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What do you guys think of this? I have seen the stats about Sony vs Asus, vs HP vs Dell, etc and it seems to come out near the top wrt stability and overall failures, so thought that this new model Vaio looks pretty good, AND I can afford it too, which is always nice! http://www.sony.com.au/pr

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On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 03:29:26PM +1000, Tanya Love wrote: > What do you guys think of this? I have seen the stats about Sony vs Asus, vs > HP vs Dell, etc and it seems to come out near the top wrt stability and > overall failures, so thought that this new model Vaio looks pretty good, AND > I

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Looks pretty good to me. I have had a few Sonys over the years and they have been good. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, February 7, 2010, 9:29:26 PM, you wrote: TL> What do you guys think of this? I have seen the stats about Sony TL> vs Asus, vs HP vs Dell, etc and it seems to come out near t

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On Feb 8, 2010, at 7:03 PM, John Francis wrote: > I would *NEVER* buy computer products from Sony. > > They are the ones who perpetrated the DRM rootkit (bad), and who > denied it was a problem even after it was discovered (very bad). I wouldn't either. I seem to recall that their "fix" wasn't

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ll be able to do what I need it to? Tan. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Dayton Sent: Monday, 8 February 2010 4:10 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: laptops again... Looks pretty good to me. I have had a few

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2010/2/8 Tanya Love : > This is it:  the Asus G73 - due for release in February! [...] > So, what is the general concensus, do you think it will be able to do what I > need it to? 3.25 kg? hmmm... "What i need" is a kind of thing very much up to personal expectations. Hard to tell from up here in

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2010/2/8 AlunFoto : > 3.25 kg? hmmm... Correction; 3.52 kg. Doesn't alter my consideration, though. > "What i need" is a kind of thing very much up to personal > expectations. Hard to tell from up here in the Frostpit if you'll be > satisfied with it. However it's a very low weight for the specs.

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- Original Message - From: "Tanya Love" Subject: laptops again... What do you guys think of this? I have seen the stats about Sony vs Asus, vs HP vs Dell, etc and it seems to come out near the top wrt stability and overall failures, so thought that this new model Vaio lo

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On 2010-02-08 1:03, John Francis wrote: I would *NEVER* buy computer products from Sony. They are the ones who perpetrated the DRM rootkit (bad), and who denied it was a problem even after it was discovered (very bad). I'm with you on this one, John. I have even avoided BluRay so far to avo

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On Feb 8, 2010, at 8:26 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: > On 2010-02-08 1:03, John Francis wrote: > >> I would *NEVER* buy computer products from Sony. >> >> They are the ones who perpetrated the DRM rootkit (bad), and who >> denied it was a problem even after it was discovered (very bad). > > I'm wi

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quist" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 11:19 AM Subject: Re: laptops again... On Feb 8, 2010, at 8:26 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: On 2010-02-08 1:03, John Francis wrote: I would *NEVER* buy computer products from Sony. They are the ones who perpetr

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Paul, I suspect you are talking about BlueTooth, not Blue-Ray (which is a media/storage solution). .. or you are from a different planet that already has blue-ray in the their ears. :-) I understand people who avoid certain brands because of the manufacturer's reputation (for whatever reason). I

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al Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce > Dayton > Sent: Monday, 8 February 2010 4:10 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: laptops again... > > Looks pretty good to me. I have had a few Sonys over the years

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On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 11:47:39AM -0500, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > I understand people who avoid certain brands because of the > manufacturer's reputation (for whatever reason). I have some brands > here and there that I am trying to avoid, - but not many. > > OTOH, the only Sony product besides

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quot; > Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 11:19 AM > Subject: Re: laptops again... > > >> >> On Feb 8, 2010, at 8:26 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: >> >>> On 2010-02-08 1:03, John Francis wrote: >>> >>>> I would *NEVER* buy computer product

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On Feb 7, 2010, at 9:29 PM, Tanya Love wrote: What do you guys think of this? I have seen the stats about Sony vs Asus, vs HP vs Dell, etc and it seems to come out near the top wrt stability and overall failures, so thought that this new model Vaio looks pretty good, AND I can afford it t

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On 2010-02-08 01:03 , Tanya Love wrote: Asus G73 just an impression, i'm no connoisseur of Windows laptops: i looked this up and saw that it's aimed at the gaming market; note that gamers like their displays to have very fast response, which is generally an indicator it is a TN display which

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On 2/8/2010 11:19 AM, paul stenquist wrote: On Feb 8, 2010, at 8:26 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: On 2010-02-08 1:03, John Francis wrote: I would *NEVER* buy computer products from Sony. They are the ones who perpetrated the DRM rootkit (bad), and who denied it was a problem even after

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On 8/2/10, paul stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > I couldn't work without my BluRay earpiece. Mark!! :-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDM

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n Brisbane -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tanya Love Sent: Monday, 8 February 2010 3:29 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: laptops again... What do you guys think of this? I have seen the stats about Sony vs Asus, vs HP vs Dell, etc an

