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    Round up of Hot Deals for People with Sony Vaio FW Laptops

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by wikoogle, Apr 16, 2010.

  1. wikoogle

    wikoogle Notebook Consultant

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    Many people recently hopped on a slick deal for an excellent Sony Vaio FW laptop with both a blu ray burner and a dedicated GPU for $750 after Bing Cashback (and possibly another $40 off using a discover card)...

    http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?sduid=60245&t=1954390

    or

    http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?sduid=60245&t=1963452

    For anyone else who bought this excellent laptop, I rounded up a number of great deals to protect your purchase.

    The only other issue with the laptop is that the paint seems to scratch off of this laptop fairly easily.

    Thus I highly recommend purchasing this...

    http://www.meritline.com/keyboard-protective-film-045---p-36105.aspx (Keyboard Protective Film,Suitable for VAIO FW for $1.99 Free Shipping)

    this...

    http://www.meritline.com/laptop-reversible-sleeve---p-36665.aspx (Neoprene Sleeve for $4.50 free shipping)

    and this...

    http://www.zagg.com/invisibleshield/sony-vaio-vgn-fw140e-cases-covers-skins-shields.php (It's a skin for the trackpad, mouse buttons (where the paint is most likely to wear off), wrist rest and the top of the laptop. It's $40 but this deal shows you how you can get 50% off of zagg orders this whole month.

    http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?sduid=60245&t=1958800

    Use hotspot shield to submit multiple entries until you get a 40% off or 50% off Zagg coupon code.

    As far as cases go, these seem to be fairly good...

    http://www.amazon.com/Targus-Topload-Premier-Notebook-Notebooks/dp/B000B651CU/ref=pd_cp_e_2 (Targus's website indicates that the Vaio FW's dimension fit inside this bag)

    http://www.amazon.com/Targus-TCM004US-Basic-Messenger-Laptop/dp/B000B63KSM/ref=pd_cp_e_1

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00358P3YM/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

    I will update this thread once I find a good deal on a reliable bluetooth mouse.



    Lastly, I highly recommend reading this guide to doing a clean install for the laptop, it has all the latest drivers. The only thing wrong in the guide is that the graphics card driver is not the correct driver.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=429623