How long do you plan to keep your VAIO Z?

the last SZ i had - i kept it for close to 4 years and sold it for good price (almost 20% of my purchase price).



Any advice on when would be a good time to sell if resale value is important to you?



Thanks in advance.

Reply 1 : How long do you plan to keep your VAIO Z?

I won't tell you how often I get a new notebook

Reply 2 : How long do you plan to keep your VAIO Z?

I will keep it until the new Z comes out.

Reply 3 : How long do you plan to keep your VAIO Z?

I don't own a Z, but a FW, but it being my first laptop, I won't sell it, even if or when I get a new one (probably SB), I won't sell that either. I like collecting gadgets and as laptops go, they are a pretty nice gadget :P

Reply 4 : How long do you plan to keep your VAIO Z?

This question can be applied to all the Vaio owners. But yeah, I don't have a Z (it wasn't available yet in Canada when I needed to buy a laptop though it was announced).



I also have a FW. My first laptop, the Toshiba listed in my signature lasted me for 5 years (though the 5th year, I was fighting to keep it alive). The FW, I'm in my 3rd year of ownership and it's running fine (knock on wood). Next year, I'm going to open it up and apply some thermal paste to make it cooler and hopefully extend its life.



I don't usually have an exact time frame for keeping laptops. As long as the OS runs smoothly, I can do my work without problems, and the laptop runs, I don't have plans to buy another one.

Reply 5 : How long do you plan to keep your VAIO Z?

I would say maybe 3 years...if it has a good resale value by then I'd sell it, if not, I'd keep it. I still have my Toshiba Satellite 2180CDT from 1998...it was my dad's and he gave it to me a few years ago. Still runs great, even the 4gb hard drive is in tact.

Reply 6 : How long do you plan to keep your VAIO Z?

I don't have a VPC-Z series notebook but I still have a VGN-Z690 notebook. I'm looking to sell that ASAP if I can even find a buyer for it. It is in like-new condition. I'm just looking to sell it to help fund my purchase of a new 2011 17" MBP.

Reply 7 : How long do you plan to keep your VAIO Z?

I only got my latest Z last year, no plans to replace it anytime soon because there's nothing better available. It's still #1.

Reply 8 : How long do you plan to keep your VAIO Z?

Until Lenovo comes out with a Thinkpad X with a GPU.

Reply 9 : How long do you plan to keep your VAIO Z?

I keep my eyes on Craigslist everyday for any good deals on Vaios. After scanning the past few months for computers, it seems like various Z (Z12 and Z13) are being offered for ~$600 below MSRP. These computers certainly depreciate a lot more than Apple computers. I have no clue how my friend does this, but he buys a new mac, uses it for a few months, then sells it for MORE than he bought it.





But back to the original question, I plan on keeping this as my main computer through college (so ~4 years) and we'll see how well it's held up then. It's been my general experience that things start breaking/ stop working 1 to 2 years into use. I've had this for half a year so far and it's been flawless.





And as someone else said, this is currently still the nicest computer out there.