BuyTV on G4 - New Sony Vaio FW Series Notebook

[blighted1heart]

SONY VAIO IS THE BEST LAPTOP IN THE WORLD

[shaahidawan100]

i love sony

[peanutking242]

dodgy power jack design

[GMCorchestra]

i had mine for over a year and did not notice that it has 4 speakers until now =]

[brownie2323]

take your top off

[girlstorm09]

i love the 2 web pages at once feature. I wish all computers had that lol.

[umandilo]

VISIT

TOPCODES●CO●CC

 #FTW

[PunkyLemming]

@GHICAGO71

indeed lol

[Irregulation]

i got a VGN-FW480J its good but it gets dusts and scratches very easily

[bradheemma]

i have sony vaio fw 290 and its the best iahd put all the features and i have for two years and its working as new one it is the best thing i have.

thank you sony

[arthurbulan]

I got VGN-FW235J 

[tonzsanchez]

i own this laptop, it rocks

[Jerry4050]

if you upgrade to Windows 7 the HDMI sound wont work but still its a good laptop

[krotalias15]

go to ebay com and try to find it from there, it will be cheaper :)

[guitarguy2344]

What is the price??

[youpooper18]

I love vaio i cant belive they still make em

[pinger56]

beautiful,inside and outside...

[raducracan]

@2800boy

where did you buy this notebook?

[daymvietguy]

can someone give me little information about the bluetooth that is automatically on it.

like is it the actuall bluetooth u cna use? or just iono

[2800boy]

The specs on my FW are

2.20Ghz Core 2 Duo

512 ATI 4650

4GB RAM

500GB RAM

Windows 7

For a whopping $638 =)

[didyormama]

I don't know much about computers and I'm planning on buying a FW soon

could I ask u if wich graphics card is better?

ATI radeon mobility HD 4650

or a

ATI radeon mobility HD 3650(I don't remember the exact number but it was in the 3000 s')

isn't the one with bigger numbers usually the better one? If I'm wrong please correct me

[piemagexp]

You're right, bigger is better.

[DarkSkysify]

4650 definitely, im getting this one because it will be perfect for me so i can play crysis with no problem

[piemagexp]

Lol got the same thing. Best buy must been on crack when they made that FW $600. What a deal.

[vassil14]

@2800boy

You lucky vastard lol, I'm getting the same specs as you but mines has a blu-ray player.

Mine costs 1050USD=(

[nsaucier1988]

Where in the hell did you get that for 638? is yours bluray compatible?

[wrektime1]

mine is ..

2.53 GHZ

4 GB RAM

500 GB HDD

512 ATI

Windows 7

[RflaviusD]

you can't have 2.53 ghz with 4 gb ram and 512 ATI. Only with 6gb ram and 1024mb ati ;)

[darknessgodzamorak]

I'm totally getting this next year!

When I get a job, lol.

I mean, seriously?

4gb RAM? HOLY SHIT!

[shoot603]

Wow $999 pretty much affordable by anyone! LOL

[AznTakumi]

990 is not affordable for anyone white girl..

[MoongrassNoel]

i just got the fw510f from BB for 799 with free printer an dkick ass speakers

[BigBoss3087]

me too, haven't opened it yet though, great deal

[HeWhoDarez]

I have the Sony VAIO FW48E/H notebook!

Its rocks.

[Wiish]

"Even Blu-ray?!"

"Even Blu-ray..."

lol, this review was hilarious.

Anyway, I'm going to buy a VAIO FW51MF/H this week - can't wait to get my hands on it!

[HeWhoDarez]

Totally worth it dude.

[machina12345]

those laptops r soooo cool! but omg! that chix voice and we she is speakin is way too annoying! dudes! get rid of that lady :/

[BacklTrack]

Sony VAIO FW Series VGN-FW490JFT

I has that one ^_^

[Haomaru12345]

I bought a HP Pavilion Laptop last year and it started breaking down on me now, pretty much the mother board and the heat sink have to be changed...I need to get a high performance laptop; this laptop looks good, but does it maintain that performance for more than a year or two.

cheers guys

[nickytommy2]

how many GB?

[pethcir]

I have the fw230j and I got it about 6 months ago and I still admire it. God it's so beautiful.

