From SZ160 to SZ650: your advice?

I have used SZ160 for quite a long time, and no problem so far. But I am now considering to replace my SZ160 with SZ650 since I hope that the new one may have much better performance.
I am regular user: Office, email, PDF Editing, Window Wedia Player, Kapersky AV, Web surfing.

Pls give me some advice if I could benefit much from upgrading.

Thank a lot.

 

Though it will be lot faster and it is nice to buy a new machine every once in a while, i don't really think you need a newer machine unless your old SZ is starting to wear down to be honest. Your old one seems to be fast enough for the tasks you give it for the next year or two. So just out of curiosity, why do you think you need a new machine?

I do like the new SZ6 a lot though, if i had money to burn i would get me one probably, and a Macbook pro while i'm at it

 

I agree with previous poster...I would hold onto the SZ160 a while longer. If anything, upgrade to 2GB of RAM. Plus I would put off getting new notebook until the Penryn processor comes out, which should be very soon. Sony refreshes the SZ every 3-4 months.

 

Thanks.
If I sell the SZ160 now I propably need some extra money to own SZ650. I think after one year more it costs nothing.

 

Wait till next year to buy an SZ. The Montevina SZ will be awesome!

 

I'm running an SZ160 as well - great machine, but I don't think they'll be even 2 years old until early next year.

At any rate, all these SZ series have really had no significant upgrades over the SZ160. New CPU/chipset, bigger HDs, WWAN on and off, different WiFi card... everything else has remained the same. The SZ6 finally upgrades the video, but its that really worth the cost?

You'd probably do just as well to maybe load up your SZ160 with more memory and maybe a 7200RPM hard drive, and then wait for the NEXT SZ series (or even the one after). I'd like to upgrade to a new SZ at some point as well, but I still can't justify the return on investment.

 

Being a hc user of sz's (had a sz for 3 days now) I also think you'd be better off hanging out with your current one. As someone already mentioned buying 2gb ram would do the trick.

 

you could upgrade the processor and add more ram. that would be cheaper