To each his own. I've actually had pretty good experience with Dell tech support. Called them up yesterday afternoon regarding a dead battery for one of my VP's D600. Battery arrived to our office this morning before me! No complaints here.
Samsonite makes pretty good stuff too. I bought one of their shoulder bags w/ wheels. Takes a lot of abuse. Tons of space. Put three laptops plus work documents in there one time. Heavy as hell, but that's what the wheels are for.
Do it! I love Sony laptops. Great style and great build quality. My GRV680 weighs like a rock but it's built like a rock too. No keyboard flex, no chassis flex.
Not sure if this is in the right forum or not. But does anybody remember that free program that you install on a computer and it spits out a report telling you what software and hardware that particular computer has?
My VP just got that phone. Pretty good stuff there. But I prefer my P900 just because it's got a touchscreen. i600 is smaller though, and that's a big plus.
Good buy.
As far as the weight, after you carry it around, you don't really notice it. My laptop is a tad over 9 pounds. 16" behemoth. I carry it around everyday and have gotten used to it.