Attention Shrike4242!

[Forest Mercenary]

Your PM space has exceeded the allowed maximum, so I could not send you a PM, so I'll just post it here;

[quote name='shrike4242'][quote name='Forest Mercenary']Lengthy, thorough, and very good reply regarding notebooks.[/QUOTE]

Well, I just did a quick search and stumbled upon a notebook review site; http://www.notebookreview.com/price/default.asp?productFamilyID=450&display=priceDetail

There, they had a list of the most popular notebooks, and Sony Vaio S ranked 3rd, although an IBM greatly over-powered it in popularity. Doing a little more navigation, I found a Sony Vaio clearance here:

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INT...Name=cpu_Refurbished_Notebooks&Dept=computers

I looked through all of those notebooks, and I realize that even though I only got my feet wet, I did come across this very impressive notebook using a Pentium M - the best thing about it is that it's discounted nearly $1000 from $2500.

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INT...ategoryName=cpu_Clearance_Notebooks&first=yes

Other honorable mentions in case something is horrible wrong with that one ^:

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INT...ategoryName=cpu_Clearance_Notebooks&first=yes

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INT...ategoryName=cpu_Clearance_Notebooks&first=yes

I have not yet gone through any other notebooks that you mentioned, but already take a great fondness towards this one. Although I tkind of understood what the specifications were, can you please elaborate a little more on that one, and tell me if it is right for me? And also, why are these so deeply discounted? Are they previous years' models?

Unless I can get this same notebook duplicated quality wise, and specification-wise by another brand for a cheaper price, or if it is totally different from what I'm looking for, I think I may have found a winner. And also, comment on the others that I picked out ($1900 and $2000 for what looks to be the same specificantions as this $1500 I found, only these are S series, and if they would be better for me - but for a 33% price increase, they should be pretty good upgrades).

Also, after a little browsing on notebookreviews, it seems that very many notebooks are running on 256MB RAM, as opposed to the 512MB min. that you recommended - even the popular choice IBM notebook's default option is 256MB, and most of these cost at least $1100. And plus the Sony name IMO is is very respectable, and known for high-quality products, which is why as it stands now, I'm really liking that notebook I chose.

Let me know,

Thanks.

 

[zionoverfire]

For some reason when the site reopend my PM box was full of sent PMs that I thought had been deleted. Needless to say I was 3 times over the new 100 PM limit so I would expect several users who haven't logged on yet or deleted old PMs to have overfilled PM boxes.

 

[alonzomourning23]

Ya, I noticed the same. I thought I had deleted my older posts. Strange that they were even stored on the old server since I deleted them.

 

[Reality's Fringe]

There's a couple of kinks in the new system, but man is it purrrrty.

 

[WolfPac_Ite]

I am a PC geek, so I might be able to help you out, just tell me what you are going to be using the note book for.

Also, don't ever judge quality on stuff like this just because it's Sony. They may make some good things, but they make stuff that isn't that great also.

 

[shady859]

never mind i'm an idiot