which brand better??
 

just wondering if there are any comments on which brand is better??
acer ferrari 1000 or Sony VAIO c-series??

It's not really about brands. Which components do the computers have? What do you need the PC for? Price range, etc? Also an important factor is warranty: the cost, and what you get for it.
You'll want to buy a PC that'll last you (at least, I think that's what people want) and that will be easy to maintain, with the least possible amount of problems.
Cnet.com (RIP James Kim) has great reviews for everything electronics, including PCs.

The major brands often just tag stuff that they bought from other suppliers... So brand name may be less meaningful than you expect. Additionally, in IT a product is brought out, refined once or twice (over 1.5yrs say) then retired. There is not that much incremental refinement. The initial design may be a total dud - even the big brands regularly produce duds, and a brand that is travelling well at the moment may be "on the ropes" tomorrow.

By the sound of it, you are looking at laptops yes?

I believe (AU anyways) that laptop prices depend a lot on the particular deal, discounts etc that apply at a particular time, from vendor to distributor to reseller. Plus they are all dumping old stock (due to core 2 being a relative success).

Speaking personally, I like ASUS designs. Acer seem a 'value' brand. Not flash... Dell is unexciting - and the guys at work have contintual support problems with Inspirons (mind you they have problems with most technologies).

I've had a HP before. Support was crap, but it was rugged.

The brands that I'd consider most favourably are HP, IBM/Lenovo, Toshiba and ASUS. But that's probably only personal preference. Laptop performance is usually only average - I'd not bother to spend on a high performance model.

Sony... they're pretty. I'm not sure about them... Check the support websites of each manufacturer perhaps, before you buy. How long do they support old models?

I have an Asus and really like it. Having said that, I went against Nimetic's advice and got the top of the line model (as it has a decent video card) and maxed out the memory.

My advice (and this is not laptop specific). You are better off getting more memory at the cost of getting a slower processor. A computer with a slightly slower CPU but more memory will last for longer than a faster CPU without enough memory.

I cannot comment on either of the machines you have asked about.