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    This cheap VAIO laptop worth it?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Central, Apr 22, 2006.

  1. Central

    Central Notebook Consultant

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    I'm in the unfortunate position of being addicted to the beauty of VAIOs and being on a budget. Not good. Anyway, I've found a reasonably priced VAIO which looks okay, but I want your opinion. Here's the link:

    http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Sony_Vaio_VGN-FS415E_VGN-FS415E/version.asp

    My main gripes are the Celeron processor and the 4200RPM hard disk drive - will I notice a big difference when switching from my desktop's 7200RPM HDD, or will it be negligible? If it really does altar performance a huge amount I'd probably attach a 7200RPM USB HDD, I guess.

    Anyway, thanks in advance for analysing this for me :).

    EDIT: I'll be using this laptop for music, Office applications and internet browsing on Firefox. I'll often be doing all of these at once. I'll also watch movies on it, but I'm sure it can manage that anyway.

    Also, if this isn't such a great deal, could someone find me a good-looking, reasonably specced and priced laptop from another brand, perhaps?

    Thanks again!
     
    Central, Apr 22, 2006
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