Hi
Buying a Sony Vaio AR21M notebook and was wondering how upgradeable
they are if at all?
Also can anyone recommend a good 5.1 speaker system (no more than £75)
and will the sound card with the Vaio be able to process 5.1?

Thanks

uts56 wrote:
> Hi
> Buying a Sony Vaio AR21M notebook and was wondering how upgradeable
> they are if at all?
> Also can anyone recommend a good 5.1 speaker system (no more than £75)
> and will the sound card with the Vaio be able to process 5.1?
>
> Thanks

Its sad to say that being a Sony laptop user myself their units have
limited potenial for upgradability if compared with some other
notebook brands.
Think about it for example;their hard drive speed is only maxed to
5400rpm, their RAM capacity is maximized to 2Gig,
I have not heard yet of their model that is 64 bit ready or I am not
just aware of it.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
the only saving grace for having a Sony is its sleek classy
appearance;. If you want a beauty for your workhorse computers desktop
replacement system then Sony notebook is a class of its own.
That is why if you want to buy Sony notebooks, buy the latest model
with the powefulr features for your need so that it will be quite a
time before you will buy a another one.
But if upgradability is your main concern, better stick with a desktop
than a laptop (even the so called desktop replacement systems.)
IMO Buying a laptop is different from procuring a desktop..

uts56 wrote:
> Hi
> Buying a Sony Vaio AR21M notebook and was wondering how upgradeable
> they are if at all?
> Also can anyone recommend a good 5.1 speaker system (no more than £75)
> and will the sound card with the Vaio be able to process 5.1?
>
> Thanks
>

Notebook computers are generally not upgradeable and do not usually have
sound card support for 5.1 output. Check with Sony for the complete
specifications, perhaps here:
http://esupport.sony.com/perl/select...6,66,9,70,5,72

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