Laptop - Sony etc

Paul_Varjak wrote on 2/3/2006, 8:54 AM

I am researching the purchase of a new laptop. Right now I have
narrowed it down the the HP dv8000 and the new Sony FE series which will be available this month.

When I was customizing the Sony there were three options for Video
Software; Video Premium, Plus & Standard.

I was surprised to see that the bundled software for the Premium & Plus was Adobe Premiere LE and Adobe Premiere Full. Why would Sony offer a competitors brand? Is it because the divisions are totally autonomous from one another? Why wouldn't they offer Movie Studio & Vegas instead?

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Spot|DSE wrote on 2/3/2006, 10:00 AM

This comes up a lot. Sony Electronics is TOTALLY autonomous from Sony Media Software and Sony Broadcast. The various arms of the companies barely speak, and it seems no one in each division knows his/her counterpart in the other divisions. Hopefully this will end with Stringer at the helm, but I doubt it.
Rumor has it that the Vaio division entered into a long term agreement with Adobe, but who knows what's real. Kinda funny though...It's like buying a Jeep that has a Volkswagen engine in it.
I've had 14-15 Vaio's over the years, and loved em' all. The only reason I don't have a brand new one now, is the delay of the launch of the FE series. I'm waiting for one of those myself.

Paul_Varjak wrote on 2/3/2006, 10:21 AM

Thanks, Spot. That's kind of what I thought. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

On the FE I'm definitely going with the 5400 RPM drives; 2 x 80GB I think. What's your thought on the NVIDIA® GeForce Go 7400 v. the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950? Worth the upgrade?

Spot|DSE wrote on 2/3/2006, 11:38 AM

The upgrade won't benefit Vegas one way or the other, so I'm likely not buying it. Still gotta get my hands on one first.