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Default any vaio TZ owners?
been thinking of picking one of these up to replace my already ancient sharp mm20.

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Sony's are outrageously overpriced. Sure they have a nice screen. Why settle for a slow $1500 computer, when you can buy a much faster Acer or Asus machine for alot cheaper.

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Sony's are outrageously overpriced. Sure they have a nice screen. Why settle for a slow $1500 computer, when you can buy a much faster Acer or Asus machine for alot cheaper.
try to find a acer or asus thats 1" thick under 3lbs and with a dvdrom....
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Found an Asus Laptop its cheaper and has a Core Duo instead of a Core Solo.
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Honestly though, I would highly reccommend staying away from Sony notebooks. Not only because they are extremely overpriced but they are designed so that you cannot service them yourself. I attempted to replace a dead HDD on one of my friends notebook and it literally took 2 hours of painstaking labor to remove the harddrive. Instead of being able to access the harddrive from the bottom of the notebook like on normal laptops, you have to attack it from above and remove the keyboard. It was a nightmare.
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meh why sacrifice performance and price for weight and slim dimensions? It probably costs Sony $250 to produce a $1500 laptop. XD The only good thing Sony makes is pda's (Clie series, not the psp :P ).

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Found an Asus Laptop its cheaper and has a Core Duo instead of a Core Solo.
thats a really nice asus but im getting the TZ17 (U7600/1gb ram/100gb hd) for 2000USD without tax (rite now im in hong kong). asus doesnt have anything right not that uses the U7X00 series processors

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meh why sacrifice performance and price for weight and slim dimensions? It probably costs Sony $250 to produce a $1500 laptop. XD The only good thing Sony makes is pda's (Clie series, not the psp :P ).
i need to carry the notebook to class everyday and ive done a 6lbs toshiba satelite.....not fun. i most just use my notebook to take notes and surf the web so being a bit underpower should be ok.

this vaio is made from carbon and the lcd is led backlite. im sure it costs sony more then 250 to produce (im sure theyre ripping me off even at 2000 but you pay a price when u go for the "smallest")

btw im also lookin at the toshiba protege r500 nearly identical specs. any input between the 2?
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