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    E series vs F Series

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by amb77035, May 14, 2011.

  1. amb77035

    amb77035 Newbie

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    I'm looking for a laptop and I don't know which series to get the E or F series. The purpose is for multimedia like to watch movies, listen to music, looking at photos, photo and video editing. Only gaming I would do is with some SNES or Genesis emulators.

    Which one should I buy?

    VPCEC490X Configure-to-Order 1379.99

    Intel® Core™ i7-640M processor (2.80GHz) with Turbo Boost up to 3.46GHz
    Genuine Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit
    1TB Hard Disk Drive (5400rpm)
    4GB (2GBx2) DDR3-SDRAM-1066
    17.3" Full HD VAIO Premium Display (1920x1080)
    ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5650 GPU (1GB VRAM)
    Blu-ray Disc™ Player
    Standard capacity battery

    VPCF1390X Configure-to-Order $1249.99

    Intel® Core™ i7-740QM quad-core processor (1.73GHz) with Turbo Boost up to 2.93GHz
    Genuine Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit
    750GB Hard Disk Drive (5400rpm)
    4GB (2GBx2) DDR3-SDRAM-1333
    Blu-ray Disc™ Player
    16.4" VAIO Full HD Premium Display (1920x1080)
    NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 425M GPU (1GB VRAM)
    High capacity battery

    Thanks

    AMB
     
    amb77035, May 14, 2011
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  2. Dreamliner330

    Dreamliner330 Notebook Evangelist

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    Neither of those look particularly appealing given the price....but the E-series looks to be the better of the two.

    Why are you choosing 5400rpm Hard Drives?
     
    Dreamliner330, May 14, 2011
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  3. anseio

    anseio All ways are my ways.

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    Well, the 17.3" is larger when you consider your multimedia needs, but would then be less portable.

    Rather than buying the largest HDD from Sony, get the smallest available and then buy the largest/fastest aftermarket. Will probably end up being less $ that way. Just immediately make the recovery discs and then use them to install onto the new HDD.
     
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  4. amb77035

    amb77035 Newbie

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    The laptop I'm getting will pretty much be a desktop replacement.

    Sorry for all these questions. I'm a newbie when it comes to laptops.

    Will I notice a difference between 5400 rpm and 7200 rpm?

    Is switching out a hard drive easy on a sony laptop?

    Where's the best place to buy another hard drive?

    I notice the E series can have a 1TB hard drive. Can I fit a 1TB hard drive in the F series?
     
    amb77035, May 15, 2011
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  5. anseio

    anseio All ways are my ways.

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    7200RPM is a little snappier than 5400RPM.

    Currently, 1TB drives are only made in the 12.7mm thickness and that F series does not fit that. You could get up to 750GB though. The optical bay, however, does fit the thicker HDD's. Quite a few of us have removed our optical drives to enclosures and added another HDD into the bay. That may be more than what you want to do though it's not hard to do.

    Switching out the hard drives is quite easy and you can shop for some great deals on newegg.com
     
    anseio, May 15, 2011
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