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    Sony VAIO VPCF233FX

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Penicillin, May 24, 2012.

  1. Penicillin

    Penicillin Notebook Consultant

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    Hi guys,
    I'm planning to buy Sony VAIO F, should I buy Sony VAIO VPCF233FX now or wait for a while?
    Will be any new releases of VAIO F in next summer?
    Any ideas or rumor about new specification despite of Windows 8?
     
    Penicillin, May 24, 2012
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  2. CRracer_712

    CRracer_712 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I can't give you any advice on when you should by this model, but I just know I'm really liking mine. Had it not quite a month now. Bought on Amazon, under 1100.00 with a stick of Corsair 4GB mem to max this laptop out to 8 GB.

    It's got a beautiful screen, everything seems to work well, plays games and bluray movies as it should. I just really like the back lit KB and one reason why I chose this Sony over a a few others (brands) I was looking at.
     
    CRracer_712, May 29, 2012
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  3. rob650

    rob650 Notebook Guru

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    I just bought a VPCF232FX from Amazon last week for $656 from Amazon.
    BEST computer I have ever bought for $600.
    I added 16GB of Ram for $70 through Amazon also and couldn't be happier.
     
    rob650, May 29, 2012
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  4. Penicillin

    Penicillin Notebook Consultant

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    I have VPCF2190X for over a year, it was great when I bought it, but now I feel system is hanging and getting slow, I full formatted my VAIO many times, scanned for viruses and Trojans, but hanging persists, so I decided to sell it and buy a new one, that's why I'm asking whether if should I wait until summer for new models or no need.
     
    Penicillin, May 29, 2012
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    eehpeehthreeh Notebook Consultant

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    I own the 2190X and it still runs fine; not sure what happened to yours. It was mentioned somewhere on here that the F would not be receiving a redesign this year, so at most we may just see new internals (CPU, GPU) but should expect it to just be another F2.
     
    eehpeehthreeh, May 29, 2012
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  6. CRracer_712

    CRracer_712 Notebook Enthusiast

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    How did you add 16 GB of RAM when it says 8GB Max? Either way at 656 that's a good price. Almost 50% off. If the 232 is within a couple hundred bucks of the 233, the 233 is well worth it. The GT540M Nvidia is twice the video chip of the GT520M
     
    CRracer_712, May 30, 2012
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    That is my ONLY regret from this laptop was the 520m chip.
    But I don't play games and from what I have been doing with the laptop the 520 hasn't had any issues at all.
    I just put in 2 8gb sticks of Ram to get 16GB of RAM. :D
     
    rob650, May 30, 2012
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    CRracer_712 Notebook Enthusiast

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    You can get the best deal on the VPC234FX right now on Amazon, it's cheaper than the 233, comes with 6GB memory. Everything else is the same.
     
    CRracer_712, May 30, 2012
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