FW55 is cool enough, from my personal advise.

1) Since u got ur very own BluRay player.
2) Even u already owned a BluRay player, it only makes huge difference when u play HD movie. And most of them are genuine copies- costly.
3) To watch HD movie, we can opt for download content, and later play with our notebook, and projected to tv using HDMI cable, like me.
4) I dun own any BluRay disc movies at this very moment at all. Too expensive~

Getting FW55 can save u RM1.5k! Minus no Ultimate Wins7, not the coolest processor (but still cool), -2Gb RAM... The rest doesn't matters.

For me, I'd go for FW55 if I were in ur shoes. 

Juz my opinion...

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Added on December 17, 2009, 12:26 am
Although I'm a big fans to SONY, but let's not to neglect the superior quality of Apple's  product at all.

Apple is way too perfectionist! I dun understand how they could be so unique, and 1 step ahead of other branding. Design, operating... Very cool of it.

They're very innovative, alwiz appear in surprise!

Not to mention, their finished goods' QC is very good too.
Consider this, how can their MacBook running at such a low temperature where there's not a single air vent and fan in the unit??? (or there is one that I dunno?). Their MacBook is air tight from every surface I can observe.

Anyhow, other branding is differ from Apple, can't compare.

According to my fren who work in home entertainment division in SONY, Samsung is their main annoying competitor. Since both marketing scope are identical... Home system, computing, communication...

Whenever SONY come out something new, SAMSUNG able to come out too, at with a much lower price even.
Hahaah! Guess SONY need to think of some way to dispose of their competitor

hey bro i am like u. i am planning to get a vaio fw55 but now theres another option that is macbook pro.
not sure which 1 to get