Sony CW i3/i5/i7 Official Owners Thread

and by low res panel you mean 1366x768 (what i'm used to) or the 1280x800?

the reason i am so worried is because i was in BEST BUY saturday and saw that monster 16 inch with the 1920x1080 res and even tho the quality was crisp & clear, the fonts and some of the words on the web were sooooo small i felt i was looking at a netbook but on a BIG screen. it was too weird!

and why can't i change my font in here? i used to be able to a couple of days ago

 

ATTENTION CW22FX OWNERS! I NEED YOUR HELP!

okay so ive been waiting for an ultra portable like this for a long time and well my main concern is that it wont play Battlefield Bad Company 2 very well... But heres what i need..

If you are planning on buying bad company 2 for PC and you get a beta key will you please test it out on this system i want to know how playable it is... if its good at medium to low settings (decent Res) then this will be my next buy... otherwise ill look elsewhere... thank you for your time

if you will reply to this message or PM me..

 

I have the exact same question.

I will test the game out on my Inspiron 1520 which has the 8600M GT...It scores about 3500 points in 3dmark2006 so I'll post up how it plays it. This should give you a good idea on performance as it should be quite a bit faster.

 

you have a beta key? nice and your pushing it with the minimum specs there with that gpu xD be careful it might blow up

yea ugh if it will play it well then i will totally drop 900 and get this ultra portable

otherwise

here comes the beast DUN DUN DUN
http://www.xoticpc.com/asus-n61jqa1-order-p-2734.html

 

I preordered through steam so the Beta when released (tonight or tomorrow) will be downloading ASAP and I will give it a shot.

I am in the same boat as you that I wish to "upgrade", but at the same time downgrade the size as I realized I no longer need a laptop the size that I currently have and a smaller one would be much better suited. I won't be ordering though if the 330M doesn't "game" well enough for me as I would like the availability to take it state-to-state and be able to LAN with friends at medium settings at the least...not talking about 16x9 resolution of course because that would be highly unlikely on any new games.

 

you can play the beta if u preorder on steam. if someone with the 330m version will go to http://www.yougamers.com/ and test the system requirements of bc2 and see what it says.

i will hopefully have mine within an hour so ill do it and check back later.

 

Those "system testers" online are very inaccurate and should not be used by any means to judge a system. The only accurate ways to test a system are tried and true benchmarking with games and applications.

 

oh okay, well either way i think that it will run that game on lowwwww. i compared benchmarks with the minimum gpu required(for bc2) to the 330m i don't remember the figures but i think they were close. but who knows if that means anything

 

It's not that the lower resolution determines what myself and others are questioning so much but more of the fact that the viewing angles of the previous CW's which only had the 1366 x 768 panel were quite poor, and are wondering if the panel of the 1600 x 900 CW has a wider viewing angle before it becomes washed out.

As I stated in a previous post, a 14 inch screen should be able to have two people sitting side by side view the screen without the significant amount of wash out the first generation CW's exhibited. I saw a few first generation CW's with that 1366 x 768 and at the slightest bit of side viewing created washout, where as the SR series notebook panels with the ( lesser resolution ? ) 1280 x 800 screen were bright with very minimal washout even at extreme and unrealistic viewing angles.

So basically it's not the resolution question per say but perhaps the 1600 x 900 screen is of different quality than the 1366 x 768. Thanks everyone for your patience.

 

Don't worry, the 1600 x 900 resolution on the 14 inch screen will be fine. Viewing the blu ray movies on the 1600 x 900 screen will be fantastic.

 

i dint get the Blu-Ray :[

 

Oops, sorry about that.

 

Ok there are lots of concerns about the viewing angles of the new Sony LCD panels.

Now most laptop makers are pushing LED backlight panels over the older CFL backlight panels because it uses less energy. Since this trend is rather young many of the new LCD backlight panels (not just Sony) have less than optimum viewing angles.

Now I can say that my 1600x900 panel has a good viewing angle up to right around 40-45 degrees before it starts dropping off which enables me and my wife to sit next to each other and play wheel of fortune without any problems.

There are laptops with better screens out there but I can compare my Sony to an Asus ul30vt or ul80vt series and the Sony screen is a hundred time over better than either of those two models of Asus laptops (which both by the way are led backlight).

 

thats what i'm thinkin'....it was prolly put in that model to be utilized with the Blu Ray but i dint want that component because i was concerned if the Blu Ray malfunctioned (as i read in a lot of posts that it wasn't meeting ppl's expectations) then it would ruin my enjoyment of the computer. But now i am thinking (from sooooooooooooo many negative posts (not here, in the Sony Vaio Z Series) i've read about having the 1600x900 on 14" that in a lot of screens and also on the browser- (which is what i mostly do with a computer) that it can be awfully tiny-

And yes i know i can adjust it and play with it, but i think i'm going to be constantly fiddling with it and driving myself (and everyone within a stone's throw of my screen) crazy, so i'm pret-ty close to refusing the delivery of it- (sigh)

whats that mean "LED Backlit"? as opposed to?

 

Thank you for the feedback.

 

If you want to know what the 330m can do, just check out the benchmarks on the 230m.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-230M.17646.0.html

Judging from numbers from the above link, I would say that the website screwed up on the 330m numbers. If the numbers are right, the 330m would be twice as slow as the 220m, which, if you think about it, is very unlikely. If the 230M can play MW2 on high @ 28.5fps, chances are that the 330m will definitely be able to run bc2.

edit: nvm, the 230m was benched using 05 while 330m with 06.

