Been out of the Loop... Sonys?

[UnlimitedMP]

My bro-in-law is looking at laptops with a strong preference to Vaios. Yes I know you could get more power or cheaper elsewhere but my question is if this Sony is a decent deal (for a Sony).

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-VPC-EB42...ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1303596754&sr=1-1

His needs are the basics + viewing HD video + simple video editing.

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I don't think you'd need more than an I3 for that kind of work right?