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    Overpriced Sony Vaio

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by coolguy, Jul 14, 2007.

  1. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    Why are generally Sony Vaio's overpriced than Dells, HP's? Do the vaio's have really better quality than either of them or is it just for the SONY brand name?
     
  2. mikeymike

    mikeymike Notebook Evangelist

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    superior screens. you gotta go see the difference
     
  3. wuruoyu

    wuruoyu Notebook Consultant

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    you get what you pay for
     
  4. Crimsonman

    Crimsonman Ex NBR member :cry:

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    u do pay for the name too
     
  5. CeeNote

    CeeNote Notebook Virtuoso

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    ...and for the design
     
  6. bananapudding

    bananapudding Notebook Consultant

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    Sony only sells what it can charge a premium for. If it can't, it gets out of the market. That's why they don't sell VAIO desktops or CRT televisions any longer.
    To be fair to Sony, they take that money and try to put out quality products.
     
  7. marques

    marques Notebook Enthusiast

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    i am sorry but you have not done your research. sony fz with blue ray is much cheaper than any other similar pc.
    please dont make wild assumptions based on limited research
     
  8. ATP

    ATP Notebook Consultant

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    They were also some of the first to use Mg alloy instead of plastic on non-business lines.
     
  9. Hartman

    Hartman Notebook Consultant

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    You pay for the name, style, and features. When I was in the market for a notebook, I wasn't even considering a VAIO because I had the notion that they were out of my price range. I just wasn't happy with the styling of HPs and Dells, and I came across the FZ, which is very affordable for a Sony.
     
  10. xavibrugal

    xavibrugal Notebook Consultant

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    your kidding me, thats a joke right?? ill show you cheaps notebooks... dell xps have almost same price as sony, not a diference with that... dell inspairons are a gigantic, ugly and hevy notebook, hp has a better design than dell inspirons but it stills sucks... its has the worse screen quality ive ever seen. gateways, compaqs... no comments... asus r pretty nice specs and some of then have a nice design (excluding the gamers notebook G1, G1S, G2S... not my tipe) but u get them from same price of a sony...

    the overpriced thing is te blue ray drive... and is overpriced on every notebook brand... it add to you card around $600...

    in conclution sony r not overpriced... you pay for the best quality screen you can get and good power saver, slick and low weight in a powerfull notebook
     
  11. littlecx

    littlecx Notebook Deity

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    because i feel different using sony.
     
  12. dznutz

    dznutz Notebook Consultant

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    a vaio gets you laid
     
  13. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    So sony is better than other competitors only in style. Configuration wise dell is way better than sony. Dell has a 8600M GT card, 7200 rpm, USGXA display in its customizable inspirons.


    I accept that the build quality of Sony Vaio FZ is the best in the consumer line of notebooks now.
     
  14. sA x sKy

    sA x sKy Notebook Consultant

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    You can't justify that all Sony Vaio's are overpriced. You have to go behind the price and see what Sony is actually offering with their laptops. Sony's laptops are beautiful display wise. The screens are made form the type of material their extremely good looking Bravia's are made of. When your at a cafe, working/playing on a Sony Vaio, people will look at you and say, "Wow, that guy has an awesome laptop by an extremely reliable electronics manufacturer!" They are even offering a Blu-Ray drive with their computers. Buying a Blu-Ray player is nothing compared to how much a Blu-Ray player + a Sony Vaio is with compatibility to an HDTV. You just have to look at exactly Sony is offering with their laptops.
     
  15. Dijo John

    Dijo John Notebook Geek

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    ..and bloatware :p
     
  16. sA x sKy

    sA x sKy Notebook Consultant

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    I can't disagree here lol.
     
  17. MP5

    MP5 Notebook Consultant

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    i chose sony because i wanted the best screen
     
  18. vince22

    vince22 Newbie

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    Can't agree more with Sony "the best LCD screen"

    I have HP dv6xxx and its LCD sucks compare to my new sony..see for yourself.

    [​IMG]
     
  19. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    I appears that the brightness and contrast in sony vaio (in your pic) is set to max and in the hp it is set at a lower level.

    I have used used both and what I found was the sony vaio's display is more crisp and had good color reproduction.