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"VGNFW245 - Best Buy Black Friday Ed. vs. MacBook PRO"
Pros: *Beautiful extra wide screen actual 16X9 ratio - Streaming HD content looks great
*Good Blu-ray player/Movies look great connected to HDTVs
*HDMI & VGA port, SD/Memory Card Slots
without having to pay extra for an adapter
*Great keyboardCons: *Bluetooth ready but needs a USB bluetooth adapter to use it.
Summary: I was on the precipice of purchasing a Macbook Pro. I've never had a Mac and was thinking becoming a Mac. The MacBook Pro is damn sexy, the unibody design is sick, it was green, and plus it was what the cool people were doing. I wanted to be one of them. I had one in my hand and was ready to take the plunge, but I got cold feet. I was wary of the "Apple Tax", and could I really justify paying $2,000 - 2,500 for a laptop?
*Not as sexy as the new MacBooks
*Processor Speed and Graphics card are not as good as the MacBooks
*Heavier than MacBook Pro
I couldn't do it.
Thus I looked long and hard for a laptop that had both functionality and visual appeal much like the MacBook. My search lead me to the Sony Vaio FW series. What drew me to the Vaio FW series was that it included an internal blu-ray player, HDMI & VGA port, large and stunning 16.4 inch screen with 1600x900 resolution, and an SD Card/Memory Stick slot which were inclusions not available anywhere on the MacBook Pros (I don't want to pay more for no stinkin' adapters!). What stuck out the most was the price...$900 which was amazing because the price tag is significantly less than the MacBook Pros. Albeit, a Con is that in my version of the FW, the graphics processor is not as good nor is the processor speed (2.0GHz vs. 2.4 or 2.53) of the MacBook. However, you know the old adage, you pay more, you get more or you get what you pay for. I could probably spend more to get the better processor or the graphics card to make it equivalent to the MacBook, but frankly I am fine with the power of the laptop and I have a PS3 to play games on, so why even bother? With the downturn of the economy, saving more money is better for me...and you.
I've been playing with my Vaio for about three weeks now and I am happy I purchased it. I'm not going to say this Laptop is a Mac killer but with all the additional features on this Vaio, it puzzles me that I even considered purchasing the MacBook (I guess I wanted to be a hipster). The look and style are very similar to the MacBooks and you can't go wrong with paying less than half for a similar (or even dissimilar depending on how you see it i.e. features, etc.) product. Overall, I can say this laptop fits my lifestyle a lot better than the MacBook Pro does and it has been a great purchase for me and my lady (she loves streaming Grey's Anatomy in HD). Maybe one day I can join the cool Apple Hipster crowd, but for now I'm still a PC.
