You've got to forget their consumer line. That stuff was impossible to get parts and support for, and definitely not worth managing in a business environment. They have had a business lineup with standardized hardware architecture for over 2 years. They currently have the lightest full-power notebook on the market, the TT series. We are talking an 11.1" notebook with DVDRW or Bluray, 256GB SSD, and 9 hours of battery life (as long as you're not burning) and it comes in at 2.9lbs. You will definitely pay for that technology though. Their workhorse BZ series you can compare to the HP 6930's and most are in the $700-1200 range.
-----Original Message----- From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Looking for light laptop I wrote off buying anything Sony years ago and will never buy anything with their name on it ever again. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Heaton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 1:16 PM Subject: RE: Looking for light laptop Sony must have improved their support over the past few years. The last time I had a Vaio in a work environment was about 6 years ago, and when something broke on it, it was an all day thing trying to get into a live support person for help. Back then, the Vaio just wasn't a work PC...fine for home use, but not for office use. Always good news when a company fixes issues, though. Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel -----Original Message----- From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 8:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Looking for light laptop Fwiw, I have had virtually every brand of laptop -- Acer, IBM Thinkpad, Toshiba, Dell, Sony, etc. I have a Vaio at home and it's really quite a good machine, and the support was really incredible. I would recommend them without question. Oh, on the subject of light, I bought a Dell Mini 9 recently. Not recommended. Unusable keyboard, and a dinky feel to it. Alex -----Original Message----- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 11:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Looking for light laptop On 1 Dec 2008 at 10:52, Chyka, Robert wrote: > Yeah I'm not a big Sony fan.. Their laptops seem to under perform for > the specs on them... the new X300 and X200 Lenovos are real > nice...and light.. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 10:48 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Looking for light laptop > > Sony has a few nice looking systems, but I still can't forgive them > for the DVD Rootkit fiasco(s) a few years ago. I promised myself I'd > avoid buying anything SONY after they refused to apologize and accept > responsibility for their negligent actions +1 here. I had a client whose home Sony VAIO desktop got infected, and +Sony would not provide restore media at ANY price. They also did not have any downloadable drivers for his hardware, so the machine ended up on the scrap heap because of the lack of support from Sony. I can still download drivers for my ancient IBM laptops from Lenovo's site, they get my vote for any laptop recommendation. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +-----------------------------------+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
