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    VGN-SR490 vs. VGN-SR420

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by piotrek21, Jul 4, 2009.

  1. piotrek21

    piotrek21 Newbie

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    I am a college student looking to purchase the SR series VAIO notebook. On the Sony Style site they list two SR models the 490 and the 420. Both have the same exact configurations except that the 420 says that it has a much smaller projected battery life than the 490. Does anyone one if there is a hardware difference between these two notebooks to account for this difference? Or is this just a typo?

    PS. I live in the US
     
    piotrek21, Jul 4, 2009
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    does anyones know anything about this?
     
    piotrek21, Jul 4, 2009
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    Primes Notebook Deity

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    It may be just a misprint. The only major difference in an SR that accounts for battery life is whether you get one with the Intel integrated graphics or the ATI dedicated graphics. The ATI graphics card uses up more battery, but with that you get dedicated video memory, and hdmi out.

    Of course other things can affect battery life also: different cpu's and battery (regular or extended size).
     
    Primes, Jul 6, 2009
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    Im looking at this stuff right now, but it seems like the 430 comes with the 8700 processor, the 490 you can get the 9600

    not sure
     
    Tajam, Jul 24, 2009
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