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There's *always* something newer and better around the corner. You can only count on it being more expensive and not available for a while.

That's moot anyway, as I've ordered directly from Sony. Went got the 15 inch model after all, after playing with their configurator for a while it was just much higher spec for lower cost than the slight size saving of the 14 inch.

I went for a custom VPC-EB3X:
Core i5-460M, 2 core 4 thread, 2.53 GHz turbo to 2.8 GHz
320GB 7200 rpm disk (I'll swap a SSD in myself at some point)
4 GB ram (I'll upgrade later to 8GB for less than it cost for the 6GB option!)
Blu-ray player
15 inch 1920x1080 anti-reflection gloss screen, wide viewing angle. This is what really swung it for me!
ATI Mobility Radeon HD5650
Oh, the keyboard has a number pad too!

All for £776.05 delivered.

Only snag is it's on a 3-4 week lead time, but I got in to get the VAT increase out of the way. The difference a couple % or so makes is insignificant anyway, but its the principle that counts

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

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Congratulations. Looks like a very nice spec and the VAT rate was the right one.

Bob.

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OM-D E-M5 + ED 12-50mm, H-PS14042E, H-F007014E, L-RS014150E, M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 45mm 1:1.8.
Gitzo GT1541T, Arca-Swiss Z1 DP ball-head.
Astrophotography: TEC 140 'scope, FLI ML16803 camera, ASA DDM60 Pro mount.