Sony Z1290X CTO Good Deal or Not?

It this a good deal for the Sony Vaio Z:

i7 620M
8 GB RAM
256 Hard Drive
Full HD
Metal Shield
2 Year Warranty With Accidental coverage for $2249.

What where some of the deals some of you guys got. Also would you recommend the laptop say compared to the Macbook Pro, or Lenovo W series or even to a lesser extent the T Series

 

Honestly it depends on what you want your laptop for.

Im guessing the 256 GB hard drive you listed is probably a SSD? right?

If you went with a 7200 rpm drive the price would drop by quite a bit.
But you dont really say what you are going to use your laptop for so im not sure.

As far as comparing them with a Macbook or a Lenovo I cant really give you a great opinion on it.

Although I purchased my first Macbook Pro about 2 weeks ago and I couldnt stand the OS and I returned it very quick and purchased a Vaio.
I will say this as far as Macs go It really depends on if you like the Operating system.. Also I hear the I7 Isnt a true quad core on there systems.. Im not sure if this is true or not but it is what I heard.

Anyway If you could give more details I could help you out more.

My vaio I got was about 1149 and It was a i7 720 4gb ram and 500gb 7200 rpm drive with 1080 Res.

Wow didn't know this but the computer you are looking at is actually a dual core.. I dont know if that matters or anything but I didn't even know the 620s where actually dual cores.

 

where/how did you get that deal?
i spec it out at $2900

 

Never mind I looked it up... Hmm that's expensive but i guess if you want something thats more portable that's what to get.

 

I don't know how you are getting this deal but it's on hell of a DEAL !

My Z1290X (config in sig) cost me $2400 after taxes.. Go for it I would say..

 

definitely go for it, its a great deal.

I am that happy I got a similar deal here in germany:

Z11
i7 620
256 quad ssd
8GB
FHD
WWAN
TPM+Fingerprint
DVD/RW
N/C Headphones
Prem Carbon
Win 7 Pro

believe it or not for 2059€.

I combined 10% educational bonus with 5% discount. by calling sony style several times, it took me about a month to negotiate that deal after all (had three orders cancelled by sony before).

There was another nice offer some weeks ago in the shop
Z11
i5-540
4GB
256 SSD
1600x900
WWAN
w/o TPM
DVD/RW
ext. Battery
Black

for 1749€. Period.

Compared to the lenovos you have to note that they don't even offer a SSD for nearly the same price of your offer. if you spec out your mbp (15" at least, 13" does not have the core-i-series yet) to the Z (with 256g SSD and 8gigs of RAM), you'll get about 3300$ without a FHD screen.

 

Yes, that's not a bad deal, but where are you ordering from? Z11 and Z12 buyers in the U.S. can usually expect a 15% discount if they purchase a warranty and two accessories. And I agree with other posters--Z12 will be much better than your 13 inch Mac.

Are you sure you're talking about a Vaio Z? They don't have quad core processors. It's not possible. The Z uses a hybrid graphics system that can only be utilized with dual core processors like the 540m or 620m. The 720Qm doesn't support hybrid graphics.

 

Dual Core.

Intel® Core? i7-620M Processor (4M Cache, 2.66 GHz) with SPEC Code(s) SLBPD, SLBPE, SLBTQ

 

educational bonus? how come? i'm in germany as well and during my order, when i asked the reps about educational discount they told me there _is_ no such thing...damn these sneaky reps!
would you mind elaborating a bit on how you managed it?

my current order is a z12 with:
i7 620m
8gig ram
128gb sdd
1600x900 resolution
dvd drive
wwan
backlit keyboard
premium carbon

for €2050...

 

hate to repeat myself, but where (how) did you get this deal??

it prices out to $2,918 online, and even with 15% off (a number that i could not get over the phone), the number is $2,480.

 

Sorry for the late reply. I am buying it from the US. Located in Maryland. I had called them day before yesterday and I told them I had ordered the laptop before, but it got cancelled, and they decided to give me a 30% discount. On top on my 10% discount.

Thanks for you guys for your advise, really helpful in trying to make a decision.

 

Did you call local sonystyle store or online store? So you are getting total of 40% discount. This is awesome deal. I'm also looking to buy laptop in next day or so and was looking at both Z12 and lenovo T410s.

I like sony personally but the price tag is too heavy

 

It's actually 37% combined, but wow that's a great deal OP! My Z12 should have been $1196.37 with the same discount! Which store is it?

 

I bought it over the phone no store. If someone in Maryland wants it for the same price more then happy to sell it to them.

 

i got a 5% discount due to all the problems i had with them and i combined it with the 10% offer of allmaxx.de.

you shoult at least get the 10% of allmaxx cashback, thats an additional 200€ saving. i would order it on monday because that is the last day you can get the free i7 upgrade.

good luck!

 

So you want to sell your laptop??

 

I dont want to sell it but if someone else wants it more than I do I am willing to part with it. I realize some of you are real fans of this product and deserve a chance to get it at a reasonable price.

 

something about this post sounds really fishy.... or is it the cynical NYer in me?

 

sounds fishy to me too
Sony ain't that generous

 

I think this is a very good deal

 

to the OP,

You're a f'in troll you bag. Why would you have been willing to pay $2k+ CTO model, get 37% off, only to decide you don't want it and then offer it at that price?

You're an idiot and a retard.