First of all (I thought everyone would mention this first) the lappie seems to lack a webcam - which perhaps indicates this wont be a premium model(?). As far as quality goes, I havent noticed any real flaws on the sony's I've encountered so far. They feel sturdy and well built, from their tiniest models to the grand 17". In terms of quality we would all wish Apple could try to learn something here - but the simple truth is that they don't have to! Quality costs and Apple philosophy is not so much about selling the hardware, it's about selling the lifestyle and making sweet dollares off it. Even as of today (2006) I have yet to see a apple lappie or stationary, that hasn't got scratches on it or didn't have any broken or missing piece (even the ipod look like a cats scratchpad after sometime w/o protection). The sub level quality is not only attribute to the white plastics, even the powerbooks suffer as they share the same DNA of papa Jobs.. That said I do not hate macs, I only wish for OSX to be unrestricted so that I can use it on my pc.. :)
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First of all (I thought everyone would mention this first) the lappie seems to lack a webcam - which perhaps indicates this wont be a premium model(?).
As far as quality goes, I havent noticed any real flaws on the sony's I've encountered so far.
They feel sturdy and well built, from their tiniest models to the grand 17". In terms of quality we would all wish Apple could try to learn something here - but the simple truth is that they don't have to! Quality costs and Apple philosophy is not so much about selling the hardware, it's about selling the lifestyle and making sweet dollares off it.
Even as of today (2006) I have yet to see a apple lappie or stationary, that hasn't got scratches on it or didn't have any broken or missing piece (even the ipod look like a cats scratchpad after sometime w/o protection). The sub level quality is not only attribute to the white plastics, even the powerbooks suffer as they share the same DNA of papa Jobs.. That said I do not hate macs, I only wish for OSX to be unrestricted so that I can use it on my pc.. :)