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    Ordered my first Sony today! (SR290)

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by vulture99, Dec 19, 2008.

  1. vulture99

    vulture99 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I ordered my first Sony today! An SR290 with the titanium gray finish. I wanted all-black but had to get a preconfigured quick-ship model to get a good deal. Between the $200 techbargains discount (TECHBARGAINSVAIODEAL) and the education discount, I got it for about $960. Free shipping with arrival by 12/24, so I should have it soon.

    This will be a huge upgrade from my heavy, hot, slow 6-yr-old Dell! Now off to read more threads...cheers all.
     
    vulture99, Dec 19, 2008
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  2. prescott

    prescott Notebook Consultant

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    That's a fantastic price and a really nice lappy. Congrats.
     
    prescott, Dec 19, 2008
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    Not bad, not bad. Just as you'll be getting yours, I'll be sending mine back, lol. The colors on the screen are weird/dull.
     
    gauden44, Dec 19, 2008
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    You can adjust the colors through ATI control panel.
     
    eli2k, Dec 19, 2008
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    specs pls :D
     
    araharja, Dec 19, 2008
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    vulture99, Dec 19, 2008
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    so $960 is be4 or after tax?
     
    araharja, Dec 19, 2008
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    SR is cool and much easyer to be taken on a trip. If it could provide a better graphics, i would have purchased it instead of fw. All for Star War 2~
     
    liquidtemper, Dec 19, 2008
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    vulture99 Notebook Enthusiast

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    There is no sales tax in my state. So I guess that would be before tax.
     
    vulture99, Dec 20, 2008
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    whoa oregon. lucky u :D
     
    araharja, Dec 20, 2008
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    Congratulations on your purchase and investment. I personally have a CTO of the SR290 series and I love my unit. I have only had it for about 2 to 3 weeks now, but I have done a lot of different things (even messing around with Ubuntu) and I have got to say that except for a random BSOD here or there when I probably hit one too many buttons, this thing has been as solid as a rock. Hope yours turns out just as well!

    BBGus
     
    BBGus, Dec 20, 2008
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    Thanks a lot, I hope I like it too :) And I hope I don't regret not getting the midnight black, which I do like better... How do you find the battery life to be with the 7200rpm hard drive? Did you dual boot Ubuntu on the SR290 or replace Vista? I run Ubuntu and WinXP machines for my workstations.
     
    vulture99, Dec 20, 2008
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  13. liquidtemper

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    I have a question:

    Since the sale tax varies so much in different place, could it make a profit that a OR resident(for exp.)purchases laptop online then sells it in a higher price (still much lower than the total price for another state's people)?
     
    liquidtemper, Dec 20, 2008
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