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wrote:
On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:58:56 +0000, John H. wrote:

Am considering this laptop for my wife's birthday in a couple weeks.
Best Buy has it on sale for $999. I'll add another gig of RAM and
router.

http://tinyurl.com/59yons

Thoughts?

If you haven't already pulled the trigger . . . I'll never buy another
Sony product. Do a web search on their quality control, customer
service, etc. At one time, Sony was right at the top, no longer. YMMV.



Herring, no doubt, was attracted by the LED lights on the SONY, and the
fact that it used two stroke oil.

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On Aug 3, 12:29*am, Larry wrote:
John H. wrote :

Am considering this laptop for my wife's birthday in a couple weeks. Best
Buy has it on sale for $999. I'll add another gig of RAM and router.

http://tinyurl.com/59yons

Thoughts?

Too much....Buy a Gateway and get more computer for half the price.

Gateway, nothing but a re-badged eMachine.

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On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:43:37 -0400, Jim wrote:


I picked up an Asus eee Surf 2G the other day. Out of the box, it was
easy to connect to the wireless internet. It came with Open Office which
seems to be quite robust. Most of my data files are in Microsoft Works
and open office wouldn't recognize them without first converting them to
Microsoft Office formats. File Manager is similar to XPs. It had a light
on features media player. I couldn't find a driver for my printer but my
wife's installed easily. There were some quirky issues with the screen,
and touch pad sensitivity, particularly with tapping. There was no
mail/news client so I tried to download and install Thunderbird. I
didn't have any luck with that, even following various installation
methods I found on line. The Linux distribution is a highly customized
version of Xantros and I think Asus messed with it to make it difficult
or impossible to install software. That's not good fore someone who is a
complete newbie to Linux and all of the terminology used in linux is
completely foreign to me. I couldn't even reset the computer to out of
box state as the manual describes. I am going to return this thing on my
way home from camping today.
My question is. Do you think the eee900 is more user friendly in terms
of ability to customize and add software? Is the touch pad any better
than on the 7" version? I need an excuse to try the 9in Asus but my
intuition tells me that I won't be happy with it. I know it can come
with XP and that will eliminate familiarity issues but I would like to
try out linux and break my dependency on Mickysoft.

Getting under the hood of Linux, it's considerably different from
Windows. You might consider a Live CD on your desktop. It will give you
the ability to familiarize yourself with Linux, without the worry about
installing it.

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

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"John H." wrote in message
...

Am considering this laptop for my wife's birthday in a couple weeks. Best
Buy has it on sale for $999. I'll add another gig of RAM and router.

http://tinyurl.com/59yons

Thoughts?

I have had 3 Sony systems 2 of which I still have, 2 desktops and 1 laptop.
Liked them all. But it likely comes with Vista and not all people are happy
with Vista. The only problem I had with any of them is the laptop battery
started to loose it's mojo in about 2 years. But this is a common problem
with PC laptops.

It comes with 3GB, there is no need to add RAM to it if you are using Vista
32 bit, which it likely is. If it is, Vista can't use much more than 3GB
without being upgraded to Vista 64 bit which will add to you cost and setup
time.

For domestic users I never recommend "upgrading" anything else but disk
storage (if needed) as it will be a waste if not done right. Too many
pitfalls and issues, incompatible memory modules, drivers or perhaps you
need a $250 upgrade to Vista 64 and all of it's putzing around. Best to buy
it as you will use it. For PCs with 3GB is a good amount for Vista provided
usage is typical home stuff.

That being said, if it is for home personal use you should really spend some
few hours going into Best Buy and look/play seriously with a MacBook series
option. Most who buy those for home and personal use never come back to the
PC world.

I buy PCs, only because I need PCs for work. When I retire for home use, I
will dump them and get a MacBook Pro like machine in a heart beat.

Comparing to cars, Sony laptops are like a upscale Taurus; compared to a
MacBookPro is like a Mercedes.

On the low end for kids, seriously look at the EeePCs and don't rule out
using the OEM Linux with them.

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On Aug 3, 6:43*am, "Jim" wrote:
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On Aug 2, 10:30 pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 17:14:41 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
. ..
Am considering this laptop for my wife's birthday in a couple weeks.
Best
Buy has it on sale for $999. I'll add another gig of RAM and router.

Sony laptops?
 

"D.Duck" wrote in message
...

"John H." wrote in message
...
Am considering this laptop for my wife's birthday in a couple weeks. Best
Buy has it on sale for $999. I'll add another gig of RAM and router.

http://tinyurl.com/59yons

Thoughts?

Depending on what she'll use if for it may be over-kill.

Might be, but a slight over buy on new PCs is generally a good idea. They
might want to run some killer application that needs it in say a year or
two. 3GB is smart, far too many bought machines with 1G of RAM and had
major issues with Vista. Vista likes RAM, and 3GB is right for Vista 32
bit, which is what it probably has.

