make sure to buy with CC with extended warranty, sonys are notorious for their bad reliability in notebooks. they look awesome, but just are not built well. too bad IBM can make thinkpads looks this nice

Nice Post OP,

I agree with your comment about the graphics card, but a 13.3" widescreen? Even with the rebates it should be at least a 15" to drop that much on a lappy.

olouie said:too bad IBM can make thinkpads looks this nice

Man I couldn't agree with you more...

from what I understand Sony has a amazing warantey...drop it in a toliet and they still will replace it. Also don't forget OD advantage mebership 10% back!

AvatarZ said:from what I understand Sony has a amazing warantey...drop it in a toliet and they still will replace it. Also don't forget OD advantage mebership 10% back!
Even for the computer?BTW,sony means troubles....

ShaneM said:Yeah its still expensive but for those looking at (overpriced) VAIOs, this is a great deal methinks.

Actually Worstbuy seems to always stock up on these heavily for the holidays, and then has fire sales in mid December because they ordered too many.

You would think they would learn by now... Oh wait forgot which store I was talking about there for a sec...

onion said:ccrows said:Nice Post OP,

I agree with your comment about the graphics card, but a 13.3" widescreen? Even with the rebates it should be at least a 15" to drop that much on a lappy.

No it absolutly shouldnt.

Not all people want an huge 8lb laptop with a 15" screen....you understand this laptop weighs 4.2lbs right.....remember this is an XBRITE screen also.

I noticed the weight, and believe me I aint no Joe steroid user, but I never found a problem with using an 8 lb laptop. Get a cushion padded Targus bag and half the time you forget its even there. Just like a good golf club bag...

AEmgee said:toneii said:sony? warranty?

You mean like - "we'll repair it for %120 of the cost of a new unit?"

That my familiarity with Sony...

This is also my experience with Sony.

Coupon doesn't work BTW.

haha yeah sony warranty is crap, but better than nothing. one of the only companies that charges shipping and handling fees on warranty repairs. hope they got ride of that policy, but doubt it.

i had the LCD on my 505 die 3 times and finally Sony was "nice" and offered to give me 10% off a new one hahahaha. I just laughed at them and got AMEX to take it back through their warranty program (they were really nice about it too, it was my one and only claim so far)

UCSDAccord said:Since the $500 is in store, can we purchase online and pick it up in store and have it be valid? wondering cuz I wanna get to potentially get some FatCash out of this

ditto, I'm wondering about this in order to use the 10% coupon code --> what does it say on the invoice?

ShaneM said:Yeah and on the 13.3" issue....I just ordered the 700m and I'm worried about it being TOO big. Lots of people pay a premium for smaller form factors. I dropped $1500+ on a Fujitsu P2000 series a couple years ago and it wasn't just the most stable laptop I've used, it was the most stable computer period. On top of that the resale value was ridiculous.

Why are you worried abot the 700M being too big? Use that as a strong selling point when you go to sell it. Many people bought the 700M model because of the big widscreen. (And the fact that it was not a Celeron)

As for the laptop itself, how do you like it overall? You were able to order one before I could get home and order one for myself online that day. Those went very fast...