I bought a Sony Vaio UX380N micro computer this past October. This little computer came with Vista, and it works wonderfully. I wanted to ask the Yahoo nation out there if there is anyone else that has this type of computer? and if so, what do you think of it? Also, Sony now sells an upgrade UX, the Vaio UX490. The difference is it is colored darker than my UX380, and I believe it comes with an SSD 48 gb drive versus my 40 gb HDD, and the 490 also comes with a second battery I think, and a GPS navigation system. That is the only difference that I know of. Now my Sony UX380N costed me $1300.00 brand new ( I bought it new in box from an Ebay online store, and it still goes for about that same price), and the UX490 costs around $2400.00. This is in part because it is the newer model. The UX490 even got lower positive ratings and reviews than mine has gotten. I did some research on it. My question is this: Would it be logical to buy the newer model UX490 and pay all of that extra money? Or just keep the wonderful UX380N that I have now, which is bought and paid for, and still looks brand mew. What do you think? I am only asking for someone who is familiar and/or who also has one of these Sony Vaio UX models. Also, I wanted to ask people who have one of these if they ever regretted buying theirs? My UX380N runs Vista Business, which it runs very well on it. But I have read that XP runs absolutely brilliant on the Vaio UX model micro computer. What are your opinions? And does anyone know where or how to even change the OS on this computer? It does not come with a cd/dvd drive. I bought an external drive for it, an HP DVD burner. Hooked up to it and installed Microsoft Office and other things on it, it works fine, but for some reason, it does not allow a booting option for me to install a different OS like other more normal laptops. Does anyone know how I can put XP on my UX380N if I wanted to? Thanks for listening, and please give me any input and/or advice that you are willing to share. I only wish to hear from other Sony Vaio UX380,390, and/or UX490 owners/users.
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