Sony S580

I have been trying to figure out which laptop was for me. My main goal for a laptop was one that would play World of Warcraft (and a couple others but mostly WoW) and web browse on the couch or in the bed with my wife. My reason for going portable is solely for my wife, well more for me so she would'nt leave me since I am on the computer all the time. I love my wife but I can't stop being on the computer, just to watch tv or whatever. Anyways I have had several laptops that appealed to me but someone said I should go and phyically see the resolutions so I know which I like. I made my mind up that a 15.4" would have the performance I needed, although I really wanted the 14" size. I went to go to Best Buy yesterday to look again but the power was out and they werent letting people in the store. So I went down the street to Comp USA and found the Sony s580 in all it's glory. Now this was recommended to me by a member here (actually his was a s360 but after review I seen that the s580 was almost identical) but I ruled it out because I figured how good could a 13" laptop be if a 14" wouldnt get the job done. I was impressed, that Sony felt awesome and was gorgeous! I was going to buy it right there and then but because I was dressed in my work clothes I was treated as a pest and not a potential buyer so I was ignored. I plan on doing a little research on where I am going to buy one but I must say I was impressed enough to pay alittle more.

 

Would it be stupid to buy a S580 with the new line coming out? I can get a s580 for $1700 now. How much more are the SZ's going to be for a same specced model.

 

Around 1800$USD for a high-end but do know they have a lot more features.

Do note I am talking about the Sony VAIO FE Sereies featuring the Nvidia GeForce Card.

 

The SZ will cost around $2000, with better features (Dual core, nvidia 7400 gpu, biometric security, etc...)
I say wait for the SZ

 

if u dont need it urgently now I will advise you to wait for the SZ. The main winning pt to me is the much longer battery life and webcam inclusion. The rest of the feature is not that much attractive over the old S series to me. duo core is not going to be alot faster over the already blazing 2.13 pentium M IMO

 

The battery life is not an issue for me as 90% of the time I will have access to an electrical outlet. The webcam won't work for me because my wife is naked half the time and I am not much into the voyeurism thing.

 

Im excat in the same position like you Kreidel!
i want a laptop that i can play wow on ,, and i want it now..I live in SWEDEN , so teh SZ wont be out here before march/april...
and that sucks!!

 

We probably won't receive them here in the states until about then also since on the 24th we can only "pre-order". It is like going to the doctors office and the receptionist moving you from the waiting room to the examination room only to wait even longer to see the doctor.

 

Give me a pm or something, if you buy the s580

ill maybe buy ine myself later this month..

/andre

 

I think S580 is enough to satisfy your need, SZ will just future-proof you a little more. Still, waiting till SZ is on the street and retailers starting cleaning out their stock of S5xx is not a bad idea, if you can wait.

 

SZ man if you can wait for it - then good. If you cant well then its life lol

Its worth the wait. Im pre-ordering the day its available.

 

I can wait...there is no real gotta have it today need but it would be nice to start earning my together points with the wife as soon as possible. My other option is to get rid of the wife and keep my awesome desktop, but she makes more money than me so I might have to keep her

 

lol,
I say wait man... I need it urgently for university too.
But I rather wait and get a good product with the latest stuff rather an older version