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Sony A690 ordering problem.

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Actually what I mean is I want to see if the the A690 can be ordered from Sony.com and omit the dock and speakers to bring the price down. There is a model A600 that can be customized but the WUXGA display is not available, only the WXGA 1400x900 resolution display can be checked. The A690 is a ready to ship model and cannot be customized. Am I missing something? I thought someone mentioned that the A690 can be ordered without the dock and speakers or is this wrong?
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The A600 *does* have the WUXGA but you have to pick a better-than-default wireless option (don't ask me why...) One other thing to beware of: the A600 has DDR2-400 whereas the A690 pre-config has faster DDR2-533. Why? I don't know, but I already sent Sony feedback thru their site asking them to get consistent and put DDR2-533 in the A600 for us performance hounds. Also, the A600 only has 4200 RPM drives whereas the A690 has a 5400 RPM drive, overall the A690 is higher perf than is possible with the A600. Why? Again, I don't know; maybe the droids in marketing were let out of their cages when the A6x0 came out and they decided to make everyone's life more complicated
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You are missing something but it's not your fault -- the customization UI is setup in an idiotic way.

To get the WUXGA screen when customizing the A600 you have to select one of the other wireless lan options, ex: 802.11a\b\g. When you do so the screen resolution option will automatically flip for you. It's the dumbest thing I've ever seen in a consumer UI.

Try it once and you'll see what I'm talking about.
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