[jsarahina]

What I really like here is the bluetooth. You can output your mobile call to the FW speakers and talk in FW's built-in microphone.

And you can watch videos in your cellphone while the sound was rerouted in FW speakers.

Very handy. :-)

[jsarahina]

I have my FW today. And I think it has the highest specs among FW models. Mine is VGN-FW37GY/Gray. With: - 2.66 GHz Intel Centrino 2 Technology - Core 2 Dup T9550 - Blu-ray Player and Recorder - 4 GB on-board DDR3 Memory - 512mb Dedicated Video - 500 GB Hard Disk - Windows Vista Ultimate (64 Bit Edition) - Full HD (1920x1080 pixels) Clear Bright [Rich Color] LCD - Wi-Fi A, B, G, and Draft-N I love it... especially it comes with 64 bit Vista, my computer experiences seems to change a lot. :-)

[minion6500]

im happy with my FW. its a pretty good gaming and multimedia computer. my own complaint about this computer is the price.......but u can expect that from anything from sony

[jsarahina]

Oh... I don't use notebook for gaming... That's bad for your ass...

LOL

[minion6500]

i use my desktop 4 gaming

[roelarcamo]

she said the price comfortable?? $999.99

the same price as macbook i should get the macbook instead of that FW series..sony lol

[EpiDemic117]

dude macbook is really nice but apple seriously fucked up the pricing. You only get the base 13" macbook for that price and also. It does not feature a resolution that high as well as the lack of having a separate gpu. integrated sucks. I did the research. there is no laptop that can beat this with the quality trim and build. asus can on specs but this this is damn sleek. inorder to get a macbook near the price of this one you would have to pay almost 2 thousand. which is outrageous

[cal011316]

the graphics card is better than what most of the macbooks have

[123adrianramirez]

it is actually worth it compared to what a low line macbook has to offer. full 10800p, CD,DVD, BR drive sounds good. the trade off would be macbook getting absolutely 0 viruses

[HungAzn]

macbooks are overpriced. you are basically only paying for the operating system while all the other specifications are mediocre.

[jsarahina]

hahaha,,, then get one... who cares anyway?

[impreza127]

Getting it in a bit by UPS today from NewEgg. Can't wait!

[MoonOvIce]

Are you happy with it? is the 2.00ghz processor good enough? I don't care much about games because I have my desktop for that, but how is it for everything else?

Is the hard drive too slow (I heard it's 5400rpm and I never used anything slower than 7200rpm)?

[impreza127]

Hey so far so good. I love the computer! It does what I need it to do. As far as graphic's it looks really good to me on videos. I havent done any gaming on it yet but will sometime. Many of my friends that know a lot on computers do say I have a really good graphics card. The Processor I have is the P serires. P8700 @ 2.53Ghz with 4GB of factory RAM. It's really sleek in person & I love the outer metal like case as well. The monitors really nice & wide 16.4 very different from others. =)

[MoonOvIce]

That's pretty great then, how much did you pay for it and where?

And I forgot to ask if the keyboard is confortable? thanks for your reply by the way.

[EpiDemic117]

5400 will run things fine but you can upgrade it with a higher one later on down the road as well as ram.

[EpiDemic117]

which one did you get? im still trying to decide. The chocolate colored one looks awesome!

[jsarahina]

there's no chocolate colored FW... All of them are white and gray covers. But all black keyboards.

The chocolate colored thing is the NW Series. With woody texture in palm rest area.

[lilboi1019]

actually, the only colors available r the black and chocolate brown ones. im typing from a chocolate brown one right now.

[Brute55Valentine]

Hey do you play games on that laptop and if u do can you tell me which ones and if they play good! (Graphics and Speed)

[MicroLight15]

I bought one like this

2.00GHZ

T6400

Vista 64 bit

320 GB HArd Drive

4GB memory

Intel Core 2 Duo Centrino

and its very good even though i got it for $730

[cncfan]

I ordered mine today....my specs

2.80GHz

Vista Home

400Gb Hard drive

6Gb DDR2

1GB Graphics card

[jsarahina]

impossible... FW don't have specs available for FW like that.

