sr590 vs fw590

sr590
13.3"
320GB SATA Hard Disk Drive (7200rpm)
4GB (2GBx2) DDR2-SDRAM-800
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9600 (2.80GHz)
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4570 Graphics (512MB VRAM)
Standard Capacity Battery (VGP-BPS13)
Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit
Biometric Fingerprint Sensor


fw590
Standard Capacity Battery (VGP-BPS13)
CD/DVD playback/burning
4GB (2GBx2) DDR2-SDRAM-800
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4650 graphics with 1GB dedicated video RAM
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9600 (2.80GHz)
16.4" VAIO Display (1600x900)
Genuine Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium
320GB SATA Hard Disk Drive (7200rpm)

i m so Confused about this two labs which one i should buy
why i am Confused : the FW is better in the vga and the screen size but it much bigger (is it too big to face a problem with its size in moving)

SR is Light and have the Fingerprint Sensor but (is the size of the screen to small or not) and the price is same for the two labs

i hope that any one have any of these series help me to decide which better
thanx for every body here

 

Welcome to NBR - I have the FW285, love the screen size. Portability is fine, granted a larger system than most carry around, but this is lighter than it looks. Better than the 15" HP used to lug around. If your use requires large screen real estate then the FW all the way.
Have traveled numerous times with the machine, car, train and plane. No issues.

 

thanx alot J&SinKTO but do u think Fingerprint Sensor is important issue

 

Have only used one on a portable hard drive - gave us nothing but troubles - now in all fairness that was a few years ago. But to me that's not a feature I'm interested in. Sorry

 

any of SR holders have another opinion

 

The obvious question is, do you intend to carry it around a lot? SR is a portable laptop, where as FW is Desktop replacement (although, it is relatively lightweight for DTR). SR is much easier to carry around, and will get better battery life. For daily use, SR's screen size and GPU is good enough. For games or photo-editing, FW is a better choice.

BTW, if you intend to get FW, I urge you to get XbriteHD screen. It is the reason of existence for FW.

 

thanx woodgypsy i think i need very powerful lab with capability to carry it easy ..for now i love fw590 i only sad that it hasnt Fingerprint Sensor i love such option

 

other thing i dont think that sr590 is good enouph , i think it is powerful lab

 

i have an SR290 with a fingeprint sensor. I love the fingerprint sensor, works great with the UPEK software. its one of the few bundled software I loaded back after i did a clean install to remove the bloatware.

prior to the SR, I used to have a 15.1 inch screen notebook which was large and heavy. if lugging around a notebook (even within the house between rooms) is thepriority, go for the SR. OTOH, if you will keep it at home 95% of the time, then the FW should be good.

 

of course i will move with my lab out of home for 80% ,so it have to be easy carry but very powerful as i m programmer ... one question jpvs
do you think it is not important to have fingerprint sensor?

 

If its 80% travel, go for the SR- you will appreciate the ability to carry it and show it around using one hand instead of two.

Reg the fingerprit sensor, if you havent used it before, you wont miss it.

But having used it regularly. I find it the fastest and easiest way to "unlock" a locked machine.

At home the SR is docked to a station and i use a wireless desktop., my daughter tries to keep banging on my wireless keyboard. I keep it out of her reach (and mine) and simply use the mouse to click and browse around most of the time. find it even more useful to use the sensor to unlock it instead of using the regular keyboard!

You also have to look into the screen size. the larger the screen size, the lousier your battery life. My old 15 inch laptop gave me 1 hour on teh battery on the road. the SR with its smaller screen and lower power consumption gives me 2.5-3 hours on the road (4 hours if i shut off wifie, dim the brightness and other power saving modes in place)

Lastly this thing runs very cool. I would rcommend going for the P series processor regardless of which model you pick.