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    Vaio AR51E, Bluetooth

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by mgillespie, Jan 13, 2008.

  1. mgillespie

    mgillespie Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just got one of these (to replace my aging FS-295XP), and on the whole pretty pleased ( alot of laptop for UK £640 inc VAT), shame I had to spend a whole evening weeding out all the crap software that Sony forces on you thse days.

    It's a shame they had to save on a £5 Bluetooth chip. I could really do with Bluetooth, but don't want a crappy USB dongle that hangs out the side like a spare leg, waiting to get broken or lost.

    Are there any options? I suspect Sony don't have a seperate motherboard for the other AR51 models, so suspect there is some easy way to add bluetooth (MiniPCI??). I have seen a couple of PC Card Bluetooth dongles, but they all protude slightly, looking for something totally internal Any suggestions??
     
    mgillespie, Jan 13, 2008
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