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Sony VAIO SZ. Why not Macbook Pro?

When it comes to laptops, which are the brands that come straight to your mind? For me, its no other than Mac or Vaio, just because of the aesthetics of their laptop lines. Of course, everyone would say that these beautiful looking machines are highly overpriced and the money/performance ratio does not worth. Nonetheless, it depends on personal preferences, financial ability, brand loyalty.. of the buyer. Myself, I want a laptop which I feel comfortable using it and also looking at it since the look of the laptop will probably affect my

mood hence productivity. I want one which i feel good using it. Although I have a tough time choosing between Macbook Pro and a Vaio SZ79, my decision fell eventually to the Japanese made. The OS [Vista vs OS X], weight [1.69kg vs 2.5kg] and battery life [5hrs vs 2.5hrs] are my only consideration factors since both are equally ‘handsome’. Apparently, Vaio won the race.

Everyone who saw this laptop before will agree with me that it’s more of an artpiece. The razer thin screen is hot, and it brought me all the “wah-wow!” from everybody. Also, the white LED screen produce the best colour I have ever seen in laptop LCD. It’s bright till the extent that I normally tune down the brightness by 2 notch.

However, as usual, Sony bundled in tonnes of extra softwares into this machine like Roxio, Adobe Photo Elements, Sonic Stage etc, some of which you will never use even once during the lifetime of the computer. I din’t really bother to uninstall them, but most people do like a fresh install of the OS which enhances the performance for sure, if you are thinking to do a fresh copy of your Windows on Vaio, do read out the guide first and don’t do things rashly like me.

Needless to say, the processor is one of the fastest in the mobile computing arena. Photoshop CS3 loads in 3 seconds.(fastest booting, normally 5-7 seconds) I shan’t really go too much into the technical aspects, but one thing to highlight, the graphic card 8400GS is just average, not good, so don’t expect it to run too smoothly if you install too much eyecandy stuff like Switcher (one of my favourite, equavalent to OSX’s expose).

If you are really a person who needs a laptop which really works like a workhorse on the run, SZ is definitely the choice over anyother laptop, just because it gives you battery life and performance. Normal work like Websurfing, MSN chatting through Wifi can last about 5-6 hrs before the battery is completely flat. What more can it do if the extended battery is plugged in? It can easily last 8-9 hrs before you need to search for your power adapter.So if you ask me what is Vaio SZ or what so good about Vaio SZ?

Stylish, professional looking and powerful machine, clad in carbon, weighing less than 4 pounds!

Hit the link to find out more about the specifications, prices and more…

Tags: Adobe Photoshop CS3, Apple, Battery Life, Carbon, Laptop, Mac, Notebook, OSX, Software, Sony, SZ79, VAIO, Vista
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