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    New Sony VAIO B Series (refresh of BZ)

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by wii, Jan 20, 2010.

  1. wii

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    Very sweet, especially the possibility to take one worth 800€, if these laptops are still as sturdy as the bz series, this is definitly a good price for good quality.
    I wonder if the 2.1 ghz core i3 is any good, don't know much about the i3, if its at least 2 cores then it'll do more than just fine for me, no need for a strong cpu cuz there's no gpu either.
    I bet one can carry this robust laptop around all day without worrying.

    The design looks the same though, anybody got some info about that?
     
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    Sweet. I like the BZ, would love to see a nice refresh of it with iCore
     
    smilepak, Jan 20, 2010
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    Interesting they still offer Win XP downgrade DVDs....unless its a typo?
     
    b|lly, Jan 20, 2010
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    The B/BZ series is their main business class notebook, so in the interest of actually working in a business environment they really need to still offer the XP downgrade.
     
    nixon, Jan 20, 2010
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    I may consider this, as I need my next laptop to have a matte screen, and the 1440x900 pixels screen is perfect for my needs.
     
    wii, Jan 26, 2010
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