Official VAIO FW Series Owners Thread

[mg428]

Guys I would need to ask my rather weird question again. This time it will be short.

Since there is no catch on the lid to release the screen, I am having difficulty each time I try to open the lid. I was wondering whether you have a particular technique or something to open the lid?

[Stroj]

I grab the part of the lid that sticks out with my my thumb nail and with another finger, while the other hand keeps the lower half of the laptop in place. Now that I've got the hang of it, I can do it quickly and gently. I was having the same difficulties in the beginning though. Hope it helps.

[yordanrhapsody]

hi, I have a vaio fe11s (t2400 processor) where I put 2gb ram and 250hdd

Now I'm looking for an upgrade, and I found fw series...

speaking of size and weight, battery life e cpu performances, do you think there is a huge difference between them (fw with t9400) to justify the upgrade?

I need better performances for photo-video editing and HDmovie playback. and if possible better battery life

another little question, I read that fw series has poor speakers performances... how it is compared to the speakers in vaio fe series?

anyone can tell me something about my questions?!

[SoundsGood]

I meant it is incredibly good to the extent that if you turn on the brightness all the way, your eyes can be blind

Maybe if you use it in a dimly lit room -- in which case you can always turn it down. But if you use it in a very bright sunny area (like I do) the extra brightness of the screen is much appreciated. As is the better colors/contrast/etc...

[Lvivkse]

any hicolors out there for under 1200?

[FireFawn]

I was checking out the FW offerings on the Best Buy website, and for their FW170J/W they state that it has 64bit Vista (see link below). Is this an error, or is Sony beginning to ship FW's with 64bit OS?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1211587728389

[mg428]

I grab the part of the lid that sticks out with my my thumb nail and with another finger, while the other hand keeps the lower half of the laptop in place. Now that I've got the hang of it, I can do it quickly and gently. I was having the same difficulties in the beginning though. Hope it helps.

You mean the part just above the webcam and on the top part of the lid, right? I am asking this because that thing only barely sticks out, and I just wanted to make sure whether I understood you correctly.

[mg428]

Maybe if you use it in a dimly lit room -- in which case you can always turn it down. But if you use it in a very bright sunny area (like I do) the extra brightness of the screen is much appreciated. As is the better colors/contrast/etc...

If I have sound as if I did not like the Hicolor screen, that is absolutely incorrect! I am very happy with it!

[Stroj]

You mean the part just above the webcam and on the top part of the lid, right? I am asking this because that thing only barely sticks out, and I just wanted to make sure whether I understood you correctly.

Yeah, exactly. I know it's hard to actually hold on to that, but it gets easier with time. I would prefer if the mechanism was done to be used with more ease because I too am having a hard time opening the lid, compared to the older notebooks.

[Lvivkse]

its really that hard for you guys??