2 hours but thats not a prob unless the plane is delayed
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Posted: 2005-06-01 21:55:42
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i dont know how long i would get on my powerbook its always on charge which isnt a good idea buy hey hoo it never leaves the house so i aint bothered
can always buy a new battery if needs be
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Posted: 2005-06-01 21:57:27
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Yup, I can't argue with that
3 hours plus is excellent! I suppose people should just be wary of cheaper models since, of course, there's plenty of other factors involved such as motherboard, chipset, integrated peripherals, battery type etc.
I had one guy in the shop with a brand new Packard Bell lappy (bought from PC World) with Centrino complaining that the battery only lasted for just over an hour or so with minimal usage. After thorough testing and a lot of research, we had to tell him 'Sorry mate, that's just the way it is'
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Posted: 2005-06-01 21:58:07
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