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- mateo60, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9As a former Vaio owner, I think the only problem with the offer is that you have to buy a Vaio computer when you trade your Dell in.
- Nobi-Wan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8It seems Sony has decided that it's easier to buy a rootkit already installed on THEIR computers than to try to get you to do it yourself from one of their CD's.
- JimXugle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"Dude, your getting a VAIO!"
My Dad's Dell was over $700. Not worth it.
I have a vaio... it sucks.
Dell's Tech support actually makes an attempt at helping you.
Dell is the lesser of the two evils.
Bottom Line:
Unless your dell is from like 1997... stick with your Dell.
-jX
Sony's Computers come with a Free rootkit in every box! - TridenTBoy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Dude VAIOs suck ass. Over priced majorly
- dan0111, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Why would you go from Dell to Sony?
- hardkoretom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3quick everybody, buy the cheapest dell that u can find and trade it in for an even bigger piece of crap. Sony sells on looks not whats inside
- jmz668, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2stop with the posting of blog posts instead of the actual details
- spiderland, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2***** BLOG POST. PLEASE LINK TO ACTUAL CONTENT.
Content:
http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/dailyarchives.jhtml?articleId=177101490
Another article:
http://www.informationweek.com/industries/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177101668 - TKDWILSON, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Dell is the best there is. I have never found a company better than Dell (maybe alienware I don't know too high priced). All problems quickly resolved. Few problems on the 4 or 5 computers I got through dell.
Eric Wilson - jamiejamez, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3hmmm trade a Dell for a rootkitted Vaio - I don't think so
- designbydave, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3***** sony
- fremin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Same thing I'm thinking. Buy a crappy Dell from eBay or steal it from a grandparent, and you just got $500 off a brand spanking new VAIO.
I wonder if money can be made by buying cheap Dell's from eBay, using the discount and buying brand new Sony VAIO's to sell on eBay? I don't see why not.. - bhanson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Why buy from Dell or Sony when you can build your own and not rely on India's tech support? Take charge of something, people."
Build my own laptop? No thanks! - SpecialEd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I wouldn't give Sony the ***** out of my ass. Nor take theirs in trade.
- blastcube, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I agree with.......
"Of course, most Sony laptops are priced about $750 above where they should be, so you're still out around $250."
"As a former Vaio owner, I think the only problem with the offer is that you have to buy a Vaio computer when you trade your Dell in."
"I can give $500 to anyone who can take my Sony Vaio laptop."
quick everybody, buy the cheapest dell that u can find and trade it in for an even bigger piece of crap. Sony sells on looks not whats inside". - rebrad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1***** Sony. Of course they think people are stupid. I wouldn't trade ***** for a Sony. Sony will lose the game war to when the iGame by Apple comes out.
- hashkaran, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I can give $500 to anyone who can take my Sony Vaio laptop.
- vr6vdub, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Sony said the rebate can be claimed by solution providers for their clients."
It seems to me that this offer is only available to corporate customers and federal resellers. I just called Sony asking about one of their desktops and the guy had heard nothing about the trade in offer. Someone chime in if you have any more insight. - zubov, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1don't we hate sony? why do we have such short memories?
- sandrino, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1And it comes with pre installed Sony spyware. No thanks, stick it up your ass Sony!
- ThinkBox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Dell isnt as quallity as sony... but calling sony quallity is still far off.
- DewayneSmith, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"any word if apple will do some sort of similar deal?"
Apple. deal. Right. Good one. - DewayneSmith, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Wow look at all these ignorant posts!
SONY BMG does NOT make laptops...thanks"
Yeah, but they probably have the drive locked to play music CDs from Sony BMG only. - SmeRndmGy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1after spending 2 hours removing sony's "CD copy protection" malware (which installed itself without permission or even telling me what it was doing) off my Dell, i have no intention of ever purchasing anything made by sony ever again. The sooner they go out of business the better. At this point, i'd even prefer to buy an apple product over a sony product, and coming from me, that is pretty serious.
- staple, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2dude "your" getting a grammar lesson
- DewayneSmith, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"and all you dell fans call dell tech support sometime and ask something real simple like how to setup dual display though your VGA connection and c how many countries you get routed though."