2.80 is available for their Elite Edition Sony Vaio Z for Business.

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making up stories ey>?

[cncfan]

I dont know if they dont now, but my computer does have those specs. i bought it when they had discounts so i got it for a lot cheaper. Im not lying i just got it at the right time, and i can show you proof that i have it....and why would i lie about my specs anyway?

[MicroLight15]

nope my model is

VGN-FW351J/H

i found out that the fw531 is the only fq with white keyboard and a black bettery

[cncfan]

I have the VGN-FW490J

when did you get yours?

[cncfan]

im not trying to show off, you just said i was lying so im saying im not.....

[MicroLight15]

i have that but why is my keyboard white?

[jsarahina]

its not FW series... hahahaha... its NW series! They really look like... but differs in design behind. All FW have black keyboard.

[bullothegreat]

hey,I have this one!!! It is a great laptop!!!

[Chair1137]

Im getting this but with 1gb video memory and the screen at 1080p; not 720p like in the video. Also wih a blu-ray writer, 500gb hdd, a 2.53ghz processor and 64bit vista

[jsarahina]

what's your resolution? 1080p means it's 1080p when being output in LCD TV Screens. Your screen should be 1920x1080 to be able to really see HD. And plus, you need to have 64 bit oS because 32 bit OS support only 1400+ to 1600+ by width of resolution.

[casualcases]

Got a question: Does the computer in general, sound anything?, I mean the machine itself does it make a lot of noise?, nothing specific, just wanna know if it calls attention by making noise?

[Makinblack]

i have a really important question, please answer. it says i have Intel 4 mobile chipset, and i dont know what that is. and i wanted to know if i can upgrade the video card (if the mobile chipset is the video card).

[ongchinhwee]

what model did u buy? cos sony recently released a model that has 1GB of video memory...dun think u nid to upgrade that =)

[Makinblack]

i bought that model, but being stupid, and going for the cheapest, i bought it off of amazon, and didnt look at the video card :(

[Atoweha]

Is the video card in this compter any good? it has a ATI HD with 500MB?

[Zyce14]

It depends, it would b 512. If it were in the 500 range fyi.. But ya it depends on if you custimize it or were you get it and which 1 u get

[ongchinhwee]

it's 512MB actually....but hope that u saved yr FW purchase till later cos they are going to release a new model with 1GB of video memory =)

[mobius1aic]

With a Radeon 4650 on Newegg.

[NYYROCK]

they already did I own one from customizing it

[jsarahina]

Its easy to upgrade video memory... no need to panic...

at least we got to enjoy the new FW as early as now... not like you, you'll be dead by tomorrow because you're old but you can't still lay your fingers in VAio FW.

[VideoJunky42]

16.4inch ? That is different ! lmao hahaha...That's what she said

[jsarahina]

16.4 is certified 16:9 ratio. While 17inch and 15.4 are 16:10 ... and the result..? watching dvds with black bars up and down part of the screen.

[LoveOlderWomen]

Sony VAIO FW390JFH just a reference LOL

[jpbdc04]

does it have backlight on keyboard?

[jsarahina]

none

[club1992]

I have a question. Maby it's stupid but can i use my PS3-games on it or not!

[FordGT8806]

no but it will read your blu-ray movies!

[roceller]

Maybe it's stupid? hahaha

[Barbosa123]

You can hook up your ps3 to the laptop via HDMI to HDMI connectivity.

[club1992]

Cool

[grp504]

It's an Output only

[jsarahina]

no... HDMI is not for networking. It's use for video and audio thingy.

And besides, FW HDMI is for output only.

[jsarahina]

No.

[romansea]

can the monitor be used seperately? I mean can we connect PS3 - to it and use play games with it ?

[SupaGram]

No, you need a special video card to handle external video input.

[jpbdc04]

what kind of special video card? can you name it?

