Apr 17
Vaio
I’ve got myself a new toy in the form of a 14″ Sony Vaio laptop. I must say that I’m quite happy with it, not least because I got it for discounted price that I’m sure was Sony’s mistake! When I was looking for a laptop, I was having a real hard time finding something that was perfect for my needs. Then I found this Vaio in one webshop, it was only some pre-release information with a price but it wasn’t available for order yet. So I went directly to Sony’s store, bookmarked the page and waited for the laptop become available. One day it did… but the price was a whole lot lower than the price I had seen in the first store. I didn’t waste any time but ordered the Vaio, and the following day when I checked the Sony store again, they had corrected the price so it matched the higher price I had seen at first. But in my order, it was still that “discounted” price, this is the first time I’ve been a beneficiary of a pricing mistake! Not complaining.
The laptop comes equipped with a 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium. I had been quite keen on seeing this new OS, having been one of the many (millions) who hate Vista. 
And so far it’s been a positive experience, even if it had some features enabled that were driving me crazy, but when I finally figured out how to disable the nuisance I’m much happier already. I still have one nag but I hope that I can fix that one, too. Google will help.
So apart from not being able to keep my fingers off the new toy, I spent some more time with my crocuses; there’s not much else growing yet anyway. There’s quite a bit of snow left in the forest, while the snowmobile trails are getting too soft to walk on so my walks are restricted to the roads at the moment. But things happen quickly at this time of the year, so I’m sure that things will look up soon!
5 comments
Considering the price and screen resolution, not bad at all… Congrats for the new toy
By far Win7 is the best Windows OS ever, it kinda brings it a bit closer to Mac OS or Unix in general. What I really love in Win7, is the ability to nail the programs to taskbar Win7. Not a solution. When time leaves this PC, I’m gonna get another Mac
Heck, I’m even typing this comment with Apple Keyboard in Windows PC x)
Congrats on extra discount, I’ve heard rumors of that kind of luck
Whatta.. some part of my comment disappeared
I wrote that I’m not going to upgrade my Vista -> Win7..not a solution…etc.
I have been looking at Vaio as well and thinking I need a large screen to use Lightroom.
How have you found the smaller 14in screen with regards to processing images.
Hi Alan, LR was my major concern when deciding on a laptop. I knew from experience that a resolution of 768 in height isn’t enough which was a real problem because I also wanted to a small-ish laptop for mobility. So when this Vaio came up on the radar with a resolution of 1600×900, it was an easy decision. Still, 900 isn’t much… but by minimising the upper and lower panels in LR I get enough space to be happy. If you’re looking at the Vaio as a mobile solution, then I can definitely recommend it. But I wouldn’t use it as a desktop replacement without an external monitor (this Vaio supports external resolution up to 2048×1536).