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Eventually, I bought a new laptop. I think it’s a sensible choice. I have been using my sister’s computer for almost two weeks since my Vaio totally broke down. I sent it to Sony for inspection. They quoted me HKD4,000.00 for the following problems:

Constantly Hard or Optical Drive problem on hard disc

CD/DVD Drive mechanism problem

Intermittently power up, but no operation

Web cam got no picture, and function totally off

I decided to leave it. I could get it repaired with lower price in some small computer shops, but it might cause some hassles. They might have problem to deal with the hard disc if they couldn’t find the second hand Sony components. I just simply bought the new one.

I ended up buying ASUS S6F .I didn’t have a clue what I should buy. I have been looking at various brands for few weeks. I don’t buy Vaio again because there are too much hassles of having one. You always need to buy Sony accessories to go with your laptop once anything broken. Sony computer products are not technically compatible with other brands’ stuff. It just causes troubles. I have been looking at some models, which are small and practical, but at last I found S6F. ASUS is a well known Taiwanese computer manufacturer, and also produce computer parts for some major brands in the market. They are good at reasonable price and quality. S6F is actually a design winning model in 2006. It does looks so similar to one of the Vaio’s model in 2005, which surface was also covered by leather. Here you can see very good comparison of S6F with other same levels of laptops. I like the specification of S6F. If there was same specification on Vaio, it would cost double the price of what I paid. It’s just not worthy.

The packing is so fancy made of very good quality of paper. I will keep the box as it’s just too nice. I have never seen such good packing for a laptop. The laptop is light, but the packing is heavy. It was so heavy for me carrying it back home as altogether ended up over 5kgs. lol

So far I did try most of the functions, and everything works fine. The size and the weight are exactly the same as my previous Vaio.

It weights 1.4kgs. Window Vista is alright, but the start up is a bit slow. A little window always pops up, and askes you if you wanted to continue your action once you are installing something or just opening some programmes. You just can’t close that window. The function is not really essential I think. It keeps popping out every while unless you don’t open programmes often. Regardless what set up I do for this laptop, I need to have password set up for every single action. The Bluetooth mouse also required password set up. LoL I feel tired of installing softwares. I was installing and uninstalling many times of softwares while my previous laptop had problems. I think I am not good at it anymore. There are funny gadgets from Window Vista that appeared on desktop such as clock, currency, weather and meter measurement etc., but you can also take them off. The weather forecast was set in Redmond, WA. I can’t change it to other states of the U.S. There is no Asian weather forecast as well.

Well, I believe my new companion can be with me for another four years or even longer…..My Vaio totally broke down for once in four years…and is the only time….

It sounds like a strange idea. I doubt I would like to wear it around while I am walking. It might cause me having accidents on road. I also doubt I would like to watch TV programmes on such small screen. The idea is cool, but sometimes, it’s just not practical at all. It’s kind of meaningless.

You can see the video for demonstration.

Broadband To go! I like the idea. It’s a mobile broadband service. It’s cool though is quite expensive service. You can get online with fast speeds up to 3.6Mbps anytime, anywhere, even on the beach! I guess the overseas roaming service charge is very high as once your wireless connection gets hooked up, you may attach with any telecom company service providers. Well, wireless connection is common in anywhere so this may not be necessary, unless for those who really need to work anytime in anywhere then they can still get on the net regardless they are in a wireless area or not.

Although, the wireless connection service is common in most of places, I did also experience inconvenience service when I was in Taiwan last month. When I wanted to use the wireless service in a local Starbuck, I needed to join their membership by paying monthly fee at NTD500.00. It’s not much, but I guess it’s also not so convenient to a traveller as you need to purchase a monthly ticket and actually to use it for few days. The Broadband To Go service should help with this problem if those service providers don’t restrict your own connection. (as it might do against people using their own connection without joining the local membership)
Anyway, I won’t get it, as it’s not something necessary. The modem looks so cool though!!