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    Advice request: 15" E-Series config.

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by potato8000, Dec 29, 2010.

  1. potato8000

    potato8000 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all,

    After 5 years of heavy use my budget Gateway laptop is finally failing. I'm in the market for a new laptop which should last for a few years and cope well with some basic HD video editing (Sony Vegas, I expect), photoshop, general use, and occasional light gaming (I'm itching to try Civ-5).

    Please could you have a look at the spec below and let me know what you think? I'm planning on ordering a configured VAIO E-Series (15 inch).

    Also, should the coming Sandy Bridge releases influence my decision to buy an i5-460M system now? The system below comes out at £769, which is already a little over budget.

    Thanks very much.

    # Intel® CoreTM i5-460M, 2.53GHz
    # Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
    # 320 GB Serial ATA (7200 rpm)
    # 4 GB 1066MHz DDR3-SDRAM
    # Blu-ray Disc(TM) player
    # 39.4 cm LCD, 1920x1080, webcam
    # ATI MobilityRadeon HD5650 1GB
     
    potato8000, Dec 29, 2010
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  2. vaio.phil

    vaio.phil Notebook Evangelist

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    if you have some big plug-ins for Photoshop CS5 64-bit edition or have to deal with multiple huge picture files... may i suggest 6 GB or 8 GB of memory. have fun!!
     
    vaio.phil, Dec 29, 2010
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