Official Vaio Y 13.3 Series Owners Lounge

[twixt01]

5% discount by calling to order?! ?!

I didn't know that... That's $30ish dollars for me, not to mention I can pay less taxes too! -____-

I called one day saying I am broke and was wondering if theres any discount. They asked if I was going to get a service plan and because I wasnt could only offer 5%. So I called back in a few days and said 'I called the other day and was offered 5%, if you will still honor this I will place my order now'.

[Gracy123]

I called one day saying I am broke and was wondering if theres any discount. They asked if I was going to get a service plan and because I wasnt could only offer 5%. So I called back in a few days and said 'I called the other day and was offered 5%, if you will still honor this I will place my order now'.

Offtopic: It's amazing how much one can get out of saying "I'm broke" A friend of mine got a rental car upgrade that way - Prius ----> Mustang GT

[twixt01]

Offtopic: It's amazing how much one can get out of saying "I'm broke" A friend of mine got a rental car upgrade that way - Prius ----> Mustang GT

Been there done that. I went from a yaris to a mustang convertable and no under 25 years old fee.

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

Man, if I was the operator and someone tried to pull that "I'm broke" nonsense, I'd be like.

"Quit wasting my time, your broke- shouldn't be buying a laptop anyway and probably won't anytime soon."

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

It's been shipped! Yay!

[hircus]

I just ordered my Y -- from some coupon sites, it looks like the $549 starting price promo now lasts until the 25th, and since the Core i5-430UM was only released in May and even in Japan, apart from the smaller 11.6" sibling they're still selling the same 13.3" unit, I decided not to risk a price increase.

Works out really reasonably -- $699 before tax. standard battery, 500GB HDD, 4GB RAM, Intel video (I'm putting Linux on it -- and from my experience with the Vaio EB, you do NOT want a recent ATi card on it, at least for the next few months, unless you want to run an old Linux distribution supported by the commercial graphics drivers).

Going to hold off on getting an optical drive -- I don't need it for installing Linux, and there are some cheap Lite-on external drives on Amazon.

[e-head]

Could anyone tell me about their SSD experiences on the Y?

I'm thinking of getting a 64GB one off of newegg.

I'm curious just how "snappier" the laptop feels. Also, have you noticed any difference in battery life? Either longer or shorter (Toms Hardware had a controversial article a couple of years ago declaring SSD drives actually lowered your laptops battery life).

Anyway, any thoughts appreciated.

Also, did you just Acronis True Image or similiar software to move it over?

[loopty]

Could anyone tell me about their SSD experiences on the Y?

I'm thinking of getting a 64GB one off of newegg.

I'm curious just how "snappier" the laptop feels. Also, have you noticed any difference in battery life? Either longer or shorter (Toms Hardware had a controversial article a couple of years ago declaring SSD drives actually lowered your laptops battery life).

Anyway, any thoughts appreciated.

Also, did you just Acronis True Image or similiar software to move it over?

The battery life impact depends hugely on which SSD you get. Most of the SSDs on newegg have their power consumption numbers listed. Some are better but some are way worse than a conventional hard drive. The power consumption numbers for a regular hard drive can be found at the manufacturer's website.

[hohoeyo]

I'm interested in getting the Y series but confused about whether I should opt for the i3 with 6gb ram or i5 with 4gb?

My main use will be for web surfing, some excel spreadsheets, photo and video management not so much editing, some occasional video watching and web chats.

Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and Merry Christmas to all. God bless.

[loopty]

I'm interested in getting the Y series but confused about whether I should opt for the i3 with 6gb ram or i5 with 4gb?

My main use will be for web surfing, some excel spreadsheets, photo and video management not so much editing, some occasional video watching and web chats.

Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and Merry Christmas to all. God bless.

If you're in the US, the upgrade to 4GB is reasonably priced. I got a 4GB module for about $50 from newegg so the upgrade to 6GB is a rip off.