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    Your "Dream"-Z

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by ThreeD, Aug 26, 2008.

  1. ThreeD

    ThreeD Notebook Evangelist

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    What would guys (mostly owners and those who will be one soon ;) ) would like to have for the future Z-successors? I am making a start:

    - Quieter fan
    - Illuminated Keyboard or Keylight
    - Multitouch Pad
    - A bit slimmer
    - Same size
    - Better graphics accelerator, but not if battery life suffers from it
    - No optical drive
    - SSD for a moderate price

    Perhaps I will find some more features. Feel free to add your wishes. I am curious to see what comes up. :)
     
    ThreeD, Aug 26, 2008
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  2. Yeeze

    Yeeze Notebook Consultant

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    Better graphics card....
    The 9300 is really one of the smallest dedicated cards to do any gaming...

    Switchable fan modes like on the LG P300

    I always prefer a Hardware(Analog) volume control, I mean those little wheels also found on cheap pocket FM radios, much faster than pressing Fn+Fx 13 times =)

    Fn combination to turn screen back light off completely...

    Otherwise the points stated above =)
     
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  3. StrongerThanAll

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    i think you can configure the S1 S2 buttons for that, its not the same thing, but it does the job =\
     
    StrongerThanAll, Aug 27, 2008
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  4. newtothis

    newtothis Notebook Consultant

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    It must make breakfast for me.
     
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  5. xrules

    xrules Notebook Consultant

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    definately true with the volume control knob.. like all toshiba notebooks have.. :).. even if that not the case, I want to have a mute button.. I know s1 s2 does that job, but that is after you boot your machine. I watch a movie at full volume at home, forget to switch it off and then I cannot start a machine during the lecture :D.. A complete analog control to volume is nice to have..
    and along with this.. sure.. add all rachuk, the notebook diety said :)
     
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  6. theringmasta

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    Disagree with the physical volume knob, I don't like the look of them, especially on such a sleek design. Quite like the idea of a mute button though.

    My suggestions:

    Definately a backlit keyboard
    Keep the optical drive
    Not such a cheap plasticky cover for the dock station port (it's such a tiny thing but i still hate it)
    Quieter fan (although this doesn't bother me as much as it bothers others)
    Multitouch Pad
    Same size
     
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  7. StrongerThanAll

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    you can always plug your earphones when booting the laptop

    but thats weird, even my FE has a mute button, and it works as soon as i turn on the computer
     
    StrongerThanAll, Aug 27, 2008
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  8. ThreeD

    ThreeD Notebook Evangelist

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    so it seems so far is there nothing big to change. :D
     
    ThreeD, Aug 27, 2008
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  9. teiger

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    Mhm ... ^^
    Better Graphic Card
    backlit Keyboard

    that would be nice ^^
     
    teiger, Aug 27, 2008
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  10. faberge

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    I would have the touchpad and mouse buttons moved up slightly towards the keyboard.
    Illuminated keyboard.
    I want an optical drive, preferbly BR in the UK.
    Reasonable SSD as well as BR.
    13.3".
    Vista Ultimate in the UK for the top of the range.
    Maybe a tad thinner.

    I don't think I would ever use the multitouch.
     
    faberge, Aug 27, 2008
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  11. HungryPillow

    HungryPillow Notebook Enthusiast

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    I would like...

    Illuminated keyboard
    Illuminated VAIO on the lid
    Exposed carbon fiber on the lid
    Page Up and Page Down keys
    Multitouch from Apple
     
    HungryPillow, Aug 27, 2008
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  12. InfyMcGirk

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    I would like Thinklight (less power hungry than an illuminated keyboard but does the job) and Thinkpoint (IMHO better than any touchpad, multitouch or not). :D

    It would be nice if the DVD-RAM drive wasn't Mat****a, too... :rolleyes:

    Oh, and the ability to undervolt the 6x multiplier of P9500 below 0.925v (are you listening, Intel?). ;)
     
    InfyMcGirk, Aug 28, 2008
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