need opinion on sony laptop

[formerjudge]

this place don't seem to have a place for laptops so mode this thread to any place you feel I should have posted it

I always thought that dell and Toshiba was the best but was told to look at Sony laptop. Compare to dell and Toshiba what is your opinion about Sony laptop. Specifically i am looking at this laptop
laptop link

[glc]

In my opinion, Sony laptops are more flash than function and are overpriced. I also have soured on Toshibas, their quality has fallen off in the past couple of years. IBM and Dell are still the top dogs in my book.

[fcoral]

hey i also agree with glc and i strongly suggest taking a close look at dell and if you want you can even visit www.xpbargains.com for some nice cupons on dell laptops. So best of luck. I myself is strongly considering a dell laptop.

[formerjudge]

thx for both reply, i got about $1400 or $1500 to speend, going to use it primary to surve the web, playing some video, will do very light gaming if any at all and will be carrying it around. What laptop would you recommend?

[glc]

I like the Dell Inspiron 600m.

[daveyp225]

Check out the new Sonoma-based DV1000's at hpshopping.com.

1.86ghz(533mhzFSB)/1gb ram/80gb 5400rpm/wireless/bluetooth/5lbs/14"widescreen < $1500

If you are a student you get 6% additional off.

[Litespeed]

I have to agree with GLC on the Dell Inspiron. My girlfriend got one before lawschool and that was her only computer. Therefore that machine was ran through the gauntlet for three years. It was on all day every day and still runs great. I really like it's capabilities. And suprised it survived as hard as that thing was used.
Not to confuse, but I recently got an HP DV600(I believe that is the model). I have not used it alot, but so far I am also really impressed with it's media features. And it is really thin. Nice screen too.
I too would stay away from Sony. Father got one and not only was it over priced, but the outside parts them selves started to fall apart. It ran okay, but for the price I think it was poorly constructed.

[Staren]

I have to agree with everything that has been posted so far. I'm a psych student at FSU and being the tech geek in my group of friends, I've seen my share of laptops. Sony makes some good parts. Their optical drives are great, but their laptops are a lot of form and not all that hot function.

As everyone else has said Dells are good laptops, IBM if you can take the hit to your cash flow are good. Really more and more I am drawn to white box laptops. Try reading up over at www.notebookforums.com You do pay it, but if you know where to shop you can get exactly what you want in a custom laptop.

[formerjudge]

for now i got my self this, thx for everyone reply. Going to upgrade to 512 ram once i get the laptop. Also can you tell i am going to get $100 rebate once i get the comp

Order Details
Order detail - order placed 2005-06-28 15:22:56

Inspiron 6000
Intel® Pentium® M Processor 730 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB), Microsoft Windows XP Professional - For networking with work or school Qty: 1
Unit Price: $1,662.00
Inspiron 6000 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 730 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
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Display 15.4 inch WXGA LCD Panel
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WPXP
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Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
INTNIC
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Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
ADOBER
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Combo/DVD+RW Drives 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
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Wireless Networking Cards Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915 Internal Wireless (802.11 a/b/g, 54Mbps)
IP2915
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ICOREL
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Security Software No Security Subscription
NS
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Digital Music Musicmatch® Jukebox Basic
MMBASE
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Battery 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (53 WHr)
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Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options SAVE$100 (After Rebate) -4 Yr Ltd Warr,4 Yr At-Home plus Nights and Weekend
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Digital Imaging Photo Album™ SE Basic
DPS
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QBSSP
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[glc]

Nice notebook, can't beat the price with a stick either. Definitely add some ram, buy it from Crucial.

http://www.crucial.com/store/listpar...+6000&tabid=AM

[formerjudge]

Originally Posted by glc Nice notebook, can't beat the price with a stick either. Definitely add some ram, buy it from Crucial. http://www.crucial.com/store/listpar...+6000&tabid=AM

thx for lnk.if i get 256 is it going to run in doule channel(whatever you call it,forgot)?

[glc]

Nope. You may want to add more than 256 because that's shared memory for the video.