Sony vaio tz order waiting lounge!!

As I've mentioned before, Premium Carbon Fiber has a blue weave interspersing a black textured surface. That photo on SonyStyle is exaggerated, but it's blue. I will take a better picture so you can see, later today after I wake up!

 

You don't want to mess with that Premium Carbon Fiber, it's so gorgeous, it will knock you, and your mates, off your feet!

 

I think mine looks like it has a deep purple caste with metallic fiber sparkles

I am awestruck...

 

wheres the pic of the ''blue'' tz buellboy or ubercool¿?

 

just got my bordeaux.... it looks amazing. it's not as reddish as it appears in pictures. it's more subtle; looks amazing.

 

What about these pics of the Premium Carbon fiber? Why is there a huge reddish tint? Is it the guy's camera?

http://www.game-over.net/features/2007/06/shots/580-shot-16.jpg

http://www.game-over.net/features/2007/06/shots/580-shot-4.jpg

 

Faar. alright, My TZ package has arrived in New Zealand (according to the tracking system), but obviously today is Sunday and I guess it be by Monday or Tuesday that I'd get one. !!! I now just wish for no-tax !! Cheers

Nanaki, hows yours.? Im thinking that you'd get yours soon as well, since your order were before me.

 

Mine has been waiting at Conics for awhile. I told Brett to leave it their until they have VOS sorted out, just in case they need to run the VAIO application to authenticate the machine again (it's a windows application that must be run on the computer VOS is being registered for). They offered to ship it as soon as they received it (a week ago), but I am lucky that I said to hold onto it until it was all finalised, considering they needed the machine there in order to register it.

It should all be done, so I should only have to wait for the documents and sticker to arrive. I was the first one for them to do this for, so I was expecting delays.

Hopefully this week!

 

Nanaki, would you mind why you are doing VOS (I know an oversea service) ?
But, I thought the VoS would be automatically done for all customer who purchased TZ...?? If they need a machine to authenticate VOS, why cant it be done by us..? Just curious, cheers!

 

VOS is an option that needs to be purchased for any notebook, expect, I believe, in Hong Kong, where I think it may come standard.

From my knowledge, you need to purchase VOS from the country of origin of the notebook. I assume you could register it yourself. But, considering I can't speak Japanese, it would have taken me a long time to figure it out.

The program that I am referring to is something that runs on a machine to obtain the serial number and probably some other information. The web interface that is used to register VOS, change a lot of your personal information, etc., requires you to run the program to authenticate the machines details.

 

I do not think the subtle nature of the premium carbon comes through very well in photos..but I will try anyways when I get sorted out here a bit more and I know how to post a photo link

 

posting a photo: http://freeimagehosting.net/

 

Hi guys,

Just thought id pass on this link. Not sure if you have seen it already but just in case. Its an interview with the TZ designers. Obviously biased but some nice (if small) comparison shots with the outgoing ultra-portable champ the TX.

http://vaio-online.sony.com/prod_info/exclusive/vaio_tz_interview/index_body.html

To Philflow. Two apologies to make to you. 1st one for the late response to your question as to why I would choose to replace the 160gb hdd with a 250gb Samsung M2.

The 2nd apology, sorry, I made a typo, I meant to say Samsung M5S 250gb. I haven't seen any performance reviews yet but I have a lot of faith in Samsung 2.5" hdds. They usually have very good temperatures, acoustics, high transfer rates, power consumption and have been very reliable in the past for me. The increased areal density alone (160gb to 250gb on 2 platters each) should yield an increase in speed.

I cant find the maker of the 160gb hdd on the vaio but if anyone knows can they please post.

I have my own arbitrary rating of 2.5" hdd manufacturers based on my own personal experience. These are just generalisations:

IBM/Hitatchi - Very fast performance, run hotter and more noise than competitors. They are the performance leaders but you may sacrifice battery life.

WD - Quiet, middle of the road drives. Personally I rank them no.1 for desktop drives but only good all-rounders of laptops.

Fujitsu - Strange sometimes. Some of their drives deliberately tick, not very quiet and performance usually bottom 1/3 of the pack. Not recommended personally. They seem led by their PR department (1st with 300gb drive but only at 4200rpm and 12mm height = useless to most people)

Toshiba - Great for pushing the limit of capacities but i've heard a few horror stories overs the years of selling laptops.

Seagate - Great performing drives, generally low noise with the odd whiny batch. Could improve there power consumption rates.

Samsung - Low noise, low power consumption, low heat generation, upper 1/3 performance transfer rates, good warranty and good experience over the years. This will be the one for my TZ.

Please feel free to disagree, all opinions welcome in the search for the best drive for the new baby.

 

Actually I just found a review of the Samsung M5S 250gb and its definitely the one.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/08/02/speed_or_capacity/page10.html

 

Hellow !! My Sony TZ arrived from Conics today. Just for addtional info I got the 32GB + 160GB version.

