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VAIOs are ...

davem20 — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 13:55:47 GMT

I heard from some people that VAIOs are good and some bad. I obviously listened to the wrong people when i decided to waste a grand on one. Struggles to process tiny things that my old pc could do easily. Am i the only person who thinks this or is there something wrong with my laptop?

Re: VAIOs are crap

kee-lo_ — Sun, 12 Sep 2004 13:56:41 GMT

Which notebook do you have and what exactly are you trying to do?

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TygerTyger — Sun, 12 Sep 2004 15:01:51 GMT

Lol sweeping statements = not helpful. If your newer faster computer can't do what your older crummier one could then something is clearly wrong. Give the details and people will sort you out.

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kee-lo_ — Sun, 12 Sep 2004 15:30:14 GMT

Yeah just saying VAIOs are crap is helping no one.

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William — Sun, 12 Sep 2004 16:01:51 GMT

People who buy laptops are generally not looking for cutting edge performance - Certainly not for £1000.

If you want top of the range try £2500+

I would be the first to agree that laptops are compromises and I would agree that they are slower than comparable desktops.
For instance hard disks are generally 5200rpm both for cost and also the 2.5" size.

If you want a crap laptop you can have my GRX.:smileygrin:

William

Re: VAIOs are crap

kee-lo_ — Sun, 12 Sep 2004 16:08:43 GMT

If you want a crap laptop you can have my GRX.:smileygrin:

Still lovin' my GRX

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nick_pan — Sun, 12 Sep 2004 16:09:02 GMT

ive fixed 10 laptops in the last few days that have been bogged down by adware adware, worms etc. They were working at like half the speed they usually should..

if your a big internet user/p2p network person, make sure your keeping the thing in order..

Furthermore, nobody really buys Vaios for cutting edge performance. I know very well that for the money i payed for mine, i could have got a better gfx card, maybe a few hundred more mhz but then i would have been buying a black brick which weighed 5 kilos. Vaios combine power and great form factor in my opinion and i dunno, im a sony person with all the gadgets i have

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William — Sun, 12 Sep 2004 16:21:58 GMT

I'll second that:smileygrin:

William

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kee-lo_ — Sun, 12 Sep 2004 16:58:26 GMT

VAIO is a strange thing really, they do like other PCs, yet they're not like PCs, they're on a higher plane. I also like the way Sony make them so they're not a PC but a lifestyle tool, I don't think I could go back to DeLL or localpcmakers type things again....

DAMN YOU !!!
Hehe just kidding

Re: VAIOs are crap

William — Sun, 12 Sep 2004 22:16:04 GMT

Aye they are better than PC's - hence VAIO

If anyone thinks VAIO's are crap head off down to PCWORLD and buy their latest laptop special offer and be happy.

William

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TygerTyger — Sun, 12 Sep 2004 22:49:59 GMT

Nick is right though, if you want a damn cool laptop you buy a Vaio. But for the same price, if not less you would get a good deal better performance buying a different brand.
If you do end up taking your Vaio back, Asus seem to be excellent value and a well respected manufacturer, and Dell do ugly powerhousess. But the screens sure don't compare :smileygrin:

Re: VAIOs are crap

nick_pan — Sun, 12 Sep 2004 23:02:12 GMT

exactly

no comparisson when it comes to screens,

just been using an HP 9xxx and a dell 9100 for a few days. Yeh pretty powerful but theyre screens were a disaster..

vaio screens are as close as u can get to a desktop

both the hp and dell suffered from a slight blurring effect which was tiresome on the eyes.
Furthermore ever seen either of the above models? BRICKS and next to my k series UGLY BRICKS no jokes

Re: VAIOs are crap

kee-lo_ — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:40:16 GMT

As William said if you don't like VAIOs go buy a p**sy Packard Bell PC @ £499.

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Siddeh — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:11:56 GMT

for a grand buy a tiny.. u can get highest speced laptop for just over 1k.. but do tiny have a reputation like Vaio? i got my Vaio a few days ago and i dont think ill ever go back.. the screen is awesome for one.. and the performance on this is amazing.. much much better than my old desktop as its been said, Vaio's are not poweful gaming machines, they are a tool for easier working and compact space o and to show off u have a Vaio

Re: VAIOs are crap

kee-lo_ — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:44:44 GMT

I know, they're great.

What I worry about if I ever get an RA desktop I'll never be able to go back to a conventional desktop

Re: VAIOs are crap

nick_pan — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:50:37 GMT

only thing that gets close are toshibas in my opinion..

used a beauty today, 3.06ghz,512mb ram, and ati mob 9700 and it flew. all extras included and screen quality similar to vaios..just not quite as a good tho. had great form factor tho

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kee-lo_ — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:42:28 GMT

Yeah there are some nice Toshibas around.

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davem20 — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:45:58 GMT

This was PCWORLDs offer a couple of months ago which is why i chose this laptop!

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davem20 — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:54:13 GMT

Its a PCGK215B 2.4ghz, 512mb ram 64mb graphics and I mean its slow at absolutely everything, from clicking on start taking a good few seconds and opening any applications. AutoCAD is really slow and I can't draw anything with the speed I could with my old compaq desktop. I know the performance on these things aren't as good as desktops but it struggles to play minesweeper at the proper pace! I don't use it for games very often but I was told when I bought it that it was good for games as well, but even with the graphics on the lowest settings the thing jerks around making it unbearable. It seems really slow just to get a simple menu up and opening and using an application or even the tiniest document seems to take forever. I've installed virtually nothing on it since I bought it and I can't really remember if it's always been like this. Also, the alarm never seems to warn me of low battery which is annoying - as far as I can see it is set to come on, as well as the message which then stops you seeing how long you've got left. Apart from that VAIOs aren't crap.:smileyconfused:

Re: VAIOs are crap

davem20 — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:57:13 GMT

PC World aren't bothered, even though I paid another £400 for if anything goes wrong! They say it's Sony's problem... and Sony problems cost a bomb, if you can ever get in touch.