is there any protection plan for sony like the apple care or dell's one?

i also have an eye for the Sz series for its style and the lightness of it.. i cant giv much info since i dun own one but i have read many forums regarding this SZ series... some users experience 'tingling' feeling on the palm rest and some have proven that the palm rest is actually sort of leaking electiricity... hopefully asia's ones wont hav such issue
well, afaik, most of the users are more than satisfy or at least satisfy with SZ but not with the amount of bloatware budled with it...
well, i would like to know from any forumers' opinion on the SZ series..

Hi all, i have just gotten an Sz 79... this is my 1st 'small and portable' laptop, so i wonder is there any thing i should take note of to take full care of this baby? since the screen is thin, so scare i hurt it accidentally...

oh, the performance-wise, the 2.5ghz penryn is a monster... damn smooth.. jus sadly that the boot up is not very ideal with all the sony's bloatwares... it is also upgraded to 4gb... =)

oh, another thing, how to protect battery? how do i store the extended battery? will it deteriorate if i were to keep it for a few months before i start using it as i dun really require that much of juice right now.. hahax..

oopps... sorry for the bad english there as i am working,shant let my boss know i am surfing forums...