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Buying new laptop. Opinions please. - Mighty_Matt - 2008-01-27
So, before I leave Japan in March, I?m thinking of getting one of the new TZ series to replace my aged TR. The TR has served me well for many years, and has been my only PC for the last two, but the time has come?
Anyways, the good thing about the Japanese sonystyle, over the UK one, is that you can customise the configuration. Another reason for getting one before returning home!
In the options you can have a DVD and SSD, DVD and HDD or SSD and HDD. I?m going to get one of the SSDs but am undecided about either DVD or HDD. If I get the HDD then the only DVD I?ll have is on my TR (create image on TR and play on virtual drive on TZ). Or I get the DVD but have less disk space than on my current TR (32GB vs. 40GB). I think the 64GB SSD will be too pricey
So, I thought I?d canvas a few options from on here.
Buying new laptop. Opinions please. - MatthewThomas - 2008-01-27
Hi Matt,
Personally, I think I'd go with the HDD, just because I tend to keep enough audio and video files on my computers that I'd feel really cramped with only 32 or 40GB of space. I think I'd also get myself an external DVD burner so that I'd have an optical drive either at home or at work.
Of course, you could also do the reverse and go with the DVD drive onboard and pick up an external HDD. You just have to ask yourself which is more important the majority of the time, storage, or being able to run software that requires a disc, watch a dvd, or burn a cd or dvd. As I said, for me it'd be the storage, but I could easily see why someone would go the other way.