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New S Series!

Foxhound — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:32:54 GMT

Ladies and Gentlemen,

There's a new version of the S series on it's way. This time in nice SILVER finish.
Max. Specs
Pentium M 770 (2,23 Ghz)
2 GB RAM
100 GB HDD

I'm saving my euro's already!:smileygrin:

Re: New S Series!

Foxhound — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:40:22 GMT

Oh sorry forgot to give the link,
here you are:

http://www.jp.sonystyle.com/Style-a/Product/S92/index.html

Enjoy!:smileygrin:

Re: New S Series!

kee-lo_ — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:45:14 GMT

That must cost a pretty penny.

Re: New S Series!

robpaxton — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:47:36 GMT

And there's a good chance that the silver paint wears off (like many of the A series owners have reported) after a couple of months anyway . . . .

Re: New S Series!

kee-lo_ — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:50:44 GMT

Re: New S Series!

robpaxton — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:59:40 GMT

It's to be hoped that they've added a few more microns of paint to it. A little thing like that can either make the computer something to be proud of or something that you begin to hate . . . .

And since the Vaio brand is sold on the basis of it's style & function then peoples expectations are naturally high.

Re: New S Series!

kee-lo_ — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:03:26 GMT

Yeah they ned to keep up, that Mac Mini is very tempting, and won't destroy me!

Re: New S Series!

jammold — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:13:24 GMT

ROFL Why is it that you two (Kee-Lo and Rob) always find fault with VAIO's.

LOL You have a point though...:smileylaugh:

Re: New S Series!

robpaxton — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:15:34 GMT

I was thinking of getting one just to plug into my router so that I could use it as a media server and backup computer. It's tiny enough to just put under the router and leave switched on 24-7 without a display etc. I would've liked the option of a larger HD but I would guess that replacing the one that's in wouldnt be too much of a problem & I can always plug in a couple of the firewire 160G drives that I've got if I need to.

Re: New S Series!

kee-lo_ — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:19:19 GMT

I want it as an entry to Mac computing really, so I can actually afford the software to go alongside it.

Still, it's just a tought, probably won't bother.

James: because it's helping the people in Japan understand the problems with VAIO.

Re: New S Series!

jammold — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:20:46 GMT

Kee-Lo: True, they are not all perfect...

Re: New S Series!

kee-lo_ — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:25:48 GMT

Yeah we all know that James.

Re: New S Series!

robpaxton — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:27:17 GMT

ROFL Why is it that you two (Kee-Lo and Rob) always find fault with VAIO's.

LOL You have a point though...:smileylaugh:

It's such an easy and relatively inexpensive thing to sort out, and it frequently makes the difference between having a satisfied user who will buy again or a dissatified user who will never buy again.

Re: New S Series!

kee-lo_ — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:36:49 GMT

I agree Rob, it's not that hard to fix that for Sony.

Re: New S Series!

Foxhound — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 22:45:14 GMT

The Screenpanel with the VAIO logo is metallic of the s series. The problem lies with the palm rests. My old Vaio, a purple one showed two dark spots of disappeared paint at the places where my handpalm rests.
So yeah, I agree with Rob on this one there has been issues with Sony being greedy on the paint job.
I've haven't developed these spots on my S series though but then again I haven't used it THAT long anyway.

Re: New S Series!

kee-lo_ — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:04:34 GMT

The palm spots appeared within 2 months on the GRX