 

I have the Sony CW Best Buy model with blu ray. The model number is

optiarc bd rom bc-5500 h on the sony blu ray/dvd/cd burner

It's got the either software (comes with Corel Win DVD). My DVD playback (with the dark knight plays like normal without the excess optical rom noise).

But the blu ray (both the suggogate and michael jackson this is it blu ray) both make small constant grinding noises. What gives?

The Blu ray sounds like a diesel engine running from a car (although much softer). But it's a weird constant noise while the blu ray movies run.

Again, DVD's/CD's play fine with very no small grinding noise. I installed a trial version of Cyberpower DVD and it makes the similiar noise.

Is this a firmware issue with this blu ray? I don't think anything major is going on. It's just the excessive noise from blu ray playback.

 

okay im gonna take the stuff that we were discussing into a seperate thread before it gets buried lol

 

I think its happening to a lot of Blu Ray configured models:Here's one fix one guy tried:

"I managed to fix the buzzing sound by doing this:
Recording Devices>Right-Click Microphone>Properties>Listen>Check "listen to this device">"Playback Through this device" set to digital output"



http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Sony+-+...05382&id=1218154378383#tabbed-customerreviews (if that link doesn't open, check out the reviews for the Sony Vaio 16 inch model w/ Blu Ray on Best Buy's website-

 

typical as i knew the subject i was discussing would get buried

offical topic here

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=5788293#post5788293

 

ups has dissapointed me... it has been out for delivery in my city since 6 am, its now almost 7:30pm. no notification that they came. either in the mailbox or on the door.

 

Hey guys, it is driving me nuts, I cannot find any info if this VPCCW27FX/B available in BestBuy has glossy or matte screen? (talking here about 1600 x 900 screen)

The only thing I see that the body color is glossy black, but I really care if the screen is matte, cannot stand those glossy screens.
I would really appreciate if someone could clarify this!
Thanks in advance

 

glossy screen...usually have to buy a business model to get a matte screen nowadays,

 

Not sure if anyone has pointed this out ... but Best Buy is offering a CW geared for business use. The body is matte finish rather than glossy and has Core i3 with Windows 7 Professional.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Sony+-+...lack/9748868.p?id=1218166171641&skuId=9748868

 

I understand that it's matte and all, but...why would you buy that for $899? You get i5 + better screen + better gpu for the same price. I like matte too, but to pay a super premium for a paint job is...kind of lame.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Sony+-+...hite/9723879.p?id=1218159867219&skuId=9723879

 

My CW i5 that I ordered from Best Buy was delivered yesterday. Best Buy did an acceptable job packing the laptop. They double boxed it and used air bag padding.

 

is the SCREEN (i do not care about the body) on CW i5 1600x900 models glossy or matte?
I am asking about online BestBuy models.

 

The screen is glossy.

 

great thanks

 

Definitely good to know!

I saw the ul80 series at Fry's and cam away severely unimpressed.

My UPS guy stops by work around 10AM so I should get my bad boy in 12 hours.

 

Looking forward to your report, from how it's packaged to what you think of it all. Thanks!

 

I ordered the icy white model from Best Buy today. It will arrive next month. NewEgg is charging about $90 more including shipping. Good deal! Can anyone comment on its color and build quality? I read the white color is a pearly shade. I haven't read anything about keyboard or chassis flex though..

I will get Sony's 1-year warranty service, correct?

 

Most definitely.

 

:laugh:

Love it! Reminds me of some other services that display statuses (grad school applications for one).

 

You can change the DPI to increase the font size I believe.

Also, the previous version of backlighting is CCFL ( Cold cathode fluorescent lamp) See: http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_cathode

 

SFIV rank at 1600x900 is "C" on the VPCCW26FX. The Score was 8100 and the Average was 41.28 FPS

 

so it finally arrived(in a plastic bag like other people)! i love it!

 

was the laptop damaged?

 

nope everything looks fine. works great.

 

Can someone please post some temperatures?

Perhaps using Intel burn test for ~10-20 min.
http://downloads.guru3d.com/IntelBurnTest-v2.3-download-2047.html

Thank you.

 

lmao....Thats hilarious and sooooo true!

 

Do you mind running it at either 1366x768 or if you don't have that option at 1280x720? I want to know how it compares to M11x vids I saw of it running SFIV, although not a benchmark but during gameplay showed some avg FPS. Just curious. Would appreciate it greatly! Thanks ahead.

 

what is SFIV and is "C" a good rank & is 41 fps good?

T/y!

 

Called up UK customer service cos I got an email saying my CW would be shipped to me between 29/01 - 03/02. Apparently that is a deceptive message - that just gives a data when the notebook might be shipped from JAPAN(?!!) and that I'll get another email with a tracking ID which is when I'll get to know when the laptops gonna get to my hands(by now, if at all...). This is just stupidity... arent customer service messages not meant to trigger too many questions?

 

So I'm still perplexed about my blu ray noise issue. It's still the "humming/diesel sounds" coming from the blu ray drive. What's interesting is that it's only the blu ray movies that are causing this noise. I've tried to used powerdvd and it still causes noise.

The regular dvd movies and cd-rom use of my CW makes almost no noise.

I found this older link:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=340136&highlight=blu+ray+noise

So is blu ray noise a common problem with laptop? I need to know if I want to take it in for an exchange.

 

Has any1 tried to partition the hard drive?what software did u use?

 

Have you considered these:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...D2000_High_Performance_Around_Ear_Stereo.html

I have them and love them.

google some reviews. most think they blow away the competition in the price range.

 

Were you running on battery or something? My identical system gets 6159 3dmarks 06.

 

Its about the Nvidia 240m, or ati mobility 4670 level