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    Any Feedback On The Sony Vaio FZ460E?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by astros148, Feb 19, 2009.

  1. astros148

    astros148 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hendra Notebook Virtuoso

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    You are buying a ticking time bomb! It has Nvidia 8000 M series GPU which will fail after one year of use!

    Don't buy it. Avoid at all cost! Avoid all notebooks with Nvidia 8000 M Series.
     
    hendra, Feb 19, 2009
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    Not all Nvidia 8000 series are affected. Mine is just fine.
     
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    really? it got pretty good reviews for the most part.
     
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    what about the one that im buying? it got pretty good reviews
     
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    I would advice not buying it. This model is discontinued by Sony. More newer models are out there. Consider the FW series.
     
    coolguy, Feb 19, 2009
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    It has good reviews because the bomb won't go off until after one year of use. Don't take the risk. Read the link in my original message.
     
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    You can take risk, if you are lucky not to get the defective nvidia card.
     
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    Overstock.com is a terrible place to buy a new laptop (overpriced/discontinued/refurbished!). If I were you I would sell the gift card on ebay and buy a laptop from somewhere else...
     
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    well i dont wanan spend more then 800ish bucks
     
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    overstock has some good reviews tho so why is it a terrible place?
     
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    There are some notebooks in your link that cost less than 800 bucks and don't use Nvidia 8000 M Series.
     
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    link ???? are they better then the one i posted.
     
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    For now. All the Nvidia 8000 series chips are ticking time bombs. Yours and mine included. Tick. Tick. Tick.

    Gary
     
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    is it that scary?? ff?
     
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    Yes it does. Here's a thread with pictures of an FZ when the bomb went off!
     
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    well can you recommend me a good sony laptop on there site for under 900?
     
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    Just stay away from any of them with the Nvidia 8000 series chips and you will be fine.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Feb 19, 2009
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