Sony SE Owners' Thread

redmimic · 02-07-2012, 07:50 PM

The FedEx slip said mine started its trip in Yantai China. Not sure what factory is there, maybe it's just the processing facility for FedEx.

ephbuck · 02-08-2012, 08:06 AM

I just got my E-mail.... shipping from CHINA

?!?!?! it says 5 more days!

dan96max · 02-08-2012, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by ephbuck

I just got my E-mail.... shipping from CHINA

?!?!?! it says 5 more days!

Just got my shipping email also. I kinda assumed it would come from china. Figures it'll be delivered next week while I'm away for a business trip.

BigNerd · 02-08-2012, 10:20 AM

Why is China a surprise?

Isn't that were *everything* is made... even Samsung and Apple.

redmimic · 02-08-2012, 11:48 AM

I don't really know much about their assembly process. I figured all the parts were made in China, but I guess I assumed at the time that they would assemble it somewhere in country. I thought that because the US & Canadian Sony sites had slightly different build options.

Silly me

Once it was built, it was shipped to Shanghai quickly then showed up in Memphis for a day before being trapped in Winnipeg for 5 days for some reason...

pmaster3333 · 02-08-2012, 02:10 PM

I originally ordered a Vaio SE1 CTO on feb 1st, (most likely after midnight on jan 31st). Last night i decided to cancel the order and buy from amazon instead. My CTO order was still processing after a week.

Both amazon and newegg are selling the SE1 for $880 (w/ i5 2.4 ghz and 6470m). Although amazon stock seems to be fluctuating.

Originally my CTO had the i7 and 6630m, but after i learned the i7 was not a quad, i realized it wasnt worth the extra cost, and not to mention time. My CTO was still probably a week away, and was about $1215 after tax (including about $60 off from the university discount, and the upgrade deals they had last week). Thats like $335 (38%) more for 17% more cpu power (2.4ghz vs 2.8ghz) and a slightly better gfx card.

Not to mention w/ prime i got $3.99 one day shipping. Its already shipped, and should arrive tomorrow the 9th. My CTO probably wasn't going to arrive any sooner than the 14th.

BigNerd · 02-08-2012, 02:34 PM

I also ordered from Amazon... no tax and you get it quickly (you just can't really customize what you get).

darxide_sorcerer · 02-08-2012, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by pmaster3333

I originally ordered a Vaio SE1 CTO on feb 1st, (most likely after midnight on jan 31st). Last night i decided to cancel the order and buy from amazon instead. My CTO order was still processing after a week.

Both amazon and newegg are selling the SE1 for $880 (w/ i5 2.4 ghz and 6470m). Although amazon stock seems to be fluctuating.

Originally my CTO had the i7 and 6630m, but after i learned the i7 was not a quad, i realized it wasnt worth the extra cost, and not to mention time. My CTO was still probably a week away, and was about $1215 after tax (including about $60 off from the university discount, and the upgrade deals they had last week). Thats like $335 (38%) more for 17% more cpu power (2.4ghz vs 2.8ghz) and a slightly better gfx card.

Not to mention w/ prime i got $3.99 one day shipping. Its already shipped, and should arrive tomorrow the 9th. My CTO probably wasn't going to arrive any sooner than the 14th.

not to disappoint you, but 6630m is not "a slightly better gfx card"; it's miles ahead of 6470m. i totally agree with the i5 vs i7 argument though.

pmaster3333 · 02-08-2012, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by darxide_sorcerer

not to disappoint you, but 6630m is not "a slightly better gfx card"; it's miles ahead of 6470m. i totally agree with the i5 vs i7 argument though.

That's fine. I wasn't even interested in the 6630m in the first place. Main reason i included it in my CTO was because the 6470m was out of stock on the sony store.

BigNerd · 02-08-2012, 06:21 PM

So over in the HP Envy forums, everyone's complaining about OrangeGate because the IPS screen on the Envy 15 is a $150 upgrade from the regular panel (for the SE, there is no other screen)... and there are quite a few returns.

Even reviewers and tech sites have pointed it out and I believe HP is looking into it. I do think that Sony sourced their panels from the same source as HP and I'm wondering if Sony plans to remedy their own OrangeGate issue... or because VAIO owners are not as fanatical as Envy owners... that's not going to happen?