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    Just bought a Vaio FW

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by rskg4, Sep 13, 2008.

  1. rskg4

    rskg4 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was pretty bummed to find out that the Vaio with the hicolor screen was out of stock on newegg ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834117780 - now deactivated) and I looked around on the web to find a configuration similar, but nothing with a hicolor screen.

    I decided to go through the Outlet and check out the clearance items and saw almost the same configuration (new) as the newegg fw for $959. Seeing how The newegg price was $1199, I couldn't resist buying it :)

    Sonystyle has a promotion going on where you can get $200 off when you buy 2 accessories - I selected a 3 year warranty, a mouse and a case.

    The total price shipped was $1024 w/ 3 year warranty.

    The newegg fw had a slightly better processor, but other than that they are equal.


    Specs:
    Base_Unit:VGN-FW190(1020)
    Display:LCD 16.4" (XBRITE-HiColor™ ;)
    Graphics:ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3470 with 256MB vRAM
    Color:Titanium Gray
    Wireless_Local_Area_Network:WLAN (802.11a/b/g/n) with integrated Bluetooth® technology
    Processor:Intel® Core 2™ Duo Processor P8400 (2.26GHz)
    Memory:3 GB DDR2-SDRAM (DDR2-800, 2GB+1GB)
    Hard_Drive:200 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive [5400 rpm]
    Optical_Disc_Drive: DVD±R DL / DVD±RW / DVD-RAM Drive
     
    rskg4, Sep 13, 2008
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