Sony VAIO E Intel Core i5-3210M 2.4GHz 17.3in 1080p Laptop w/ Blu-Ray $599.99

Quote from dealman227 : I got this customized laptop for $925. All Upgrades with all Bells and Whistles. Works great, awesome graphics, extended Battery life. Love it. VAIO E Series 17 Custom Laptop Kaspersky® Internet Security (30-day trial) 8GB (4GB x2) DDR3-1600MHz Blu-ray Disc™ player Standard lithium-ion battery (5300mAh) No engraving Black 1TB (5400rpm) hard drive 3rd gen Intel® Core™ i7-3632QM quad-core processor (2.20GHz / 3.20GHz with Turbo Boost) AMD Radeon™ HD 7550M (2GB) dedicated graphics Windows 8 64-bit Microsoft® Office 2010 trial version No Fresh Start Imagination Studio™ VAIO® Edition software 17.3" LED backlit Full HD display (1920 x 1080) ==================================================================== 3rd gen Intel® Core™ i5-3210M processor (2.50GHz / 3.10GHz with Turbo Boost) Windows 8 64-bit No Fresh Start Microsoft® Office 2010 trial version 17.3" LED backlit Full HD display (1920 x 1080) Intel® HD Graphics 4000 320GB (5400rpm) hard drive 4GB (4GB x1) DDR3-1600MHz Blu-ray Disc™ player (Free upgrade, reg. price $50.00) Standard lithium-ion battery (4000mAh) Need your comments!!!

Last week they had a Dell 15-inch with 1080p, i7 quad, 1TB HD, 7730M (much faster), and backlit keyboard for $747.

I just called customer service and asked them about the HD 7550M showing up in the final summary instead of the HD 7650M and they told me that they don't make the new vaios E 17in with the 7550M so it's going to be the correct 7650M no matter what. The final summary is wrong. He also took off $10 for me so it's at least something.

My total was $716 after CA tax. Got the free blu-ray upgrade, the 7650M (1gb), and 5300mah battery. Everything else was base. Going to buy another 4gb ram later when I see a sale and I'm going to pop in a 240gb SSD I already have. Not a bad deal.

I was looking into buying this laptop because i was about to sell mine but the buyer backed down ( cragislist). There OOS on the free blueray upgrade and you have to pay an extra 30 for a 500gb hard drive cause the 320 is also OOS. if you get this with and i7 put in a extra ram stick your self and get a ssd. you will have one serious machine that might rip a hole through apples laptops.

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I had a bad experience buying this sony laptop. I tried to apply two sony gift cards I got via sony PC recycle program to this order, one of them was rejected with zero balance. I still placed the order, and then called the CS to see whether they could help re-apply it. The CS told me that she could not do it based on the existing order, thus cancelled my order. Then when she tried to place the order for me, the same gift card still could not apply although the balance was shown correctly before placing the order. She asked me to contact the gift card department to resolve the gift card issue. The CS in the gift card department fixed the issue and asked the CS in the sale department to call me again to place the order. However, this time, the other gift card which I could use for the first time order could not be used now. The CS promise me to contact the gift card department to fix the issue and call me back on Thursday. But I didn't receive any call, so I call the sale department again today. And he told me that most of the hardware options I prefer are not available, so I have upgrade it to more than $1000 and they could only offer me 10% discount on it. Compared with the options I prefer, it is no longer a deal. The call center manager admit it was caused by their fault, but he refused to offer any make up. So what should I do? Is there anyway I can express my complain to the right place in the Sony?

Quote from taurus2007 : You can always upgrade the RAM on your own (cheaper then upgrading through the manufacture) and swap the HD for a better one or an SSD.

thats exactly what i was going to do because its the only logical option if you want a soild machine.

Quote from whale2 : NO BLU RAY sorry about mistake in title and I can't correct! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6834127831 OVERVIEW The beautifully designed VAIO® E Series 17 laptop includes a big, Full HD 17” screen, backlit keyboard, large clickable touchpad, and HD web camera. Featuring the 3rd generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor, AMD Radeon™ HD 7550M dedicated graphics with 1GB1 of VRAM and 500GB2 of hard drive space. Sony’s exclusive, free downloadable software, Sony Imagination Studio™ VAIO Edition comprised of Movie Studio Platinum, ACID® Music Studio, Sound Forge® Audio Studio and DVD Architect™ Studio software, allows you to create something worth sharing.

Am I the only one that thinks the Newegg deal is better?

Sony website laptop customized with the closest configuration to the Newegg one, comes out to be $709.99 + tax and Newegg $639.99 (no tax for me). The Newegg one comes out cheaper, but does not include BluRay.

Anyone have any thoughts? Am I wrong? It's really just a difference of paying $70 more + tax for the laptop with BluRay.

Quote from dgal31 : Am I the only one that thinks the Newegg deal is better? Sony website laptop customized with the closest configuration to the Newegg one, comes out to be $709.99 + tax and Newegg $639.99 (no tax for me). The Newegg one comes out cheaper, but does not include BluRay. Anyone have any thoughts? Am I wrong? It's really just a difference of paying $70 more + tax for the laptop with BluRay.

If you don't plan to watch blu-ray movies on it, then I wouldn't get it with blu-ray to save some money. You can always use that money to upgrade the RAM or get a SSD. I just wish there is a 15.5" (since Sony doesn't make 15.6") with the same specs and price...

Quote from dgal31 : Am I the only one that thinks the Newegg deal is better? Sony website laptop customized with the closest configuration to the Newegg one, comes out to be $709.99 + tax and Newegg $639.99 (no tax for me). The Newegg one comes out cheaper, but does not include BluRay. Anyone have any thoughts? Am I wrong? It's really just a difference of paying $70 more + tax for the laptop with BluRay.

Just ordered it from newegg since most of options on sony.com out of stock. Don't think blue ray player is a big deal and saving on taxes is definitely a sell.

Quote from sinosudial : That's a very general statement that doesn't actually apply to everyone and probably doesn't even apply to most people.

most people don't need the specs that come in a macbook pro either, but they pay 1400 for it anyway