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    How Good is Sony VGN FE21B ?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Xterme, Jun 25, 2006.

  1. Xterme

    Xterme Newbie

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    Hello All,

    Following is the FE21B configuration overview, I can get for £818 (online, not available in stores) :
    Intel Core Duo T2300 Processor 1.66GHz
    667 MHz FSB
    2 MB Cache
    1 GB RAM
    80 GB Hard Drive
    Super Multi Double Layer DVD RW Drive
    15.4" Widescreen X-black LCD Display
    Microsoft Windows XP Media Center
    256MB nVidia 7400 dedicated graphics
    Includes 1 year warranty

    Is this good enought to play most of the latest games (thoug i m not regular gamer) and will this suffice for entertainment needs (playing movies, songs etc) + normal programming (visual studio.net, oracle/web server.. etc)

    I am getting similar configuration in Dell inspiron (with ATI Radeon 1300) around £750 - 800.

    Please advise, if this will be a good grab.. or is there any reason providing such a big discounts on Sony FE series.
    How good is support for Sony notebooks?
     
    Xterme, Jun 25, 2006
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  2. huggybear

    huggybear Notebook Geek NBR Reviewer

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    The 7400 GPU will not play the current gen of games on high settings but it can run them with reduced eye candy. A year or so down the pike, however, it will struggle.
     
    huggybear, Jun 25, 2006
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