My first impression, - VERY NICE (or however u can say it)
2nd impression, Its QUITE, well i have not really ran any program, but at least, its quiter than any of my laptop.


Products
1 x Sony VGN-TZ90 TZ90SN (upto 3 yr warranty)
- Custom Recovery DVD(s): Apps & Drivers on HDD only
- CPU: Core 2 Duo U7600 1.20 GHz
- Conectivity: Bluetooth
- Docking Station: None Required
- Extra AC Adapter: no extra required (1 only)
- External DVD-RW Drive: None Required
- Colour: Champagne Gold
- Case: None Required
- English setup: YES, required
- Security: Fingerprint sensor & TPM
- Warranty: Standard 3 years
- Networking: Wireless LAN a/b/g/n
- Optional Antenna: None Required
- Plug shape Adapter: Type O (AU/NZ etc)
- Miscellaneous: None Required
- Hard Drive: 32GB Flash (+160GB 2.5" 5400RPM)
- Keyboard: English
- Memory: 2GB
- Extra Battery: no extra required (1 only)
- 1st Battery: Light BPS11 (4.5 - 6hrs)
- Windows Version: Vista Home Premium




I paid 0 dollars for the tax HA !!! Luckyyy me. :-D

but most of all, I really liked to thank Brett for his Excellent Service. Honestly, every processes were smooth as sweat!

Anyway, I liked to post some pictures of TZ, but at the moment Im trying to clean install , I realized you guys already familiar with the products.. so..

 

Congrats.

Post some pictures, considering you got the Champagne Gold colour.

 

I finally got to snap a few shots that I think can illustrate the premium carbon finish as supplied by Sony-Style USA.These were taken outdoors in natural light
You may see the "weave" in some of the photos and in one you can see what looks like dust which is actually a pearl flake which they have embedded in the finish This is what gives the finish different tones depending on the light

I still haven't started up this machine but so far I have decided to keep it, so it is finally unboxed and battery is being charged. I hesitate to start up until I can devote the time to get a semi clean install going..

studying the process before I jump in..

http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/image.php?542ae1600a.jpg

http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/image.php?83aa0a0c2f.jpg

http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/image.php?b962a7d7cb.jpg

the blue reflection on VAIO is the sky..

 

Thanks Buellboy. I think you posted links to the thumnails instead of the original image.

 

yeh I am such a novice, I reduced the images to 320 when I transferred from my camera..not sure what i was thinking..I will replace with bigger images when I can..

 

Yes this 250GB disk is getting rave reviews everywhere.

It's ranked number 1 bij German magazine Chip aswell.
http://www.chip.de/perl/tpdb/tpdb_out.pl (select Festplatte Notebook)

However I don't know if it is a worthwhile improvement over the 160GB disk in TZ90, because I don't know what 160GB disk that is.

 

I cant seem to load buellboy´s pictures dont know whats up

 

mebbe the problem is at image host..I dunno

I will give up on the pictures for now till I learn more about how the forum works

I did post thumbnail links to the full size but I think they were removed because of bandwidth

looks like I can't seem to figure out the multi quote either.

Thanks for directing me to the image hosting and I will examine that further to see how to work with that
more properly

 

Pics from Buellboy





For comparison, a picture of black


thumbnails link to originals.

Buellboy, turned out freeimagehost does not work so well here, http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/ works a lot better.

PS. why is that big sticker on your laptop?

 

Thanks Phil..and that factory sticker is still on the cover, I guess that was still part of my indecision of keeping the TZ..I will remove it now..

 

it looks cool!!! the carbon fiber i mean.. wow awesome. maybe ill change mine for one like that

 

Yes, *premium* carbon fiber looks cool. That black one is carbon fiber too, but not as cool.

 

im defenitely going to change mine for a premium carbon one..

ill post better looking pictures in a couple of days

 

This looks like a nice deal, shouldn't last long!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-VAIO-VGN-T...yZ140084QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

...nice... but this one looks like an even better deal:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180153216411

 

That's PhilFlow's.

rahulnirmal linked an instant at a good price, whereas the other will end up as a bidding war. If you're in the EU, Phil's is probably the better option.

 

wow the premium carbon fiber does look awesome! originally I wanted that one but changed my mind to the sexy black and since mine has no issues and its absolutely perfect with no screen issues, dead/stuck pixels or backlight leaking or cracks or another guy saying that his screen moves when the screen is closed and opened, i'm very happy with this sexy jet black =) I think that picture does no justice, in real life look very very sexy! Heads turn when I take it around campus =D

 

If anyone is having trouble deciding whether to go SSD/DVD of SSD/HDD this might help ya come to a conclusion. Usb host powered DVD burner in TZ style black for €100inc vat. Thank you LG/

http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/29/lg-launches-ultrathin-usb-powered-external-dvd-burner/

Better pic and full specs here

http://www.pcpop.com/doc/0/208/208094.shtml

 

Not that one again. Phil suggested it in a previous thread, but it's too shiny!

