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[Mastershroom]

Originally Posted by ian760105

Does that work for Sony as well? My girlfriend recently brought a VAIO laptop, is it possible to ask Sony to send the OEM vista installation disc for free?

I have no experience with Sony, but I don't see why they wouldn't.

[Mackievlzpro]

Looking at the pictures, anybody else notice the tiny speakers? I wonder how they will sound when compared to the Studio 15?

[kkl1014]

Originally Posted by Mackievlzpro

Looking at the pictures, anybody else notice the tiny speakers? I wonder how they will sound when compared to the Studio 15?

Those are separate "discrete tweeters" the actual speakers are in the front.

[Loreto]

Originally Posted by ian760105

Does that work for Sony as well? My girlfriend recently brought a VAIO laptop, is it possible to ask Sony to send the OEM vista installation disc for free?

Well Sony doesnt send an OEM vista disk. I have contacted them and they say its not their policy. I told them that thats ok, I also have a Dell E6400 and so have a Vista disk that I can use. I also told the Sony tech guy, that in future I would not recommend a sony vaio Z to any of my friends because of their ever so awesome service..

[TexasEx7]

So is there a huge difference in the 700p and 900p screens?

[Mastershroom]

Originally Posted by Loreto

Well Sony doesnt send an OEM vista disk. I have contacted them and they say its not their policy. I told them that thats ok, I also have a Dell E6400 and so have a Vista disk that I can use. I also told the Sony tech guy, that in future I would not recommend a sony vaio Z to any of my friends because of their ever so awesome service..

That's a damn shame. You can always buy a replacement disk from Microsoft directly for $10 if you verify your product key with them.

[allfiredup]

Originally Posted by TexasEx7

So is there a huge difference in the 700p and 900p screens?

The 720p display has a resolution of 1366x768 (1366 horizontal pixels & 768 vertical pixels) for a total pixel count of 1,049,088.

The 900p display has a resolution of 1600x900 for a total pixel count of 1,440,000 (or 390,912 more than the 720p).

The 900p has about 37% more pixels than the 720p, so you have more "desktop real estate" (more viewable area). You'll be able to see more in the same 14.0" area with the 900p. Text and icons will be smaller by a corresponding amount, however.

In terms of video quality, it's my understanding that there isn't a great difference in these two. That only comes with 1080p (1920x1080), which is only found on 15.6" and larger models.

[ian760105]

Originally Posted by allfiredup

The 720p display has a resolution of 1366x768 (1366 horizontal pixels & 768 vertical pixels) for a total pixel count of 1,049,088.

The 900p display has a resolution of 1600x900 for a total pixel count of 1,440,000 (or 390,912 more than the 720p).

The 900p has about 37% more pixels than the 720p, so you have more "desktop real estate" (more viewable area). You'll be able to see more in the same 14.0" area with the 900p. Text and icons will be smaller by a corresponding amount, however.

In terms of video quality, it's my understanding that there isn't a great difference in these two. That only comes with 1080p (1920x1080), which is only found on 15.6" and larger models.

Wouldn't the text and icons become too small for 1600x900 in 14.0" inch screen?

[kkl1014]

Originally Posted by ian760105

Wouldn't the text and icons become too small for 1600x900 in 14.0" inch screen?

I wouldn't imagine it to be much smaller than current 1440 x 900 14.1in screens.

Hell, Lenovo's Thinkpad x300 and x301 use 1440 x 900 on a 13in and Sony uses 1600 x 900 on their 13in Z series.

1600 x 900 on 14in is perfectly viewable.

[mythzeph]

I asked a Dell guy on the chat service and he told me the vista install discs do not come with the studio 14z, but you can call dell and they'll send it for free.

Also asked him why the external DVD drive were not available as an option on the canadian store, he had no idea why.