Official Sony SB/SA/SC/SD Series Owners' Thread

[Cpt. Yesterday]

I think that's the Canadialand price since he mentioned the SPRING200 code.

Yeah that's what I thought to, but I am Canadian and have been keeping my eye on this laptop pretty close and right now its 1459 or something for the setup he mentioned. Even with the spring200 it would be more then his mentioned price. If he is finding this price in Canada I would be buying, thats why I'm curious.

[jman1975]

Hi all,
I am deciding between the SB vs. SC and to me it seems the SC (with bestbuy, USA) outperforms the SB on every count per dollar spent. Does anyone strongly disagree?

more like a couple of counts, alot of it is the same as the SB except for the HDD and ODD

I got my base SB for the same price

[GLR]

Why not just get a USB headset?

I've already got a USB adaptor but I'm just surprised that the mic/headphone socket doesn't seem to work. I've seen a number of reviews say that it's a dual socket so it would be good to find out if someone has definitively managed to get a headset to work with that jack.

[electronicsguy]

more like a couple of counts, alot of it is the same as the SB except for the HDD and ODD

I got my base SB for the same price

Right. So for you the SC would be a better deal right? I am trying to see if there's a real killer difference between them.

[jman1975]

Right. So for you the SC would be a better deal right? I am trying to see if there's a real killer difference between them.

sure, it's probably a better deal, silver laptop with a few hardware upgrades

yeah I would have considered it but i'm not losing sleep over my deal...mine's been in my possession for almost a month, price you pay to early adopt I guess...it's my first VAIO!

[lifesabeach]

anyone use messenger bags? i have an STM one:



looking to see if there are any better ones out there.

timbuk2 would be nice, but not 150 dollars nice. i can buy like 149 mcchickens with that money

It's expensive, but I currently use this one.

[benny90]

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from intel forums

Thanks for clearing that up! I wasn't sure what the difference but figured it was something small like that.

[Karamazovmm]

It's expensive, but I currently use this one.

Never heard of them, but they do have some great looking bags, might buy one

[benny90]

Right. So for you the SC would be a better deal right? I am trying to see if there's a real killer difference between them.

Yea I would go for the SC. I never thought I would say this about something being sold at Best Buy but, it is actually a really good deal!

[bom69]

Please help, can anyone please tell me which sort of caddy I should use for my SB? I know it's about 9.7 mm height. If anyone done it, could you please post photos? I searched through newmodeus.com but still not sure whether I get a right one Optical Bay Hard Drive Caddy(p/n OBHD9-SATA-SATA-B) Black, 9.5mm [OBHD9-SATA-SATA-B] - $42.00 : NewmodeUS, Hard Drive Caddys for Notebooks