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    Sony BX 640

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by LakerFan, Oct 30, 2006.

  1. LakerFan

    LakerFan Notebook Consultant

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    Doea anyone have any experience with the new BX line?

    I was looking at the new BX 640 which has a 14inch sxga screen, 1440x900 resolution option, core 2 duo processor, X1600 video card, and fingerprint+TPM chip security.

    Also based off of that screen which resolution gives larger font size?
    exp. 1440x900 vs 1280x800
     
    LakerFan, Oct 30, 2006
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  2. lewdvig

    lewdvig Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yeah I saw this on Sonystyle - pretty promising spec if you ask me.
     
    lewdvig, Oct 30, 2006
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  3. Redline

    Redline Notebook Prophet NBR Reviewer

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    Its actually a standard ratio, 1400x1050 screen.
    I saw it on newegg at $1650 with that stuff. Looked like a nice alternative to the ThinkPad T60.
     
    Redline, Oct 30, 2006
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  4. nixon

    nixon Notebook Evangelist

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    They've seriously improved some of the issues with the BX500 series, like battery life and heating issues. I have heard these have been taken care of and with the new Core 2 Duo chips things run great!
     
    nixon, Oct 30, 2006
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    Nutcase.v Newbie

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    I'm deciding between 15,4" FE and 15,4" BX series. Now they are both core 2 duo 1,86, both will have 2gigs of ram the only difference is the graphics card. What's better: the nVidia 7600 128mb dedicated ram on FE, or ATI X1600 128mb dedicated (256mb hyper-memory) on BX?! Which one's better? How does build quality compare? What to buy?
     
    Nutcase.v, Nov 1, 2006
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