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    Questions about the CW series

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Karliath, Dec 28, 2009.

  1. Karliath

    Karliath Notebook Enthusiast

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    - Something I still can't get a definite answer to. How's the battery life, and would you guys recommend getting the extended battery?

    - Is the 14" screen adequate for gaming? I've never tried myself, so I really don't know.

    - Will any of the upgrades drain battery length faster? I found this laptops extremely cheap compared to my budget ($2000), So I wanted to customize it to like a 500 gb hard drive and 8 gb internal memory - I basically maxed out everything. Will any of the options cause me to have to be able to use the laptop unconnected for shorter periods of time? Cause I would rather trade battery life for less powerful options.

    - Is the red a bright red or the crimson red, and does the white look girly? :\
     
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  2. Mr. Penguin

    Mr. Penguin Notebook Guru

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    The battery life is kindof poor. On highest settings about an hour and a half... But you can't expect perfection from a multimedia notebook.

    If you use the basic windows themes, brightness a bit off, you can get quite a lot of time out of it.

    Adequate? Yes. Need something bigger? HDMI is available. :>

    I don't know. :p

    I haven't seen the red one in real life, so can't tell you. But I've got the white one and it's beautiful. :) Not girly at all. And the thing with the white one is that it doesn't leave the nasty fingerprints and traces all over the lappie. The other ones have to be cleaned constantly.

    Here's my album with pictures of the white beauty:
    http://s476.photobucket.com/albums/rr128/MrPengu/Sony Vaio CW - VPC-CW1S1E/
     
    Mr. Penguin, Dec 28, 2009
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