Laptop secured: Will it be the right choice?

Well, I did it. I bought a Sony VAIO VGN-FZ220U/B Widescreen Notebook. It has:

•    Vista Ultimate; Wireless-N support
•    15.4 Inch WXGA XBrite-Econ LCD
•    Intel Core 2 Due Processor T5250
•    1.5 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB
•    2 GB PC2-5300 DDr2 memory
•    200 GB 4200-rpm SATA hard drive
•    Windows Vista Ultimate
•    DVD+/-RW-RAM Double Layer Drive
•    10/100 Ethernet; 56K V.92 Modem
•    802.11 a/b/g Draft-N wireless
•    3 USB 2.0, 1 FireWire, 1 S-video

I paid $699.99 plus tax. I also bought an extra Gig of memory for $29.95.

The salesman thought I might be able to put my mini-DVD in the drive and edit a movie. That sounds simple. I hope it works.

The customer service I received from Office Depot wasn’t good. I had to wait more than a half hour for the office manager to come and unhook the laptop from the security devices. It was the last Sony of that model, so I just couldn’t take one in a box and leave.

It took another half hour to get it unhooked from the security devices. The office manager had to throw all the laptop carrying cases under the laptop display on the floor before he could get to the place to remove the security items. He had trouble finding the place to turn down the brightness on the display and putting the battery in. I was exhausted by the time I left.

The display seems much less bright than the i-Mac. I hope, I hope.

I have two weeks to try it out. If it bothers my eyes or has other problems, I’ll return it.

I’ll be sure to save my receipt.