MacBook to a Windows Laptop - Rats
OK, here is the scoop...
I am in need of a new laptop for work. Our tech admin is PC/Windows ONLY! I love my MacBook, have for years, would like to buy another one, but no go. Trust me I have tried to convince him (yes, Windows via BootCamp and the whole bit). No Mac's allowed. Bummer.
I started to look just a little but what I saw was sad. Felt cheap, looked terrible, too big, too heavy. I'm not sure where to even start as I have been out of the Windows laptop game for about 5 years or so.
So help me out guys...
Something like a MacBook, only not. Needs to handle the basics plus just a little photo/video stuff, nothing super big or intense. Needs to be thin and light to haul around for presentations n stuff. And yes, it must be a Windows machine.
Recommendations?
I would buy a Sony Vaio Laptop my sister is a pc person and she has had her Vaio Desktop for years with hardly any problems. You just have to keep cleaning the cookies and cache. Here is a link http://www.google.com/search?q=Sony+vaio&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari#h l=en&ds=pr&sugexp=ldymls&pq=sony%20vaio&xhr=t&q=Sony%20vaio%20laptop&cp=11&pf=p& sclient=psy&client=safari&tbm=shop&aq=0&aqi=&aql=&oq=Sony+vaio+l&pbx=1&bav=on.2, or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=62a3a64db93c93d9&biw=981&bih=661 Hope this works.
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