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    Which Vaio to buy?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by uniquestco, Sep 17, 2008.

  1. uniquestco

    uniquestco Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm the proud owner of a new Z570. Now our graphics/web designer is looking for a new notebook and now that he's seen my Z he wants one .... but he wants a 15.4" screen.

    My first question is did they discontinue their 15.4 FZ for the new 16.4 FW, I assume that's the case, I wonder if new FZ's can still be found, Sony.com is sold out.

    We looked at the 16.4" in the store, it's really nice but a little big, the keyboard has wide gaps between the keys compared to my Z, I realize it's a bigger notebook but I was surprised when I typed on it.

    What he's looking for is the build quality, feature's and 'cool' factor the Z has in a 15.4"

    Does Sony make such a machine? Does anyone know of any new premium 15.4 notebooks that Sony is introducing in the near future?

    Have any 15.4 inch users went with the 16.4" FW and liked it? Is the size difference/wieght a concern or does it handle like a 15" notebook -just with the benefit of a larger screen.
     
    uniquestco, Sep 17, 2008
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  2. StrongerThanAll

    StrongerThanAll Notebook Deity

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    i would say the FW for sure, specially now that they introduced the Radeon HD 3650
     
    StrongerThanAll, Sep 17, 2008
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  3. Tony

    Tony Nissan ftw!

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    Tony, Sep 17, 2008
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    FenderP, Sep 18, 2008
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  5. StrongerThanAll

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    what GPU does it have?
     
    StrongerThanAll, Sep 18, 2008
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  6. phiorala

    phiorala Notebook Consultant

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    The BZ offered on Portable One all have Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
     
    phiorala, Sep 19, 2008
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