Which of these laptops would you purchase?

Jo4

Which of these Sony Vaio laptops, VGN-AW11M/H, VGN-FW11M or VGN-FW11S is the best and why? If you were purchasing one which would you purchase?

da1seggy

What are the specifications?

Jo4

Here are the links to the three laptops.

VGN-AW11M/H
http://www.vaio.sony.co.uk/view/ShowProduct.action?product=VGN-AW11M%2FH&site=voe_en_GB_cons&category=VN+AW+Series&assetid=1218032875460




VGN-FW11M
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1492181900.1227917038@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccecadefkkihlejcflgceggdhhmdfog.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=671910&category_oid=



VGN-FW11S
http://vaio.sony.co.uk/view/ShowProduct.action?product=VGN-FW11S&site=voe_en_GB_cons&category=VN+FW+Series&assetid=1218032875460

5bellies_2

They're all basically the same thing, slightly different hard drive sizes, and the AW11 has a larger screen.

The FW11M is £200 cheaper than the FW11S - which kinda makes that option a no-brainer. Your main choice appears to be whether you want the bigger screen.

Jo4

5bellies wrote: »

They're all basically the same thing, slightly different hard drive sizes, and the AW11 has a larger screen.

The FW11M is £200 cheaper than the FW11S - which kinda makes that option a no-brainer. Your main choice appears to be whether you want the bigger screen.

Are you basically saying that you would be paying £200 more for a screen because they are all similar?

SJames_3

Jo4 wrote: »

Are you basically saying that you would be paying £200 more for a screen because they are all similar?

Pretty much, yes. Apart from 70GB on the hard drive, but thats no big deal unless you download loads or do lots of video editing, etc. But they're all very expensive, I'm sure you could still knock another £100-200 off the £799 model and still retain most, if not all, of the specs. What exactly are you going to be using it for?

Jakg

Just incase your wondering - Sony really aren't any more reliable than any other brand and you do pay a BIG premium for the name and the looks over other laptops.

5bellies_2

Jakg wrote: »

Just incase your wondering - Sony really aren't any more reliable than any other brand and you do pay a BIG premium for the name and the looks over other laptops.

Seconded.

This is a money saving forum. Buying Sony isn't compatible.

totalsolutions

its worth it though. Nice screen, looks good, quality keyboard, software package included, brand name.........

5bellies_2

Sony used to be about innovative electronics, and you'd pay a premium for it.

Now they get a third party Chinese manufacturer to produce a very average performance laptop and charge £200+ more than any other mainstream manufacturer for the privilege of it having a Sony badge.

Leopard wrote: »

Rubbish. This is a money saving site, not a poor persons' site.

This forum is full of Harvey Nicholls discount threads. I'll have the hounds ready for the morn, sire.

globalds

I have just bought the FW11E
Which does not have the blue ray but is a similar machine.
I like it ..But only paid £450 so it seemed much more attractive.
I saw a machine in Tesco today that has a similar spec as the blue ray
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-3272.aspx
It is theAcer Aspire 6530G
It has an AMD Chip so will wait for others to post about it's comparable speeds.
The Sony I have is nice.The main downer is that it is not XP downgradable .
Which is unfortunate as I really am not keen on Vista .
The speakers are a bit weak but the screen is very good.
Oh and the usb location is a bit naff .Because of the hinge set up there are no input points on the back .