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    Sony Announces New VAIO EA, EB, and EC Laptops

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by zeth006, Jun 11, 2010.

  1. zeth006

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    Plenty, none of them pure.
     
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  3. zeth006

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    Whaddya mean by pure?
     
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  4. mfpreach

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    He has nothing positive to say about them he means.
     
    mfpreach, Jun 11, 2010
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  5. epona

    epona Newbie

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    I'm planning to get one but can't decide CW or EA. Any advice?
     
    epona, Jun 11, 2010
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  6. chris2k5

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    I can't believe Sony didn't make the EA a 13 incher to compete with Apple. Seems kinda dummy of them if you ask me.
     
    chris2k5, Jun 12, 2010
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  7. scadsfkasfddsk

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    Isn't the Macbook a 13 inch 16 by 10, while the sony 14 inch is 16 by 9, meaing they are in fact of similar size?
     
    scadsfkasfddsk, Jun 12, 2010
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  8. asdf916

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    the EA finally comes out, but without a 5650 :|
     
    asdf916, Jun 12, 2010
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  9. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    I love how everyone just completely underestimates the 5650. If configured right, it's a beast. A DX11 beast.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Jun 12, 2010
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    Why couldn't they have put the HD5650 in the 15.5"? Or even the 14", for that matter; it's large enough. This makes them all useless to me (the 17.3" is too big and the smaller two are too underpowered).
     
    Shokz, Jun 12, 2010
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  11. Bronsky

    Bronsky Wait and Hope.

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    *yawn*

    Bronsky :cool:
     
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  12. Lvivkse

    Lvivkse My username is a typo

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    id get an EC if it had 1080p
     
    Lvivkse, Jun 12, 2010
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    Why does EC 17.3" only come with Core i5 while F 16.4" come with core i7? If 16.4" could carry core i7, couldn't its larger cousin, 17.3", carry the same type of CPU?
     
    hendra, Jun 13, 2010
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  14. Lvivkse

    Lvivkse My username is a typo

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    simple reason: they nerfed the EC
     
    Lvivkse, Jun 13, 2010
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  15. leslieann

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    I wonder if these are the rumored Taiwanese models.
    The price (and looks, what's with the 80's paintjob?) would seem right if they were.
     
    leslieann, Jun 13, 2010
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  16. zeth006

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    Made in Taiwan, or made for Taiwan? They're available on the US site right now.
     
    zeth006, Jun 13, 2010
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  17. Musuta

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    Sony doing crap models these last months ... :(
    Except vaio Z
     
    Musuta, Jun 13, 2010
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  18. leslieann

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    Made in Taiwan (or China?).
     
    leslieann, Jun 13, 2010
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  19. coolguy

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    Because the EC series are one of the Sony's budget line E series laptops.
     
    coolguy, Jun 13, 2010
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    The F series are not crap.
     
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    yeah i expected that they will make better machine F than AW ... they cut
    2'nd disk they cut screen no RAID .. :-/
     
    Musuta, Jun 13, 2010
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