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    Vaio S13 Price Check

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by bernieyee, May 15, 2015.

  1. bernieyee

    bernieyee Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi,

    Someone locally is selling a S13 with the following specs:

    13.3" 1366x768
    i5-3210M
    8GB DDR3
    640GB HDD
    640M LE

    No box, just laptop and charger.

    He wants $550 CAD ($460 USD) but I honestly don't think it's worth more than $400 CAD ($335 USD) given the age of the laptop.

    He said he paid $1200 CAD ($1000 USD) last summer, which I have a hard time imagining.

    I just want to find a decent and cheap 13.3" notebook capable of playing CS:GO/DOTA 2 at high settings on native resolution, and I know the 640M LE using the overclocked BIOS can do that since I used to own the S15 with a 1080p display.
     
    bernieyee, May 15, 2015
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  2. wb182

    wb182 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah doesn't sound like a good deal. I've got that model with 1600x900 screen, and upgraded with my own 250GB SSD. I can't imagine getting $450 US for it. Paid $1,000 US for it *3* years ago, and they threw in a free PS3 to boot.
     
    wb182, Jun 13, 2015
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