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    What color goes better?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Inukami, Jun 22, 2009.

  1. Inukami

    Inukami Notebook Consultant

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    I know this is a rather odd question but i'm really weird when it comes to colors and what looks better. I can't decide what fits better on the sony vaio FW between the titanium gray or black.

    *Black makes the outside layer of the laptop blend as the top and bottom are black(inside would be silver with black keys).

    *Titanium gray has pretty much all that you can see(exluding the bottom of course and keyboards) titanium silverish giving it that blend.

    I DON'T KNOW SO VOTE FOR ME.

    This is serious, i can't make a purchase on the new sony vaio until i figure out the color T_T
     
  2. arth1

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    Having owned several "silver" devices up through the years, I now avoid them unless I can verify that they're solid metal everywhere. The paint always wears off, and for some reason, much quicker for "metal" paints than any others.
     
  3. Derrida

    Derrida Notebook Deity

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    I've seen the silver and the black -- the silver (at least on the 190) was shiny and shows alll the prints and dust) while the black (on a 390) has a grainy feel and doesn't show up all that stuff.

    Now the chocolate sounds delicious, right? -- but that depends on whether it is shiny or grainy. If shiny -- don't jump.
     
  4. Inukami

    Inukami Notebook Consultant

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    only 3 votes? :l

    Also the chocolate doesn't really interest me, while the inside is black, the outside is brownish from the pictures.
     
  5. Wolf04

    Wolf04 Sony Fanatic

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    I don't really like the black on the FW because the keyboard is black and it doesn't go well with the nice silver. Personally prefer the white finish. However, between the black and grey, I'd go with black because it deals with only 2 colours: silver for the casing and black for the keyboard + lcd back cover. If it's grey, it's just a mess of different colours: silver casing, black keyboard, grey lcd cover.

    However, the new chocolate brown actually looks intriguing. It looks more like a dark red wine-ish colour to my eyes. Either way, since the casing is black and the sides are a dark colour, it seems like the most consistent colouring scheme.

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    And almost forgot, the casing scratches really easily. I don't know how the casing is like on the newer FWs but the black casing would definitely hide scratches much better.
     
  6. Miyabi

    Miyabi Notebook Evangelist

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    Black, since its hide the dirt and scratch well. (of couse best if you avoid all this). and the color doesnt get wash out fast.
    i have using silver color, like arth1 said, the color wears off until showing the true plastic color lol..

    it would be best if the FW black has design lid like the Z such as Arabesque Gothic, Black Shadow etc :D
     
  7. Inukami

    Inukami Notebook Consultant

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    black it is.

    I don't think white will be an option anymore, they are replacing it with chocolate brown =p