Have just been down a similar path. My choice was between a Sony Vaio and an Acer. Both with i7-720QM. The Acer was 18.4" the sony an inch and a bit smaller.
I went with the Sony for the following reasons: Whilst I don't use ESATA, I'm sure I will do in the next couple of years! I would have preferred USB 3 but the only laptops supporting it are far tooo expensive for my needs. Firewire... don't use it now but if I ever want to get something off my old camcorder It's only got a 500GB drive not 2*500. I don't need >500GB now... but in a year or so a 1TB drive will fit the Sony and I can ghost the data across. Do I really need fingerprint recognition...nope The Sony has a bluray and I'll probably use it when I'm stuck at an airport. The sony has full 1080p HD screen Didn't care about the version of Win7... just used the copy of ultimate in the action pack to upgrade it in about 5 minutes. Also the Sony is easier to get repaired around the world.... I know that whether I'm in Istanbul, Kuala Lumpa, Barcelona, Hong Kong or Seattle there is a Sony Repair Centre What I went for : vpcf11s1e But that also forced me to upgrade from VS6 -> VFP 9 and my screens don't work... but that's another post Adam. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joel N. Fischoff Sent: 20 May 2010 17:21 To: [email protected] Subject: [NF] Debating between two machines... Heya, So, in the latest, I'm considering getting one of two machines. Both are ASUS laptops - the G51JX-A1 and the G73JH-A1. Both machines use the i7-720QM. Both max out at 8GB, but the G51 comes with 6GB installed, while the G73 has the full 8GB. nVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M versus ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870. 500GB versus 1TB storage. SuperMulti versus Blu-ray ROM with DVD Burning. All that's fine. However, the G73 lacks the eSATA port, the Firewire-400 port, and the ExpressCard/54 expansion slot that the G51 has. Likewise, the G51 has several security features (BIOS booting, HDD User Password Protection, Kensington Lock Slot) that the G73 doesn't. All for a difference of about $300. The question is whether those things are really necessary. I don't think I've ever used eSATA or Firewire on my current machine, but that may be because my older machine didn't have them. I probably could make use of the Firewire at least to transfer data from my old laptop (this machine). But, I can always use USB sticks for data transfer. Chances are, the new machine will not be moved around a lot, even though it is a laptop. Primary uses will not be gaming, though I do some occasionally, but there are some processor-intensive processes that I do fairly regularly - video editing in this case. Most of the work I do will be online (browsing, e-mail, etc), office (Word, Excel, etc), or programming (Java or, unsurprisingly, FoxPro) related. Overall, I'm looking for a machine that's going to survive a good long time. That shouldn't be too hard. This one (my HP Pavilion ze5470) is still puttering along (though it can barely handle the video editing) and I bought it, refurbished, back in January 2004. So I'm looking for comments. Comments about ASUS machines in general, about either of the two mentioned, or opinions regarding which one y'all think I should get. Thanks in advance, Joel [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
