Questions

I've been thinking about getting the Sony Vaio A series, but I have some concerns and hope someone can help.

1. Celeron M - Pentium M is too rich for my blood right now and I see that the differences are minimal when it comes to benchmarks and I can handle the lower battery life. (3hr 12min vs 4hr 26min according to Tomshardware) since I'll probably have places to plug into. But a big issue is heat, does the Celeron M generate more heat than Pentium M? I'd like some more comments on Celeron M if possible.

2. Quality - Some of my friends have been telling me how fragile the Sony Vaio is, but since A series is new I was wondering if anyone knows about the build quality for this notebook?

3. Screen - And finally I was wondering if I should go XGA or SXGA, my preferred resolution on desktop is 1280x768 but I'm willing to consider it if screen quality is somehow affected.

Thanks.

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Youhou

 

Thanks for the response, hopefully this is my last question before the reviews come out about it.

1. Are the optical drives swappable?

 

Youhou, I have looked at the spec sheet for the A series. It doesn't seem like the optical drive are swappable. I also checked the japanese site and it didnt mention anything about the swappable drive. Of course, I won't know this til the actual thing arrives in the states. I hope this helps.

 

Thanks, I looked over those specs and wondered if I had missed something. Its out in the states apparently since we can order the A series on Sony's website right now.