I'm not sending this to the list because I'm over my limit and this is
an issue each person needs to decide for themselves. For my part, I was
steering away from Sony's. They're good machines, but I find the high
end ones are a lot of money for what you can get in an equivalent
machine from another vendor. Also, Sony hasn't done very well lately in
numbers of reported issues and customer satisfaction, although they're
not significantly worse than the rest of the pack. I don't think anyone
who got a Sony and is happy with it made a mistake though. Like I said,
they do make a good machine, and they used to be the laptop by which all
other laptops were judged!

On 15/07/11 13:05, Brian and Denise Albriton wrote:
> I'm not in the expert category. I will tell you I recently got a sony
> vio laptop which the note book shop, a local store aound Los Angeles,
> steered me to when I asked for a desk top replacement.
> Hard dirve has a speed of 7200 and I don't remember much else about it.
> I'm very happy with it.
> Its running windows seven of course which after xp you may enjoy.
> Brian
> 
> 
> On Thu, 14 Jul 2011, Deborah Kendrick wrote:
> 
>> Hi Everyone,
>> I have an opportunity to get a new computer and need to act fairly
>> quickly.
>> My desktop is 7 years old and fading fast.
>> Here are my questions for all of you.
>> First, I'm thinking to go with a laptop rather than a tower and would
>> like
>> to hear opinions on the subject.  My sense is that laptops can be just as
>> powerful as towers and could then be portable if necessary.
>> Second, what brands and/or specs in laptops are needed for best
>> performance
>> with all our screen-reading jazz?
>> I was just looking around online and suddenly felt dizzy!  Looking at HP
>> laptops, for instance, the home and student edition looked like they had
>> more RAM and storage space than the models listed as professional. 
>> What's
>> up with that?
>> Grateful for all and any direction!
>> Deborah
>>
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