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    Vaio Vpcca15fx/w

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by sammino, May 5, 2011.

  1. sammino

    sammino Notebook Consultant

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    sammino, May 5, 2011
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    Achusaysblessyou eecs geek ftw :D

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    I can't say much for the build quality as i've never played with one. However, those specs are quite powerful, will play most games today at medium specs ~40 fps. (it's the GPU that's in the SB). The CPU is good enough for most everything except the most straining of things (ie. video editing, compression, etc.). The screen res is kinda low... but unfortunately it's standard fare for consumer laptops to have that res. Uhh, backlit keyboard (<-- soooo useful).

    I dunno maybe try this thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/son...5529-sony-vaio-ca-official-owners-thread.html

    The problem with the CA/CB series is that they're more consumer oriented, and so, there's not many of them on notebook forums.
     
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    Achusaysblessyou eecs geek ftw :D

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    Actually, i think it's better if you order through SonyStyle... i just speced out a CA to the same specs for $60 cheaper (and with that $60 you can invest in a higher resolution screen, the 1600x900):

    $979.99
    Estimated Ship Date 05/17/2011

    Intel® Core™ i5-2410M processor (2.30GHz) with Turbo Boost up to 2.90GHz
    Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
    Lightning White
    14" VAIO Display with LED backlight (1366 x 768)
    AMD Radeon™ HD 6630M (1GB VRAM) hybrid graphics with Intel® Wireless Display technology
    500GB Hard Disk Drive (5400rpm)
    4GB (2GBx2) DDR3-SDRAM-1333
    CD/DVD Player / Burner
    High capacity battery
     
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    Does the high capacity battery stick out compared to the standard battery? doesnt say on their site at all. Also, would u all think getting a 7200 rpm hd would make more sense? I also have been using 4gb ram in the machine but i see a lot of options (from sonystyle) for 6 or 8. Not sure if thats worth it.
     
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    Whats the battery life for both of these type of batteries? Is there a better bang for the buck sony at similar size?
     
    sammino, May 8, 2011
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