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    Questions about Sony

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by chewyeong90, Sep 6, 2009.

  1. chewyeong90

    chewyeong90 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi, I'm planning to get my hand on a Sony Vaio SR / FW series after my horrendous experience with HP. I have a few questions about Sony.

    1) What is manufacturer's limited warranty ? I can't seem to get any information about it. If I purchase a laptop online, I'm automatically entitled 1 year warranty ? Then what about the 1 year extended service plan ? Does it mean I could get 1 year free warranty + the extended I purchased = 2 years ?

    2) I can't seem to find Sony's official forum like the others HP, Lenovo's forum. Is there even one for Sony ?

    3) So is Sony's laptop reliable ? I wouldn't want to get another laptop like my HP dv2523tx with faulty LCD, motherboard within 2 years time.

    Thanks for clarifying my doubts !
     
    chewyeong90, Sep 6, 2009
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  2. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    1) Yes, that's howit works.

    For some countries you get 2 years by law - e.g. Germany.

    2) There is, look here:
    http://club.vaio.sony.eu/clubvaio/DE/de/forum/index

    (menus are german for me, if they are for you, change the language, entries in the forum are in English)

    3) Overal Vaios tend to be reasonably well built - however, there is anoticeable difference between consumer level laptops and business models, and high en models vs. low end ones (not meaning different speced versions of same model)
     
    DetlevCM, Sep 6, 2009
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