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    Why purchase a TZ from Japan?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Marukai, May 23, 2008.

  1. Marukai

    Marukai Notebook Guru

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    Can someone please explain what the benefits are, when it comes to buying a TZ from japan? I know There are different colors sold in japan, but is this the only reason to have one shipped from japan?
     
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  2. laptop4life

    laptop4life Notebook Consultant

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    Maby better quality when its built.
     
    laptop4life, May 23, 2008
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  3. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Price?

    John
     
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  4. Rahul

    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    North America and Japan are the only places where you can custom order the TZ, with Japan having many more options.

    Such as in Japan, you can choose to order the TZ with a Celeron processor to cut costs or get a 2.5" 160gb or 250gb hard drive in place of the DVD drive.

    In North America, if you want to get the 250gb HDD, you need to get the TZ with a 64gb SSD as well, making it very expensive.

    If you want the Premium Carbon lid color for example, you need to get the highest end TZ model in America and countries with an expensive SSD. But in Japan, you can get the lowest end TZ with Celeron M processor, 1gb of ram, 160gb HDD and get any color you want.

    I wish I could have gotten a TZ with the 2.5" 250gb HDD instead of the 1.8" 100gb HDD and DVD drive in mine, since I never use my DVD drive and 2.5" HDDs are faster and offer much more capacity than the 1.8" standard HDDs.
     
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  5. Skyshade

    Skyshade Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Ordering from Japan also comes with 3-yr global warranty in the price...
     
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  6. Rahul

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    I'm pretty sure the 3-year warranty is Japan only, you have to send it to Japan for it to get serviced. But they offer a 1-year global warranty I think for extra.
     
    Rahul, May 23, 2008
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  7. Marukai

    Marukai Notebook Guru

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    Which site is the best place to purchase a TZ from Japan?
     
    Marukai, May 23, 2008
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  8. Marukai

    Marukai Notebook Guru

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    Dose dynasim offer other colors besides black? I don't see an color selection option.
     
    Marukai, May 23, 2008
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  9. mandersen

    mandersen Notebook Evangelist

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    Look at this web site for different colors at Dynamism:
    http://www.dynamism.com/tz90/pricing.shtml
     
    mandersen, May 23, 2008
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  10. jack sparrow

    jack sparrow Notebook Evangelist

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    Conics.net and pricejapan are some of the best.
     
    jack sparrow, May 23, 2008
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  11. mandersen

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    Just want to add: I have a very good experience from buying a TZ from Conics, to Norway.
     
    mandersen, May 23, 2008
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