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post #11 of 14
6/5/12 at 5:21pm
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What do you think about a Sony Vaio S 15?

Here's an ebay link I'm lookin at..
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-VAIO-S-Series-Laptop-Intel-Core-i7-2640M-640GB-15-5-BRAND-NEW-SEALED-/150829709346?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item231e26b822

Its got an i7 chip and AMD Radeon™ HD 6630M...
and 6 gigs of ram.
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6/6/12 at 3:07am
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What do you think about a Sony Vaio S 15?
Here's an ebay link I'm lookin at..
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-VAIO-S-Series-Laptop-Intel-Core-i7-2640M-640GB-15-5-BRAND-NEW-SEALED-/150829709346?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item231e26b822
Its got an i7 chip and AMD Radeon™ HD 6630M...
and 6 gigs of ram.

Looks good but sony's are very expensive if you need to replace a part.
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6/6/12 at 3:20am
How about an overall budget of $1400, spend $400 on a cheap and cheerful reliable laptop and spend $1000 on a gaming computer for games and video/photo editing. Then you could upgrade the desktop when ever you want and you also have a good rugged laptop. thumb.gif
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How about an overall budget of $1400, spend $400 on a cheap and cheerful reliable laptop and spend $1000 on a gaming computer for games and video/photo editing. Then you could upgrade the desktop when ever you want and you also have a good rugged laptop. thumb.gif

Go higher $2000 $1500 desktop $500 laptop more options open up.
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