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[wobbegong]

Does anyone remember the chain of independent traders called Wavy Lion?

Wavy LINE.

[MarillionFan]

Stuart 'The Brand' Baggs.

[oracleslave]

... I'll start:

Washing machine/dryer: Miele

WGAS seeing as I never use one.

Hoover: Miele (ironic, I know)

As above

Car: not going there

Bangernomics

Laptop: any Mac or Sony Vaio

Had 2 Vaio's, they were both crap.

Smartphone: Samsung Galaxy II ( have an HTC, not so good)

iPhone is still tops IMHO

Telly: Sony

Agreed, mine has been brilliant.

[pacharan]

Wavy LINE.

Yes, that's it!

[Clippy]

Does anyone remember the chain of independent traders called Wavy Lion?

Yes, my dad used to own/run one.

Why you asking?

BTW, it was Wavy Line not Lion.

[Churchill]

Yes, my dad used to own/run one.

Why you asking?

BTW, it was Wavy Line not Lion.

Pacharan is posting from his phone as his PC is logged in as his sockie-master.

The spell check on the phone leaps in and makes his posts even more unintelligible than usual.

[doodab]

As I stated above, Vaios destined for the Japanese market are as good as anything else, the Z series (even the latest one) is far, far better than anything out there if you want lightweight and powerful. The others are usually tulip tho built to price rather than spec.

I disagree. The tech specs might be impressive, and they are very light, but in terms of actual quality it's night and day compared to a Thinkpad.

I've had several VAIOs, the last two being an S and an SZ (predecessors to the Z series) which were bought on the basis of being the most powerful and lightweight machines I could find at the time. They each cost around £1600, neither was any better built than an Acer or Samsung, they start to look tatty very quickly, and the Z series is about the same level of build quality, which is not becoming of something that costs that much. Personally I expect that if I spend that sort of money on a laptop then I ought to be able to hand it down to someone else when I upgrade after a few years, not bin it because it's falling apart or simply expired. My last Sony had bits coming off after two years and died completely after 3 1/2 years. That's why they didn't make the shortlist for a replacement.

The Thinkpads might weigh a bit more but they have a far more high quality feel about them, especially the keyboards, and the level of support from Lenovo is in a different league as well.

[Clippy]

Pacharan is posting from his phone as his PC is logged in as his sockie-master.

The spell check on the phone leaps in and makes his posts even more unintelligible than usual.

If true, that is truly pathetic.

[Churchill]

If true, that is truly pathetic.

Can you think of a more plausible explanation?

[Clippy]

Can you think of a more plausible explanation?

Nope, but I stopped reading Pacharan threads a long time ago.

My last theory was its Richard Cranium.