Dear diary,

Been using my SZ Vaio laptop for 4 years now. It’s still in good condition (performance wise), except for some hardware problems.

Since my relationship with it is gonna be over soon, here’s my tribute towards it.

SZ was the higher range of Vaio back then, the 8k range. The specs was really good, back then. And most importantly, it has the weight of a net book, well almost, it’s 1.85kg. Throughout the years, I’m pretty sure to have made full use of its mobility – presentations, interviews & starbucks momments. I was very outgoing .

Plus being a heavy-user, I’ve did video editing, audio editing, flash websites, The Sims 2 and torrenting so that means I don’t switch off my com for weeks. I’ve upgraded the RAM and only reformatted the com once if you’re wondering. Not too happy with Sony’s after-sales support and hardware quality though. But, I’ve forgiven them.

Don’t ask me why didn’t I get a PC instead. I’ve enjoyed the laptop’s mobility incredibly much.

So it’s April my favourite month and you know why. I’ve received a new laptop as my 22nd birthday present, partially sponsored.♥

Vaio CW, pink.

The hunt wasn’t easy, did a lot of research, browsed a lot, but i’m not complaining at all.

I was contemplating between Toshiba Portege and Sony Vaio S Series. Both with the exactly same specs but different shades of pink. Toshiba Portege is slightly heavier and I think, it has better built-in speakers, compared to Vaio S. Vaio S has better design though, very sleek.

Toshiba Protege vs Vaio SR (RM3100 vs RM4200)

My final hunt was during PC fair, I totally changed my mind and went for Vaio CW 26FG (RM3999). Because the specs is darn good, for that price.

- Intel® Core™ i5-520M Processor 2.40 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.93 GHz
- Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
- 4 GB (2GBx2) 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
- 500GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
- 14″ wide (WXGA++: 1600 x 900) VAIO Display, LED Backlight
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 330M GPU with CUDA™ Technology (512MB dedicated video memory)
- Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Combination Drive with dual layer write capabilities
- Entertainment usability: 16:9 aspect ratio screen & HDMI output connector

That aside, it’s also because they didn’t have pink stock for Toshiba. Plus Vaio S’s promotion was quite sucky, no value for money.

So my vaio came along with a pink laptop bag:

And many other freebies – keyboard protector, mouse, 4gb pen-drive, Sony MP3 Player, Backpack, mouse-pad, screen-cleaner kit, table-lock.

Not too bad a deal

Now I can haz windows 7, I can play The Sims 3 without lag, I can…have bigger internal disk space.

♥ ♥