I probably spent about 2 weeks reading every single review and forum about the S-Series in attempt to find a glaring reason to not buy it.
I bit the bullet today cuz I couldn’t handle the stress from all the good reviews :drool:  so I called Sony today and the guy who took my order gave me a 20 discount just to top it off

1.7 Dothan
9700 Radeon
512x1 RAM
40G - ordering the 7200 tomorrow
CDRW/DVD
BT

Now just to find the bag/sleeve for it…..  8)

Oh well, I don’t have much of a choice over here in Singapore as you cannot get to configure your Vaios… So, I got the S18 with the following specs:

1.6 Mhz Pentium Centrino
802.11b/g
512 Ram
60G HD
DVD-R
Radeon 9200 32mb (This sux big time… I want the 9700…)

Seems to be working a lot better than my Dell 600m, I just adore the XBrite screen… Delicious!!! :drool:

The dvd-rw unit was an option for the s170 . The dvd+-rw was an option for the s270 for a short time, but for some reason its not offered at this time.The external drive is also a dvd+-rw.Because he has a dvd-rw I assume he has a s170.

[quote author=“gr00vy0ne”]Excellent configuration!

100GB is nice. I “only” have 80GB….haha…but I that notice most people’s eye bulge out when I tell them I have 80GB in my notebook. I can only imagine what people will do when you tell them you have 100GB. 

If we’re lucky, Intel will release their 802.11a/b/g chipset by the end of the year and early next year we’ll be able to get it for cheap and throw it in our Type S (and TRs and Ts). Then, we’ll have all of our wireless needs covered….err….until 802.11n comes out.

What is the benifits to those wireless chipsets?

Well, for one thing, you will not have some funny pcmcia card sticking out from the side of your notebook if you already have a built in wireless chipset. The wireless chipset comes into use only when you are able to access a wireless network, like, maybe your wireless router or if your campus or workplace supports wireless access.

Anyway, you don’t have much of a choice if you buy notebooks now; they all come with Intel’s Centrino technology (Intel Pentium M chip + Intel Pro Wireless chipset). The only way you are going to miss out on this wireless thingy is if you buy an Apple Ibook or a second hand lappy. Surely, you aren’t going to get anything without the chipset from Sony. (They kinda update their models too fast and discard those that are replaced as fast too…)

Hope this helps!  :D

802.11b/g, I guess is more than enough to be able to access almost 99% of all wireless networks. The “a” variant is not put into wide use yet. So, the 802.11a/b/g wireless chipsets will get your laptop ready for future wireless network changes. (which I don’t think will be so great until it renders our 802.11b/g chipsets useless…)

Well said.

A/B/G isn’t really all that necessary unless you have those environments. 802.11n will be the next big thing. It’s more secure, faster and may have longer range. So, it’s all good stuff.

Of course, I’m just waiting for all the variants on this that confuses the markets. Bring on the marketing folks! Turbo 802.11n! Super 802.11n!

Here’s what I went with (and how I voided the warranty)

9700 Radeon
1.4 Celeron—> 2.0 Dothan
256MB RAM—> 1.5GB :-D
40GB HD—> 60GB 7200rpm
DVD/CDRW
WLAN/BT
LG BATT

[quote author=“daguru”]Here’s what I went with (and how I voided the warranty)

9700 Radeon
1.4 Celeron—> 2.0 Dothan
256MB RAM—> 1.5GB :-D
40GB HD—> 60GB 7200rpm
DVD/CDRW
WLAN/BT
LG BATT

I assume this means the CPU is in a ZIF socket? One of my older Sonys had the CPU on a daughtercard, and another had the CPU soldered in, so it’s nice to hear that a performance boost is easily within reach. 

[quote author=“daguru”]Here’s what I went with (and how I voided the warranty)

I figure the warranty is still valid as long as you keep the parts you swapped out, and replace them before sending it in. :ph34r: