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Sony Vaio for audio???
We are going to add a new computer for audio and video in our studio.We
mostly use Dell computers,and have had good luck with them.We are thinking about buying a new sony vaio as it has alot of features we are looking for.It will be a 2.4 + ghz.Any comments from sony users?Should we buy a sony or stick with dell?,what is sony tech support like?.What audio cards work well with these systems?.Any info would be greatly appreciated. -- Thanks Troy Tremblay Alternate Root Studio www.alternate-root.com |
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Sony Vaio for audio???
Forgot to mention it will be a desktop model not a laptop
Please let me know the model you are using. Troy wrote in message . .. We are going to add a new computer for audio and video in our studio.We mostly use Dell computers,and have had good luck with them.We are thinking about buying a new sony vaio as it has alot of features we are looking for.It will be a 2.4 + ghz.Any comments from sony users?Should we buy a sony or stick with dell?,what is sony tech support like?.What audio cards work well with these systems?.Any info would be greatly appreciated. -- Thanks Troy Tremblay Alternate Root Studio www.alternate-root.com |
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Sony Vaio for audio???
Troy wrote:
what is sony tech support like? That's the problem I ran into. I have a Sony Vaio laptop which is just old enough to be out of warranty, and I called Sony to ask whether there would be any BIOS problems if I installed a larger capacity hard drive. They told me that [a] they weren't sure whether they had that information or not but [b] if I paid $35, they would look in their product database but [c] the $35 was theirs to keep even if the answer was "Hmmm, don't see anything listed here about that," and if I had any further questions those would also cost $35 each with no assurance of any answer at all. I decided never to buy another Sony computer as long as that's their "customer service" policy. |
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Sony Vaio for audio???
Troy wrote in message
. .. We are going to add a new computer for audio and video in our studio. Dude, why don't you build one. It's not really all that hard, in fact, there was a decent article in the latest EQ about building your own. You would definately save money, plus, you would have all the features you need without the ones you don't (modem, etc.), that is, of course, if this computer will be strictly for audio. $700.00 will get you a mean-ass computer, instead of, what $1500 for the Viao? But if you are set on buying one, the Viao would be much better than the Dell. It is at least somewhat connected to audio, whereas the Dells I've used are just average-do-anything computers. kale |
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Sony Vaio for audio???
Sony Tech Support SUCKS!!!
Forget about getting any issues resolved by the folks at Sony. They are pleasant, but will not help at all with third party or non Sony software or hardware issues, and usually cannot even solve Sony issues with Vaios. RON CHARLES "Troy" wrote in message . .. We are going to add a new computer for audio and video in our studio.We mostly use Dell computers,and have had good luck with them.We are thinking about buying a new sony vaio as it has alot of features we are looking for.It will be a 2.4 + ghz.Any comments from sony users?Should we buy a sony or stick with dell?,what is sony tech support like?.What audio cards work well with these systems?.Any info would be greatly appreciated. -- Thanks Troy Tremblay Alternate Root Studio www.alternate-root.com |
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Sony Vaio for audio???
"Troy" wrote in message .ca...
Forgot to mention it will be a desktop model not a laptop Please let me know the model you are using. Troy wrote in message . .. We are going to add a new computer for audio and video in our studio.We mostly use Dell computers,and have had good luck with them.We are thinking about buying a new sony vaio as it has alot of features we are looking for.It will be a 2.4 + ghz.Any comments from sony users?Should we buy a sony or stick with dell?,what is sony tech support like?.What audio cards work well with these systems?.Any info would be greatly appreciated. -- Thanks Troy Tremblay Alternate Root Studio www.alternate-root.com The Sony Video Desktop works great for audio. I use my new Vaio for mastering in house projects using Wavelab 4 and a Lynx 22 sound card. One caution do not upgrade the OS, if it arrives with XP Home edition leave it be. I ran into all kinds of problems when I tried to upgrade to XP pro. These systems are taylored to the OEM OS software installed, otherwise she works flawless. These new systems are designed for the Audio and Video users. Ozzie |
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Sony Vaio for audio???
In article , "Troy"
wrote: We are going to add a new computer for audio and video in our studio.We mostly use Dell computers,and have had good luck with them.We are thinking about buying a new sony vaio as it has alot of features we are looking for.It will be a 2.4 + ghz.Any comments from sony users?Should we buy a sony or stick with dell?,what is sony tech support like?.What audio cards work well with these systems?.Any info would be greatly appreciated. -- Thanks Troy Tremblay Alternate Root Studio www.alternate-root.com I went to a Pro Tools for Windows demo a few months ago. They were trying to run a digi 002 on a Sony Vaio laptop and it wouldn't work, right in front of a room full of people. Pro Tools kept saying it couldn't see the firewire port and quitting. I suggested politely they plug it into the G4 they had under the table and it worked a treat. -- Mike Clayton |
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