I think the Dell is your better deal. And as much as you may hear about service problems with Dell, Sony is much worse in my opinion.

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Your Dell has very good specs and should be a fine laptop. You have some time to try it and return it if necessary. I would certainly try it first, and I agree that Sony service is lower rated than Dell. I would not have less than a 3 year on-site contract on any laptop though.

I just got my 9300 last week and its great, even better then I thought it'd be, that screen is awesome. The Sims will play smooth as silk on it. Better graphics card, better hard drive, then that Sony. The Media Center XP is nice too. Watch, record, rewind live TV, nice. I wouldn't think twice about the choice, keep the Dell forget the Sony. This is my 3rd Dell, zero problems with any of them.

having the dell 9300 and also having experience with vaio i would choose dell anyday, anytime. not only are the specs better in the dell but you would be definelt granted better service by dell.

I think a better comparison of models between Sony and the Dell I9300, would be to consider the Vaio VGN-BX197XP.