If it did not have such a glossy finish, I would consider it.

 

Well if ya dont like the dvd burner maybe you'll like this little blog review of the TZ itself. Not sure if its been posted already but what the hell

http://whispertotherain.blogspot.com/2007/08/sony-tz-vgn-tzvnx-review.html

 

TOMORROW

I am sorry for this really zero-value post, but it is more then month since Ive sent money (placed order).

 

What specs will have your TZ and from where you ordered?

 

Waiting until next week for my TZ150 in champagne with 2gb of RAM from PortableOne

........

 

I ordered at pricejapan, but there were a lot of difficulties - long lasting money transfer (7days), 7days of nothing (yes, PJ customers order system really sucks), then choosing the right config (because TZ90 ended and TZ91 started), several days after which Sony replied, that there wont be 60GB HDD anymore, almost 7 days at Czech Clearance office..

I wont have any "top" since I am a student..
TZ91 - U7600 / 1GB ram (will run XP) / 160GB, Wifi ABGN, Standard battery (6-12hrs), black = approx. $1850 with shipping DHL

 

Ordered from: PriceJapan
Date they placed the order: October 26th
Location where you reside: Paris, France
When to expect: no idea
TZ-91 premium carbon, 2GB, 64SSD+DVD, leather sleeve, loudspeakers

Still no notice of EMS shipping

 

Joel, that's a long time to hear nothing! Why do people order from PJ? Is it price?

 

I guess the main reason is "SSD not available on SonyStyle in Europe".

And since japanese SSD configurations cost even less than regular HDD configurations available here, do we have any choice left ?

 

From my view, Conics is the way to go for an European. Is included an english setup in the price, and the times of delivery are much less than a month!
How many euros will you spend, included the taxes?

 

PJ just told me SonyStyle.jp is kinda slow these days (affects all orders) ... over 3 weeks is still a long time.

Sony Vaio TZ91
Color; Premium carbon(default)
Processor; Core 2 Duo U7600（1.20 GHz）
Memory 2GB
64GB SSD + DVD multi
Wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n (default)
Bluetooth
finger-print sensor and security chip
Keyboard; English keyboard (default)
Battery; standard battery(default)
leather carrying case; VGP-CKTZ2/B
Portable Speaker VGP-USP1
Cleaning kit VGP-CG100

Price EUR 2550 including shipping and fee

 

Ordered from: Pricejapan
Date ordered: November 2nd 2007
Location where you reside: Netherlands, Amsterdam
When to expect: no idea...

This is what pricejapan told me on November 15 2007:

"sony is delaying its delivery, why we don't know."

Still waiting for my TZ to arrive


edit:

Sony Vaio TZ91
Color; Premium carbon(default)
Processor; Core 2 Duo U7600（1.20 GHz）
Memory 2GB
48GB SSD + DVD multi
Wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n (default)
Bluetooth
finger-print sensor and security chip
Keyboard; English keyboard (default)
Battery; standard battery(default)

Price EUR 2108 including shipping and fee

 

-joelafrite and monkeypoo,

Can you share with the rest of the forum the specs and the price? You will help other people cosidering importing from Japan.

 

Update

Ordered from: Pricejapan
Date ordered: November 2nd 2007
Location where you reside: Netherlands, Amsterdam
When to expect: today or tommorow, i guess

Tracking

Date Time Location Service Area Checkpoint Details
November 21, 2007

16:32
Tokyo - Japan Shipment picked up
November 21, 2007

21:01
Tokyo - Japan Departed from DHL facility in Tokyo - Japan
November 22, 2007

10:40
Amsterdam - Netherlands, The Arrived at DHL facility in Amsterdam - Netherlands, The
November 22, 2007

10:50
Amsterdam - Netherlands, The Clearance delay


wooohoooooooo

 

Woohoo! Heel goed, monkeypoo!

 

The guys at PJ just informed me they sent the rig on 11/24 (two days more, and it would have been a full month since ordering date !).

However long the whole process may take, I found PJ people to be nice and responsive.
Now let's hope the package quietly slips through the customs (at stake : 20% import tax !).

 

I just ordered a TZ to replace my SZ680. Believe it or not, as much as I bring my med school crap around with me I found the SZ to be too big and annoying!

Anyway, I only had a few minutes to play with the TZ at frys, and in that limited amount of time it didn't bother me too much. I am concerned that the 11.1" screen will start to annoy the hell out of me after a couple hours of reading on it. Given that I spend probably 8+ hours per day reading stuff on my computer, I'm not sure how far I will get with it.

Anyway, what size is the hard drive in these things? I want to buy a small SSD and slap XP on it, but I can't find out if the interface is 1.8" or 2.5"

 

They use a 1.8" drive.