# Guys: would you buy a pink laptop? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 29, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689 "2011-07-29T02:22:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689/1 "2011-07-29T02:22:27Z")
I found through weeks of research, what seemed to be the perfect laptop for all my computing needs. The Sony Vaio Y series: [http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/sony-sony-vaio-11-6-amd-dual-core-e-350-laptop-vpcyb23kdp-pink-vpcyb23kdp/10173645.aspx?path=259b0e9656b61edeec2c78c84dfbe819en02](http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/sony-sony-vaio-11-6-amd-dual-core-e-350-laptop-vpcyb23kdp-pink-vpcyb23kdp/10173645.aspx?path=259b0e9656b61edeec2c78c84dfbe819en02) I don’t want to get into a discussion of WHY I like this laptop. That’s sort of beyond the point of the thread. But I do, and I loved it. And the Sony Store and Future Shop both proudly proclaimed that the exact same thing comes in silver. Which I bought! But I returned it to the store promptly when I realized that it was in fact, NOT the same as the pink floor model. The silver one has a bilingual keyboard, which to those of you in America, means that buttons have all the French accents written on the buttons next to their default characters, in neon green and pink. More importantly, the shift keys are super cramped, to make room for more diacritics on each side. So, instead of capitalizing letters, I yped \every \single \capital \letter \like his. We were not amused! Yes, I could probably learn to adapt, get used to it, blah blah blah…I don’t wanna. It seems unfair when there’s a perfect model for me to have get stuck with a sucky shift key. It frustrated me to the point where I gave the pink laptop a long hard stare down… _So, to the poll question…_ **I think that if you’re not 14 years old and a girl, bringing a pink laptop about with you looks silly. Would you own one?** ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689/2 "2011-07-29T02:25:35Z")
I inherited a pink phone cover from my fianceé. Everybody has a funny comment to make at first, but after a while, they got used to it, and so did I. They make “skins” for laptops, if it’s that big of an issue for it. If I liked everything about a computer and it happened to be pink, I would have a pink computer. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689/3 "2011-07-29T02:28:08Z")
Never. Well, unless it was free. Usually my laptop lives at home but it would annoy me every day to have to look at a shiny pink one. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689/4 "2011-07-29T02:31:12Z")
I’d plop a big ole sticker or skin on it if it was bothersome but honestly, I wouldn’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689/5 "2011-07-29T02:31:53Z")
Pink is one of my least favorite colors, so no. I prefer richer colors like red, purple, black, etc. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689/6 "2011-07-29T02:33:37Z")
> [@feppytweed](#): > > They make “skins” for laptops, if it’s that big of an issue for it. If I liked everything about a computer and it happened to be pink, I would have a pink computer. They…do? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689/7 "2011-07-29T02:45:10Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > They…do? :eek: Skynet is upon us already, it seems. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Niply\_Elder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@The\_Niply\_Elder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Niply_Elder)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689/8 "2011-07-29T02:48:17Z")
Looks like a good laptop, but the 32-bit win7 is a no starter, buyer beware. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689/9 "2011-07-29T02:50:37Z")
[Vaio skins](http://www.sgpstore.com/laptop/sony/y-series/sgp-sony-vaio-y-series-laptop-skin-guard-set-series.html). It’s just the first hit on google, shop around before you make a decision. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689/10 "2011-07-29T03:01:16Z")
> [@The\_Niply\_Elder](#): > > Looks like a good laptop, but the 32-bit win7 is a no starter, buyer beware. Why is that? (I know I said no computer chat sans the pink bits, but now you’ve got me curious…I only vaguely know the difference between 32 and 64 bit Windows from my XP days…) ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689/11 "2011-07-29T03:57:00Z")
I can’t figure out what **The Niply Elder** is talking about. Now that driver issues have mostly been sorted out, the only major difference between 32-bit and 64-bit Windows is that 64-bit versions can access more than 4GB of RAM. Since that computer only has 2 GB of RAM, there’s absolutely no reason to get 64-bit Windows. If anything, it’ll be a bit faster than 64-bit would be. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689/12 "2011-07-29T04:02:01Z")
I would consider it but it would definitely be a negative. I would avoid it if I had a choice. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689/13 "2011-07-29T04:05:42Z")
As a girl, I’d consider it if I was single and it was a good color of pink, and it was otherwise perfect. However, I’m not single and my husband would be using it sometimes, and he would be displeased with my choice. So, no. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689/14 "2011-07-29T04:05:56Z")
Of course I would. But then over here the color pink has favorable associations, with both royalty and the largest university. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689/15 "2011-07-29T04:09:24Z")
Why would the color matter if that’s the one I wanted? No problem at all. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689/16 "2011-07-29T04:12:48Z")
I am a woman and I have this [pink laptop](http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/komen_landing?c=us&l=en&cs=19), in the “Pink Prevails” design. ETA: My laptop is for personal, non-work use. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689/17 "2011-07-29T04:22:20Z")
I’m a woman and have suffered to allergy to pink from a young age, but Middlebro is definitely a guy and the last cellphone he bought (with no intervention from his children, he happened to like the model) is bubblegum pink; he says he’d have no problem using a pink laptop, a pink hardhat (he’s a construction foreman) or a pink car. It’s hard to know which of the Kidlets likes that phone more, He Who Wants To Wear Pink (my 5yo nephew has a standing threat to his mother than when he’s grown up he’ll wear pink and skirts and dresses and it ain’t fair that girls can wear trousers or skirts and have short hair or long and he can’t!) or the Pink Princess. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689/18 "2011-07-29T04:29:51Z")
If I had a pink laptop, I wouldn’t buy it a skin, I’d buy it a thong. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689/19 "2011-07-29T05:01:07Z")
If it were free I’d use it, but other than that I would not rock a pink laptop. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689/20 "2011-07-29T05:15:08Z")
I’d have no problem buying a laptop in any color, as long it’s black. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-buy-a-pink-laptop/590689.md?page=2)