New laptop joy

[louiselux]

I got a result on the laptop. They gave me a £900 Sony Vaio to replace my £700 own brand machine. However, not to sound like my diamond shoes are pinching me, as gloria1 would put it, I loved my old one because it was very small indeed and this one is a little bit bigger than I wanted.

I have only looked at it so far. It's pretty and silvery and very slim. I suppose I should try making it go.

I have no idea how you're supposed to pronounce Vaio - I'm guessing it's something like Vi-Oh, but Sony might have other ideas. eta rant: Like the Ford Ka, which I always hated saying then found out years later was it was supposed to be said KayAy anyway.

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[noblerot.livejournal.com]

Yay! I just ordered a new laptop, myself.

*does the dance of pretty new technology*

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Ooh, yes, a Mac, wasn't it? Good luck with the change - all I know is that they have big pop-up images of programs along the bottom.

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

Oooh, shiny new computer!

I know what you mean about the pleasures of something teeny though - everything's better when it's smaller :-) Does it do anything particularly magical?

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure about magical, but it's very very shiny.

It goes very fast and the screen is amazingly sharp, it has something called Ultra-Blak! or some silly name.

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

Whee!

Also, KayAy? But I've been driving one for years and calling it the worng name! Oh, the shame!

Also, will be emailing you about travel shortly. When I have controlled the urge to leap across the Irish Sea right now and strangle my brother. Will be explaining all and flinging self on your mercy . . .

[doire]

I impulse purchased a Vaio few months ago. It was after nine months of dithering about needing a laptop that wasn’t held together with gaffa tape so perhaps not really an impulse. But I didn’t mean to get one when I set out.

First thoughts on unpacking it were “Ooh. Shiny.” rapidly followed by “Oh! Fingerprints.” and then “&*^%ing XP. Where have they put [insert feature of your choice here]”

We are now inseparable.

[hungry-worm.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm sure you love it once you start fondling and giving it a test ride. XD

And I didn't know they said KayAy. Her in Germany, it's pronounced Ford Kah (or however you would explain the phonetics.)

[ladyfalcon.livejournal.com]

It's pronounced Kay Ay? I thought they were making fun of people with Boston accents... I think it's funnier that way.

[fenris_wolf0]

Which Vaio model? I am a big fan of the littlest model, the PCG-C1, about 2 lbs and full-featured but half the size of the smallest notebook, and have owned 3 of them over the years.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Its the FS31M, I think, so a mid range sort of one, and thought it's slim it's not that small and it weighs 2.9kg rather than 2.1 like my old one. Oh well... it was free, essentially.