Wait, why would you need to do that?
"and finally working at 2 different places across the country that fix comps I can definitely say that Dells are repaired disproportionally more often when compared to their relative market share in unit laptop sales"
Wait... Where do you work? That way I will NOT take any products there. You can't even spell, "see". I'd hate to see your tech support.
Indian tech support > You - megatj21, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0rtfm?
- snapya, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Will they be doing this is Australia?
- nymphetamine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0im tempted to trade in my dell but....i dont know....any word if apple will do some sort of similar deal?
- ToadX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0So... does anyone know.. how exactly do we take part in this program?
- megatj21, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0that's what i wanna know
- lateralus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I have an Inspiron 5000 circa 1999 that i would definitely dangle infront of Sony. Too bad they make overpriced garbage. And when will they learn that nobody wants or uses MemorySchtick. Wish it would've been Gateway at least...they make well-priced garbage.
- TheDarkTipper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0They'll still be overpriced after you apply the coupon. Not that they suck, but they are too much $. You can get a equally powerfull Dell notebook, if not faster, for much less than a comparable VAIO.
- KevinJ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0what about a dell from 1995?
- megatj21, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0where is the link to sony where you can trade it in
- CJHtxGeek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Hello, for those saying "VAIO's suck!, they're way over priced"
The first comment is a flat out lie, and for 2nd, I got mine at fry's for an incredible deal, my only beef with them is the case is too damn small. their power laptops kick ass too. Have had no problems what so ever with my vaio, however my dad (we got the identical comps same day), had a problem where the cpu somehow got unmounted, sony immediatley shipped us a box and we shipped it for repair, overall down time w/o comp was like 10 days, stop bashing ***** you havnt owned/tried. - tidejwe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Sony sucks, and Dell doesn't do AMD yet. . . you lose both ways. . . I am just curious why Sony would want so many Dell computers...especially when I bet you have to pay the shipping on the dell laptop.
- suicidal-kid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0My dad may be getting his laptop from work for like 100$, so this could be a free 400$ (sorry if i like puting the $ sign after the amount so it makes more sense when typing)
- DewayneSmith, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"dell sucks, son sucks, is there any pc maker we all can agree on?!"
Apple is expensive, AlienWare lies, VooDoo is higher than Apple.... Falcon Northwest... Yeah, I like Falcon, Dell, and IBM. - wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I guess it says any working laptop. Damn it, what about this Toshiba, which is hanging on by a thread. I'd love to be able to trade it it.
- fremin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm going to be honest, I'm typing on a Dell laptop now, and I own a Sony VAIO computer and I think they are both excellent (well comparing them to other computers I have bought -- nothing beats building your own still). They both suck as far as upgrades go.
Anyone hating on IBM thinkpads? I'm going to be honest, they are my favorite laptops. Can we all agree on that? - babito, on 12/18/2008, -0/+0Fight back against cluttered workspaces with the stylish Sony VAIO JS All-in-One desktop PC, featuring powerful computing resources and a stunning 20.1-inch widescreen display with stunning XBRITE-HiColor LCD technology.
http://www.productsaurus.com/computers/desktops/so ... - freonchill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0does it count if its a p133 w/ linux on it...
even if you dont give them the root password? - Namco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0$500 bucks toward a new Vaio eh? Cool, do they throw in 2 extra batteries and a laptop cooler pad?, cause if my Vaio ain't cutting off due to thermal shutdown, it's hibernating because I'm outta juice.
- atrain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0RTFM!!!
Trade in a dell LAPTOP!!!
Sheesh...
its not a good deal at all... - m85476585, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What's Sony going to do with all those Dells? Take out the parts and reuse them in a new super-budget line of notebooks?
- compy386, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah right... Here's my XPS M140 now give me $500.... No thanks!
- newtonapple, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0that sounds about right. b/c that's the price sony overcharge for the PCs
- btitus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0re: So... does anyone know.. how exactly do we take part in this program?
"Sony said the rebate can be claimed by solution providers for their clients."
This does not sound like a promotion for retail customers. -
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