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    FW-Vaio(s)-?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by prescott, Nov 12, 2008.

  1. prescott

    prescott Notebook Consultant

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    I've looked hard at the Vaio series and feel either of these would fit my needs. :confused:
    I just don't know which would be the better machine.
    Any thoughts out of these three?
    VGN-FW270J/W
    VGN-FW139E/H
    VGN-FW140E/H
    Thanks for any input.
     
    prescott, Nov 12, 2008
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  2. the_1

    the_1 Notebook Evangelist

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    Are you getting your FW from bestbuy (those the exact FWs on sale on their website right now)?

    Well, the 270J/W is nice. Good CPU, big HDD (though only 5400rpm), blu-ray and 4GB RAM. The downs would be the lack of the dedicated ATI GPU, the fact that the Blu-ray drive is a read-only one and (the biggest one IMO) the ECO screen -dimmer and with more narrow viewing angles compared with the superb dual-lamp FullHD display. The $1049 before tax is good if you can get over those little minus points.

    The other 2 versions are a bit too old. If you don't a really amazing deal on any of them (they're currently advertised around $900 on bestbuy) you should avoid them. They also have the bad ECO screen.
     
    the_1, Nov 13, 2008
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  3. prescott

    prescott Notebook Consultant

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    Thank you for clearing them up for me. Very helpful.
    Yes, looked at BestBuy.
     
    prescott, Nov 13, 2008
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