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    Sony SR Deal under $1000 before TAX

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by 18189988, Aug 20, 2009.

  1. 18189988

    18189988 Notebook Geek

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    Hi guys,

    just a quick post here. CDW is offering the SR490PBB for 999.99. If you have ABN menbership, the price will be adjusted to 958 before tax. For SR420JB, the final price will be 1089 before tax. Both model got ati4570 card, both are qualified for Bundle and tradeup program. BTW, 490PBB originally comes with win XP pro which is just super nice for me. It is also qualifed for win 7 professional upgrade.

    I just got mine today by overnight shipping(15 bucks). My account manager is Jose Cotton. He is very helpful. It was my best online shopping experience so far. I don't know why there are so many negative comments on resellerratings.com. Maybe I am the lucky one.

    Anyway, I will put some impressions later after I got time.

    Quick thoughts here:

    screen is as good as my 5 year old S model. It's brighter but colors are sort of inaccurate. Some further adjustment is necessary.

    Hope this helps
     
    18189988, Aug 20, 2009
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    Lvivkse My username is a typo

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    that's not a very enticing deal....
     
    Lvivkse, Aug 20, 2009
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    18189988 Notebook Geek

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    I ordered another 2G memeory for $20. Well, it is still much cheaper than SR420
     
    18189988, Aug 20, 2009
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    18189988 Notebook Geek

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    Update 1:

    3dmark 06, 4088
    Resident Evil 5, test 1: 23.6FPS Test 2: 25

    GPU temp. 62C, CPU 50C right after gaming

    No obvous heating. Machine ran super quietly. I didn't notice any fan noise during gaming.

    Overclocking couldn't be tested. I didn't find any softwares to make it work. Any clues?
     
    18189988, Aug 23, 2009
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