My delapidated Dell is about to be retired. I worked the crap out of this PC and it valiantly attempted to keep up with me, but couldn't quite work at the speed of Jaffe.
Throughout it's short but inspired tenure, it had one bizarre defect: it turned itself on spontaneously (as opposed to the battery bursting into flames), so when I'd be on a business trip, I'd open my briefcase and find the machine boiling hot and the battery half-eaten.
Very frustrating, but I coped throughout somehow.
Interestingly enough, none of the Dell technicians were able to even remotely (literally or figuratively) diagnose or solve the problem. After 4 or 5 attempts, I gave up and accepted my flawed, yet human extension (and representation) of me.
...but that was then and this is now.
I am thinking of returning to the Vaio fold (hat tip to Shel Holtz who has been gushing about the Vaio for a while). I once had one...it became a royal pain (kind of like Christopher Moltisanti) and I had to put it down. But I am convinved that this is probably the coolest, sexiest and most powerful PC on the market.
Before I continue, let me just say that I am not going Mac and probably never will go Mac. In my line of work, 'tis better to be a friend than a foe to the audio-visual technician at conferences. I know that the Mac is a better solution for a podcaster and certainly someone who wants to get into video podcasting, but I just don't have the time right now to figure it all out. If Apple was smart, they'd figure out a smart infleuncer outreach problem to do just that, but in reality they're too smart for us humanfolk and don't believe in making contact with the targets other than at the cash register.
The Sony Viao in question is the "SZ" series, VGN-SZ491N/X to be exact. Key specifications include:
- 2.16 GHz
- 2Gig Hard Drive
- 3.72 pounds
- 13.3" Screen Size, 1280x800 resolution and XBrite technology
- Built in camera and microphone
- Bluetooth
- Biometric Fingerprint Sensor
- etc.
Will go now and customize a bit to see how far I can push this baby.
Sidebar: Sony has slipped up majorly on many of their tech offerings (PS3 v Wii; Minidisk; Blu-Ray etc), but the Vaio is still (or should be) one of the few bright areas in their portfolio
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