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- Original Message - From: "paul stenquist" Subject: Re: laptops again... On Feb 8, 2010, at 8:26 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: On 2010-02-08 1:03, John Francis wrote: I would *NEVER* buy computer products from Sony. They are the ones who perpetrated the DRM rootkit (bad

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On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Tanya Love wrote: > What do you guys think of this?  I have seen the stats about Sony vs Asus, Who you callin an Asus. Dave > Tan. ☺ > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from th

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e case and anyone could explain to me why, in language that I can comprehend, I would be very grateful! :) Tan. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of steve harley Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2010 5:06 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List S

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On Feb 8, 2010, at 2:30 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > On 2/8/2010 11:19 AM, paul stenquist wrote: >> On Feb 8, 2010, at 8:26 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: >> >> >>> On 2010-02-08 1:03, John Francis wrote: >>> >>> I would *NEVER* buy computer products from Sony. They are the ones

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be fine with it. But if TL> that's not the case and anyone could explain to me why, in language that I TL> can comprehend, I would be very grateful! :) TL> Tan. TL> -Original Message- TL> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of TL&

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On 2/8/2010 6:42 PM, David J Brooks wrote: On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Tanya Love wrote: What do you guys think of this? I have seen the stats about Sony vs Asus, Who you callin an Asus. You, not that there's anything wrong with that. Dave Tan. ☺ -- PDML Pentax-D

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On 2010-02-08 17:13 , Tanya Love wrote: Anyways, can you Steve, or somebody else, explain to me what a "TN display" is? IPS-type & VA-type displays are usually better for photo editing, though not common on laptops; the particula

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From: "Tanya Love" What do you guys think of this? I have seen the stats about Sony vs Asus, vs HP vs Dell, etc and it seems to come out near the top wrt stability and overall failures, so thought that this new model Vaio looks pretty good, AND I can afford it too, which is always nice! http://

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On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 10:13:00AM +1000, Tanya Love scripsit: > The reason I want such a high spec'd system is because it will be a long > time before I can afford to upgrade again and I really need this to be able > to work well for at least the next 3-4 years without the risk of becoming > outda

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On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 04:40:19PM -0500, Graydon wrote: > On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 10:13:00AM +1000, Tanya Love scripsit: > > The reason I want such a high spec'd system is because it will be a long > > time before I can afford to upgrade again and I really need this to be able > > to work well for

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On 2010-02-09 16:33 , John Francis wrote: Laptops have a half life around 1 year (a bit less, around 11 months, last time I looked at stats.) my previous MacBook Pro (3 years, 1 month old) has just taken over from an iMac G5 as our home server for backups, iTunes and document scanning; my old

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On 2010-02-09 16:45 , they whom i call myself wrote: On 2010-02-09 16:33 , John Francis wrote: oopsie - that bit i quoted was actually from Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

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My previous laptop Fujitsu N5010 lasted for 6 years - backlight finally died. Otherwise it still works. My Sony laptop before that lasted about 4 years. I must be bucking the stats a bit. -- Bruce Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 3:45:58 PM, you wrote: sh> On 2010-02-09 16:33 , John Francis wrote

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My daughter had an IBook G3 that she used in college for a couple of years. I used it for three or four years after that. She dropped it a few times, and it had some physical damage. The screen connection finally broke, but it had a good, long life. Paul On Feb 9, 2010, at 7:17 PM, Bruce Dayto

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t" Subject: Re: laptops again... On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 10:13:00AM +1000, Tanya Love scripsit: The reason I want such a high spec'd system is because it will be a long time before I can afford to upgrade again and I really need this to be able to work well for at least the next 3-4

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On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 04:45:58PM -0700, steve harley scripsit: > On 2010-02-09 16:33 , John Francis wrote: >>> Laptops have a half life around 1 year (a bit less, around 11 >>> months, last time I looked at stats.) > > my previous MacBook Pro (3 years, 1 month old) has just taken over > from an

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On Feb 9, 2010, at 18:17, Bruce Dayton wrote: > My previous laptop Fujitsu N5010 lasted for 6 years - backlight > finally died. Otherwise it still works. My Sony laptop before that > lasted about 4 years. I must be bucking the stats a bit. > Last time I had a backlight go out on a generic lap

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Thanks for the tip. I'll look into it - probably worth doing. It was a good machine. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 7:51:19 PM, you wrote: CR> On Feb 9, 2010, at 18:17, Bruce Dayton wrote: >> My previous laptop Fujitsu N5010 lasted for 6 years - backlight >> finally died.

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My current MacBook Pro 15 inch working solidly for just over 2 years professionally. I will run it for 3 before moving up (length of Applecare warranty). It will go to my wife who currently uses a Powerbook G3 Pismo first purchased in 2000, still going strong, though pretty much useless for video,

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On Monday, February 8, 2010, Tanya Love wrote: > What do you guys think of this?  I have seen the stats about Sony vs Asus, vs > HP vs Dell, etc and it seems to come out near the top wrt stability and > overall failures, so thought that this new model Vaio looks pretty good, AND > I can afford

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sage- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce > Dayton > Sent: Monday, 8 February 2010 4:10 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: laptops again... > > Looks pretty good to me.  I have had a few Sonys over the years and they