I finally took the plunge and ordered this Z ... please tell me what you think ..

I've been waiting for a month to see pricing and options on the z1390 in the US, and after checking it out, I decided to buy an z1190 from the outlet. I took the 2 year warranty with ADH - see below. I went for this since I really like the idea of having the 4GB x 1 so in the future it will be easy to add a second 4GB stick (all the 1290's and 1390's come 2GB x 2 so you have to throw them both away and buy 2 x 4GB to upgrade)... also this came with 256GB x 1 so if needed I could add a second drive, maybe not easy but doable if need be (which I doubt I will need)
I felt the i7 might have a better resale if I decided in a year to sell it, and it might be a little more future-proof as I am into photography and I heard the next version of Adobe's Lightroom and Photoshop will handle more threading? I know this isn't a quad core but .. ... I only do light photo editing on my laptops anyway.. the heavy lifting and all storage is on my desktop. I recently returned a Dell E6510 because it was too heavy for travel, and hard to open on a plane in coach.

So what do you think of this choice? the same config (the i5 580 is the same speed) would be 2399, so I saved $360 ... was this worth it?

Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-620M processor (2.66GHz) with Turbo Boost up to 3.33GHz
Hard Drive: 256GB (256GBx1) Solid State Drive with RAID 0 Technology
Optical Disc Drive: CD/DVD Burner
Battery: Standard Capacity Battery
Channel: C50876059
Warranty: C50876063
Operating System: Genuine Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit
Software Optimization: No Fresh Start
Software: Microsoft® Works
Software2: C50876093
Photo Software: No additional Photo Editing Software
Video Software: No additional Video Editing Software
AntiVirus Software: Norton Internet Security™ 2010 (30 Day Trial)
Base Unit: C50876419
Battery Color: C50876492
Memory: 4GB (4GBx1) DDR3-SDRAM-1066
Limited Warranty Term: 90 Day Limited Warranty
Per Unit Price: $2,039.95

 

I think you got a great deal, which screen? And the i7 should have faster turbo than the 580 and also more cache IIRC.

 

IMO, it's worth it

These are lovely machines to own

Though relative to other Z11, I am not too sure, I thought the canadian outlet/retail got a big price drop? I dunno if I am mistaken.

 

yeah, it has 1MB more l3, and for dual core loads, the multi is one tick higher.

 

I assume you'll be getting rid of those m11x's

 

One of them. The other I am keeping, since I already played around with an Z11 i5 for a bit

I think it just cost too much


Wait.... you think if I sell both...?

 

I just don't see you using them much once you get used to your Z

 

I got the 1600 x 900 res. I think that is enough. the Dell e6510 i just returned had the 1920 x 1080 FullHD and on that 15.4" it was a bit hard to read.

Hey, I have a month to decide and return if I am not totally happy.

 

I prefer the 1600x900 myself.

 

is it easy to find and install another 4GB stick of RAM? I know there must be better places then Sony to buy it. I just checked on newegg but they do not.

 

newegg, micro center, frys, the usual places. This had been covered in other threads but basically it's a standard ddr3-1066 sodimm that you need.