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    How about the FE series

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by mmharris_86, Dec 27, 2006.

  1. mmharris_86

    mmharris_86 Newbie

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    Hello all, Im about to purchase a vaio FE series notebook. Tell me how does it stack up against the top of the line HP or Dell? The system will have 2.33 ghz 120 gb hard drive and 2gb of RAM.
     
    mmharris_86, Dec 27, 2006
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  2. azeter

    azeter Notebook Enthusiast

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    i have been using the vaio fe 38 gp its been almost a month now , no issues as of yet .the lcd is really gr8 and white looks really neat.
     
    azeter, Dec 27, 2006
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    Clef Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've been using FE790 (2GHz Core 2 Duo, 1GB, 80GB, Geforce 7600) for I guess about a couple of months. The screen's great, the laptop looks stylish, and no serious issues yet. There seems to be a bit of "Sony brand" extra in the price, even though all features considered it is good value.

    Also - I HATE that it doesn't come with ANY installation cds or dvds whatsoever! And Sony won't even ship them to you afterwards if u ask them to (I did.).
     
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    ticoman Newbie

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    Booting problem with Sony F series
    I have this other sony notebook a PCG-F290, which I would like to give to my daughter. It stills works fine, but anounces a problem at booting.
    After turning it on, it gives this message meaning "the hard disk is going to have a fatal faillure, to immediatly save all data. type F1 to continue. After a few weeks of having this message I saved my data and installed a new hard disK, a 40 Meg, the same that was in the computer.... But oh surprise!
    On turning it on it gives exactly the same message...
    So now, I do not know what to do... with this crasy message... that apears to be "fake" as once pressed F1 everything works just fine.
    Any ideas???? thanks sony users!
    Ticoman
     
    ticoman, Dec 27, 2006
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  5. maomanmaman

    maomanmaman Notebook Consultant

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    Check out the ASUS A8Js, ASUS W3J, ASUS Z96J, ASUS G1, Lenovo Z61T, Apple Macbook Pro, and Compal HEL-80 before you pull the trigger. Those are good choices too.
     
    maomanmaman, Dec 27, 2006
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