PC World 599 Sony Laptop?

mathie

Anyone know if the PC World 599 Sony laptop is really a good deal?
I have until this evening to find out - deal ends today!
Cheers
M

Adam

Link?

mathie

Sorry couldn't find a link.
It's instore.
M

Adam

mathie wrote: »

Sorry couldn't find a link.
It's instore.
M

Well can you remember the specs?

mathie

17 inch screen

I'd be guessing but I think 2GB RAM.

BostonB

mathie wrote: »

17 inch screen

I'd be guessing but I think 2GB RAM.

I would be surprised if its a 17, more likely a 15.

Headshot

my brother got the laptop its a 17 inch res 1440x900

2gb ram

1.73 core duo

160 hard drive

vista

think they are the settings

BostonB

Whats the model number?

walshki

For what its worth PC World also had this for €599 (Presario A900)

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/ho/WF06a/321957-321957-3329742-89318-89318-3641174.html

Any opinions on this v the sony (don't know the specifics of the sony myself)

kaiser soza

I was passing by Peats on Parnell street yesterday and they had a Sony Laptop for €599 advertised in the Window,might be the same.

BostonB

That seems to be a 15.4"
http://www.peats.com/cgi-bin/catalog.cgi?view=1&type=product&id=24492

batman2000

Its a cheap CPU. Pentium Dual Core (Not Core2Duo) Only 1Mb of cache etc...
Slow RAm 533Mhz and the screen is prob not "Truelife"/"ultrabrite" otherwise it would be mentioned

BostonB

PC World are advertising a 549 Dell 1720 (17") at the moment.