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post #16 of 28
9/7/09 at 4:19pm
On my second Vaio; first one bought in 2001 and I retired it a few months ago. Eight years, travel around the world and several continents, typed more papers and research projects and stuff than I care to count (in fact, almost all the keys had the letters nearly worn off). The thing is still going and I keep it as a backup. Had no problems at all. I just decided to get a new one because I had the feeling like it was nearing its death and I didn't want to be in the middle of something important when it did. I like my first one better, probably just for nostalgia's sake, though the second one is much faster and more "stylish."
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post #17 of 28
9/7/09 at 4:20pm
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rach, which vaio do you have now?
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post #18 of 28
9/7/09 at 4:30pm
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Originally Posted by oneeightyseven View Post
rach, which vaio do you have now?
I really can't tell you much about it; my first one was quite a good one and I spent a lot on it, but this second one is just a cheap one I got when Circuit City was closing for $700 or so. It doesn't feel like it will hold up like the first one, but all I use it for is email, net surfing, and typing Word documents. For anything more substantial, I use my office computer at work. So, it's model number VGN-NS150J, though I got it earlier this year and it was probably an older model then, so there are probably 15 better, cheaper ones out now.
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post #19 of 28
9/7/09 at 4:40pm
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Originally Posted by rach2jlc View Post
I really can't tell you much about it; my first one was quite a good one and I spent a lot on it, but this second one is just a cheap one I got when Circuit City was closing for $700 or so. It doesn't feel like it will hold up like the first one, but all I use it for is email, net surfing, and typing Word documents. For anything more substantial, I use my office computer at work.

So, it's model number VGN-NS150J, though I got it earlier this year and it was probably an older model then, so there are probably 15 better, cheaper ones out now.

I'm in the same boat as you. I'd be using my new Vaio for simple things while I'm at school. I'd do some projects, take notes and surf SF . How is your battery life? This is one of my concerns seeing as some days are in excess of 5 hours. The Vaio I'm looking at claims to have 5.5-6 hrs battery. I'm curious to see how a vaio would hold up after usage.
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post #20 of 28
9/7/09 at 4:42pm
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Originally Posted by oneeightyseven View Post
I'm in the same boat as you. I'd be using my new Vaio for simple things while I'm at school. I'd do some projects, take notes and surf SF . How is your battery life? This is one of my concerns seeing as some days are in excess of 5 hours. The Vaio I'm looking at claims to have 5.5-6 hrs battery. I'm curious to see how a vaio would hold up after usage.
I never use the battery, so I'm not sure. I just leave it on my desk at home and surf from there. As I said, I use my office computer most of the other times... so I never have to unplug this one. Nevertheless, as with all laptops, it probably depends on what you are doing with it. If you are just doing net surfing, documents, etc. I'd say you could probably get that out of the battery. The few times I've unplugged it, I've not had bad experiences with it and it seemed to last for the duration I needed it to last. Doing high-powered Defense Department Modeling or Schematics or something might drain the juice, though. Nevertheless, I'm the last person who should be giving/talking about computers. I'm not much of a tech-guru.
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post #21 of 28
9/7/09 at 11:33pm
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Amazingly, the best experience I've had has been with Lenovo laptops.

I have to agree, although they aren't as multimedia-minded when designing them. Lenovo's best, the Thinkpads, are designed more for business.
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post #22 of 28
4/28/11 at 2:26am
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I have a Sony Vaio P-Series. It's tiny and weighs a little more than a pound. I love it! It's great for travel and for use in meetings.
I had one of those, a P11Z. Initially I thought it might have been a good travel computer, however in use I found the battery life to be absolutely abysmal, 75-90 minutes at most. Plus I found the extremely high dot-pitch of the screen to be not very practical in use(1600x768 on a 7inch screen), text was often too small for comfort. When it was delivered it had Windows Vista, and was loaded with so much crapware, trialware and advertisements(typical Sony Vaio) it was almost unusable. Only really became usable when I wiped Vista with all the junk, and installed XP along with Linux on it. The Wi-Fi died after just over a year. Subsequently sold it and replaced it with a more orthodox and practical 9inch netbook(not Sony) running Linux only.
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post #23 of 28
4/28/11 at 9:36am
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I had one of those, a P11Z. Initially I thought it might have been a good travel computer, however in use I found the battery life to be absolutely abysmal, 75-90 minutes at most. Plus I found the extremely high dot-pitch of the screen to be not very practical in use(1600x768 on a 7inch screen), text was often too small for comfort.

When it was delivered it had Windows Vista, and was loaded with so much crapware, trialware and advertisements(typical Sony Vaio) it was almost unusable. Only really became usable when I wiped Vista with all the junk, and installed XP along with Linux on it.

The Wi-Fi died after just over a year. Subsequently sold it and replaced it with a more orthodox and practical 9inch netbook(not Sony) running Linux only.
I fell out of love with mine. I also wiped the Vista off mine because it was crap. It works fine, as it should, but I find that I rarely use it now. For travel I take my iPad. I'd never get another Sony P-series, and no longer recommend them to others.
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post #24 of 28
4/28/11 at 5:42pm
I have considered but never end up buying VAIO. The reason is because my all my friends who own them invariably have bad experience with them due to parts failure. I went with Fujitsu instead and couldn't be happier.
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post #25 of 28
4/29/11 at 8:19am
I just purchased a 180g SSD & the basic F series. My friends and ex-gf had vaios during undergrad and I had nothing but good experiences with them. I'm a big fan of the Vaio keyboard layout.
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post #26 of 28
4/29/11 at 8:32am
Have had an FW for a few years. Absolutely rock steady (a little bloatware to clean up, like virtually all laptops these days).
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post #27 of 28
4/29/11 at 10:13am
Very delicate. My brother went through two in a span of several months because it couldn't withstand being carried around in a messenger bag. He's since moved on to a Macbook pro.
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post #28 of 28
4/29/11 at 12:54pm
If you want a VAIO get the lower end ones, make sure its at least an i5 core. The new Sandy Bridge chipset came out so the older chipset i5 core's will be cheaper. IMHO Sony Vaio are expensive, but keyboards are nice and the laptop itself looks stylish.
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