I bought a high-end Vaio once. Within two years it was literally falling apart. Keys missing, screen shorting out, etc. The Apple Powerbook I bought to replace it still looks like new almost seven years later. IMHO nobody makes a better laptop than Apple, even if you just put Windows on it. It may be more expensive up front but you get what you pay for and you make most of it back on resale anyway.
I know it's a cliché answer, but there it is. Maybe Sony's hardware quality has improved since 2001. Andrew. On 2010-08-03, at 23:33, Victor Moore <victor.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, it's a replacement for a desktop but will see some travel too. > I will have a couple of VM' too and that's the reason I went with 8gb. > and it' Asus not Acer :) > > @Alan I had before a ThinkPad and they are very reliable. Expensive, > kind of spartan looking but they never die. > > Probably I will go with Sony. Still debating if I should go with Quad > i7-740QM processor or Quad i7-840QM processor. Not sure if 200 > difference is worth it. > > Thanks > > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Dave Watts <dwa...@figleaf.com> wrote: >> >>> 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:335966 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