[jsarahina]

Not really

[lekelvin88]

How long is the battery life on this laptop, if you just writing notes on it, and maybe also be on MSN, at the same time? :)

[SupaGram]

Best life i've gotten out of mine is 4.5 hours, you have to dim the screen if you want more than 3.5 tho

[Pollocj91]

I am also typing on a FW, I read someone saying it is metal made, I just wanted to say that it is hard plastic, but anyway this detail isn't that important...Computer is good and I recomend it for people looking for a computer made for multimedia playing

[cf2233]

with hd3650 512MB i connect it to an external monitor or my tv and can play every game i throw at it in 1280x1024 resolution and higher

[slycooper33]

no this laptop is NOT good for gaming. but absolutely perfect for everything else. seriously this laptop is great, but not the best for gaming.

[audisport]

whats a good for laptop for gaming? 14-15 inches

[Kingrendy]

a ibuypower is a good gaming laptop

[audisport]

I got an asus g50 . It's a great gaming comp and cheap too :D

[VerticalhorizonXL]

SONY FW series. ;) It can actually play Crysis on a decent frame-rate on high in my opinion.

[audisport]

yea i bet the fw laptop is kickass for movies. Huge bright screen and its a sony. How much is this baby?

[slycooper33]

it's about $1000-$1200. for the white version anyway (VGN-FW270J).

That model is the one I bought.

[4DUMBASSES]

good for gaming? with the ATI card?

[cf2233]

the model with 3650 512MB are good for gaming

[cf2233]

models...

[4DUMBASSES]

thanks, but what are the specs?

[cf2233]

Mine is the newest model VGN-FW21Z.centrino2 2.5G,4g Ram,500G 4200rpm Hd,Full Hd screen 1920x1080

[jpbdc04]

in that new model, can we use it monitor for play ps3?

[dantheman688]

no, but you can buy a TV

[jonskow1]

Yes, you can.

[50chop]

what about xbox 360 with hdmi? if yes could anyone tell me how i have tryd but didnt get it working

[AmRFuKYaH]

common sense dumb fuck if it doesn't work for a "SONY PS3" you think it will work for a 360 have a little more sense!

[jsarahina]

i agree bro.

[AmRFuKYaH]

lol and u c all the people hating on me???? the guys a moron lol

[jsarahina]

No. the HDMI of FW is for output only

[bamedgar]

I have this bad boy, bluray rocks on laptops.

[kingm56]

do these laptops have bluetooth?

[imkenyornot]

yes i just got this laptop , it does have blue tooth

[bramVE239]

they all have bluetooth 2.1

[monesangiu86]

io c'e l'ho e bellissimo. e nn e solo fashion ma facile da usare e potente. e ha il bluray

[druckerfkcer]

hows the battery life

[Boardrandomguy]

as good as cheese. which we all know is 2. hours

[JDSproducitons]

5.5 hours

[snapper1185]

you got 5.5? how? doing nothing? with wifi turned off, muted sound, and screen brightness turned down all the way I bet.. I get 2-3 hours for just browsing the internet.

[StarionX]

I agree. One of the main reasons I bought this was because of the battery life. It was rated pretty well among laptops like this. Even with the processor for this model taking up less power, I was sure that the battery life would be great. Nope, I got 2-3 hours just doing normal activity. Starting the thing up takes up 5-7% of the battery. Still an awesome laptop though. The battery is the only downside.

[4DUMBASSES]

downside for most sony laptops

[nepaliman]

how is build quality.. i just found a review saying that it feel kind of plastic cheap quality . .

[EliteSoldier112]

Im using the laptop myself rite now. It does not feel like plastic. The only con i find is dat when your carrying the laptop around with you, the screen seems to bend (but it doesn't). The computer is of high quality.

[nepaliman]

thanks mate. .. .

i am waiting for my acer to show some problem.. so i can ask my parents to get me new one .. :)

[Bdscoobyr]

is it metal or plastic?

[tipoomaster]

its metal...magnesium alloy, to be specific.

[sainclaire]

Er, I'm sure parts of it are metal, like the edges/sides, but most of the casing is plastic I believe.

[tipoomaster]

on sony's website it says the chasis is magnesium alloy. i saw it in person at futureshop, the top, edges, and the keyboard tray/palmrest are all metal, only the bottem is plastic. its a very attractive laptop in person, especialy the white one.

[sainclaire]

I'm typing on a FW right now. It most certainly does not feel like metal, more of a hard plastic.

[jsarahina]

no... its fine for a laptop... it's alloy and plastic.