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    A215 or ?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Grzesiek, Mar 24, 2005.

  1. Grzesiek

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    Hello
    I am Grzesiek from Poland and I like to by my first laptop and my so i resolve to ask You about it.

    I am e web designer and it will by my only computer
    my requires are:

    - 15,4" with 1280x800px with super quality
    - dvd-rw
    - min 512 ram
    - min 1,5 Centrino
    - about 2h on batteries

    My choise for today is:

    Sony Vaio A215 with configuration:
    LCD with x-black
    1,6 GHz Centrino 725
    512 ram pc2700 333

    ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON™ 9200 64 Mb
    60 hdd ata 100
    DVD+/-RW with duallayer
    2 years guaranty
    3,3 kg weight

    with price: 1200 euro

    and the competitor 2 is:
    Toshiba M40-129 with
    LCD with TruBrite
    1,6 Centrino 730
    1 gb ram
    80 gb hdd
    MOBILITY™ RADEON™ X600 PCI EXPRESS 16x 128 ram
    2 years guaranty
    2,8 kg weight

    price: 1475 euro

    Well,
    I have seen toshiba in shop it is popular in poland with many disributors and services, the laptop looks a little bit for mi like work station powerfull but not super nice.
    it got 1 gb ram ! but i got on my PC 768 (os: windows 2003 server:its free) and its finer that 256 but not with "fireworks" so i think that 512 its ok and i can live with that

    The radoen x600 hmm don`t impresses me becouse i don`t play games, sometimes the civilization II or tomb raider, i always got "wick 3d" cards like matrox g400 so You underestand.

    The wi-fi hmm maybe i use it somethimes
    Hard drive 40 Gb its enought for me, the speed is the main point
    toshiba got 4500 hdd sony 5400
    Weight: no matter
    On battery time: toshiba 2h sony 3-4h : sony wins but it no matter

    OS: the laptops are from Germany so they got the German Windows Home Edition i hade to buy Polish Home Edition (about 80 euro for OEM)

    Prise: MATTER MATTER ! 275 euro its big money for me [its 1,5 month all costs of my apartment] and its about 1/6 prise of toshiba

    The guaranty is important and the problem is that Sony Polnad dont sell notebooks and dont have services so if something goes wrong i got big problem with transport it to (i dont know) german sony services about 200 km without car and long time without "money maker tool". Toshiba got many sarvices and its not problem with that at all. The question is the sony fail ? (dont include the falldown or something like that)

    Soooo finally
    i dont ever have laptop
    i dont even seen this sony (but i think its nicer and i will go with this laptop to clients so it better look expensive )
    if sony is unfailing mashine i`d like to take it
    the prise matter,matter

    well thats all a think
    so owners of Sony help me to choose
    Thank You
     
    Grzesiek, Mar 24, 2005
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