Also, Vista is mid-life. Coined "Win 7" is in the works to replace it. And
if they want to upgrade to this, it is likely to be larger than it's
predecessors if history repeats itself. And usually does.

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"John H." wrote in message
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On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 17:05:12 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"John H." wrote in message
. ..
Am considering this laptop for my wife's birthday in a couple weeks.
Best
Buy has it on sale for $999. I'll add another gig of RAM and router.

http://tinyurl.com/59yons

Thoughts?

Depending on what she'll use if for it may be over-kill.


Yeahbut, she likes it. We skipped the extra gig of RAM. Seems it has only
two slots, one with two gigs, the other with one gig. In order to upgrade
to 4 gigs, I'd have to trash one gig and buy two. Hell with it. We'll see
how it works with only three.

Even if you put 4G in it, Vista Premium 32 bit can only use a little over
3.1 of it. Deferring it was a wise move.

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On Aug 3, 6:32*am, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:52:27 -0500, wrote:
On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:58:56 +0000, John H. wrote:

Am considering this laptop for my wife's birthday in a couple weeks.
Best Buy has it on sale for $999. I'll add another gig of RAM and
router.

http://tinyurl.com/59yons

Thoughts?

If you haven't already pulled the trigger . . . *I'll never buy another
Sony product. *Do a web search on their quality control, customer
service, etc. *At one time, Sony was right at the top, no longer. *YMMV.

Too late. Oh well, it's pretty - what can I say?

ROTF! That's our Johnny.....asks for advice then disregards it.

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On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:05:50 GMT, "Canuck57"
wrote:


"John H." wrote in message
.. .

Am considering this laptop for my wife's birthday in a couple weeks. Best
Buy has it on sale for $999. I'll add another gig of RAM and router.

http://tinyurl.com/59yons

Thoughts?

I have had 3 Sony systems 2 of which I still have, 2 desktops and 1 laptop.
Liked them all. But it likely comes with Vista and not all people are happy
with Vista. The only problem I had with any of them is the laptop battery
started to loose it's mojo in about 2 years. But this is a common problem
with PC laptops.

It comes with 3GB, there is no need to add RAM to it if you are using Vista
32 bit, which it likely is. If it is, Vista can't use much more than 3GB
without being upgraded to Vista 64 bit which will add to you cost and setup
time.

For domestic users I never recommend "upgrading" anything else but disk
storage (if needed) as it will be a waste if not done right. Too many
pitfalls and issues, incompatible memory modules, drivers or perhaps you
need a $250 upgrade to Vista 64 and all of it's putzing around. Best to buy
it as you will use it. For PCs with 3GB is a good amount for Vista provided
usage is typical home stuff.

That being said, if it is for home personal use you should really spend some
few hours going into Best Buy and look/play seriously with a MacBook series
option. Most who buy those for home and personal use never come back to the
PC world.

I buy PCs, only because I need PCs for work. When I retire for home use, I
will dump them and get a MacBook Pro like machine in a heart beat.

Comparing to cars, Sony laptops are like a upscale Taurus; compared to a
MacBookPro is like a Mercedes.

On the low end for kids, seriously look at the EeePCs and don't rule out
using the OEM Linux with them.


Thanks for the input. But, it's now a done deal. We went back last night
and my wife made her choice.

This one: http://tinyurl.com/6445y6

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"John H." wrote in message
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On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:28:17 -0400, Larry W
wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 17:05:12 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
...
Am considering this laptop for my wife's birthday in a couple weeks.
Best
Buy has it on sale for $999. I'll add another gig of RAM and router.

http://tinyurl.com/59yons

Thoughts?
Depending on what she'll use if for it may be over-kill.


Yeahbut, she likes it. We skipped the extra gig of RAM. Seems it has
only
two slots, one with two gigs, the other with one gig. In order to
upgrade
to 4 gigs, I'd have to trash one gig and buy two. Hell with it. We'll
see
how it works with only three.

Unless it's the 64-bit version of Vista, Windows can't use more than 3
gigs of ram.

It's the 32-bit. Surprisingly, no one at Best Buy mentioned that.

Very few know the difference. But 5 months ago when I bought a Q6600 based
quad processor with 4G of RAM, and later added 4G more, they had a special
price to clear them but a stop sell on them because of the high return rate
of Vista 64 bit. They made me sign a waver, I can't return it because of
Vista issues, and got a smoking hot price on it too.

I then wiped Vista off the disk and it now dual boots two versions of Linux
until I pick a favourite. But Vista 64 bit is the way to go if you can live
with a few nuances. What usually gets people with 64 bit is drivers for old
cards and devices.