Best Buy exclusive: VAIO SC with Blu-ray and Push2TV for $950

This is nuts, awesome deal from Best Buy, VAIO SC - i5 2410/ 4G/ 500G Hybrid drive/ blu-ray combo/ push2tv (WIDI adaptor)/ WiMax radio, all for just $949.99!



May 1 release, pre-order at best buy starts from today.







Best Buy slaps Blue Label on Sony and Toshiba laptops, packed to the exhaust vents with extras -- Engadget

Reply 1 : Best Buy exclusive: VAIO SC with Blu-ray and Push2TV for $950

Interesting. So the VAIO SC series is a BestBuy exclusive!?!?!

Reply 2 : Best Buy exclusive: VAIO SC with Blu-ray and Push2TV for $950

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Originally Posted by SPEEDwithJJ Interesting. So the VAIO SC series is a BestBuy exclusive!?!?!

no, the deal is exclusive, SC is available in Canada as well. best buy's SC comes with Push2TV and 2 year warranty, that's not available anywhere else.

Reply 3 : Best Buy exclusive: VAIO SC with Blu-ray and Push2TV for $950

How awesome is the deal really? Basically you just get the push and kaspersky for free.

Reply 4 : Best Buy exclusive: VAIO SC with Blu-ray and Push2TV for $950

Interesting....

How do you put something up for pre-order, and it doesn't even tell you what CPU model, screen resolution. or ports? Do Best Buy customers not care about those things? The Vaio looks like VGA, HDMI 1 USB 3 and 2 USB 2 - no eSata.



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update - I found some of the specs clicking back to the model pages through the cart - Vaio 2410 CPU I assume 768 res since not mentioned.

Reply 5 : Best Buy exclusive: VAIO SC with Blu-ray and Push2TV for $950

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Originally Posted by eddieaus no, the deal is exclusive, SC is available in Canada as well. best buy's SC comes with Push2TV and 2 year warranty, that's not available anywhere else.

In the USA, SC is Best Buy exclusive, yes.

Reply 6 : Best Buy exclusive: VAIO SC with Blu-ray and Push2TV for $950

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Originally Posted by j0j1 Interesting.... How do you put something up for pre-order, and it doesn't even tell you what CPU model, screen resolution. or ports? Do Best Buy customers not care about those things? The Vaio looks like VGA, HDMI 1 USB 3 and 2 USB 2 - no eSata.

No. Think about it. A lot of people that go into Best Buy stores don't know anything about computers- that's why there's Geek Squad there. I told one of my friends to check out the Vaio SB at the Sonystyle store and he goes to Bestbuy and buys the only Sony model in stock- a last gen F. He was then telling me about how he got $50 off Geek Squad service etc etc. People like him are the typical Best Buy customers. They want a new computer so they go to the store and buy one there. There's no searching around the net for the best deal, no reading up on the models on forums such as these, basically "blind" purchasers that are at the whim of the salesperson or some tech savvy friend.

Reply 7 : Best Buy exclusive: VAIO SC with Blu-ray and Push2TV for $950

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How awesome is the deal really? Basically you just get the push and kaspersky for free.

You also get a Blue ray reader and a hybrid HDD. Those two features alone are worth a few hundred dollars. If only WiDi let you play the Blue ray...





Looks like a great value. It also has a hybrid HDD, which is a good fit for this mid-level laptop/price.



It lacks a fingerprint reader (no big deal.) It has lesser graphics (6470) which is a big bummer. The 6630 is much better than the 6470. It also does not list the graphics as switchable. If not switchable you would lose out on the HD graphics better battery life and rapid video encoding.

Reply 8 : Best Buy exclusive: VAIO SC with Blu-ray and Push2TV for $950

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Originally Posted by tktk You also get a Blue ray reader and a hybrid HDD. Those two features alone are worth a few hundred dollars. If only WiDi let you play the Blue ray... Looks like a great value. It also has a hybrid HDD, which is a good fit for this mid-level laptop/price. It lacks a fingerprint reader (no big deal.) It has lesser graphics (6470) which is a big bummer. The 6630 is much better than the 6470. It also does not list the graphics as switchable. If not switchable you would lose out on the HD graphics better battery life and rapid video encoding.

Is the hybrid HDD in use in that VAIO SC series the Seagate Momentus XT HDD?

Reply 9 : Best Buy exclusive: VAIO SC with Blu-ray and Push2TV for $950

I wouldnt bet my money on the hybrid drive, there was a ready to ship model that came with it, when no one received it, they simply removed the hybrid mention