> Price wise they are very similar. Asus has Blu-Ray, bigger screen and > hard drive but battery life sucks. > Sony smaller screen and hard and no Blu-Ray drive (I can add one for > 100 I think) but better CPU and much better battery.
A lot of these things really depend on how you plan to use it. If you're getting a desktop replacement, you probably don't care about battery life. If you're not going to watch movies, you don't care about Blu-Ray, etc, etc. When I got my laptop (Dell Studio XPS 13) I had a very specific set of requirements, and that's what guided my purchase. I wanted something no larger than 13" (I have to schlep it around a lot), with at least 8 GB RAM, a SSD drive (fast, doesn't run as hot or use as much battery), and a webcam. There were only about 3 laptops around at the time that met those requirements, and this was the cheapest. > In the end I want one that's good quality and doesn't die after one year. Overall I've been very happy with Sony hardware, but their quality all seems to be on the high end - if you buy a really expensive Sony, it'll generally have a noticeably better build quality than their lower-end stuff. That said, I have some Sonys that have been all around the world, had the crap kicked out of them, and still work just fine. I don't really have any experience with Acer hardware. > @Dave u know the saying u can't be too slim or have too much memory :) Well, sure, if you're going to run a 64-bit OS. Otherwise, there's no need for more than 4GB. When I bought my laptop, about 18 months ago I guess, I specifically wanted one with 8GB RAM, and they were fairly rare at the time. But I wanted that primarily for running multiple VMs. I didn't really need that for CF development alone, where you might run CF, a database instance, an IDE and a browser. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:335958 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
