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    Of these 3 F series laptops, which do you choose?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by bettybl, Aug 17, 2010.

  1. bettybl

    bettybl Notebook Enthusiast

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    $1439.99 VPCF127FX (might be able to get slight discount)
    Intel Core i7-740QM Quad-core 1.73GHz Processor with Turbo® Boost Technology up to 2.93GHz
    6MB L3 Cache
    6GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM (8GB max.)
    640GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
    16.4" Widescreen Full HD Display (1920 x 1080)
    Built-in MOTION EYE camera and Microphone with face-tracking technology
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M GPU with 1GB of dedicated Video RAM
    Blu-Ray Writer/Reader

    $1,589.99 VPCF12KFX/B - Sold on Sony's website
    everything same as above but 500GB 7200 RPM harddrive and is Blu-Ray Reader


    Oddly, I did a "customize" comparison on sony's website with the sam especifications as their 1589 model and customeized model came out to be $1,494.99 (but has no backlit keyboard)

    Thanks for your help.
     
    bettybl, Aug 17, 2010
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  2. Virtua

    Virtua Notebook Evangelist

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    If Your not planning to change the hard drive once purchased, then go for the 7200rpm drive - it just makes sense.

    As for blueray - I went for it for being up to date so to speak - no chance of me using the recordable discs, just more comparable if I've got a movie to play.

    If your going for the 740....why not go for the 840qm - future proof on the processor as much as you can :)
     
    Virtua, Aug 18, 2010
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