Official VAIO FW Series Owners Thread

[Hinduemperior]

i get mine in a couple of days ....go fedex!!!

@ SoundsGood... yea you should CTO, premium model is the only one with HiColor.

[laptopmom3]

Did anyone order an FW with the Blu-Ray Reader and Writer? I was considering it, since I may do some video editing during the life of the computer. But I believe that the FW with the Read/Write Blu-Ray only comes with the Eco screen. Is that right?

Do you think it's worth it to get the Read/Write Blu-Ray now or should I wait until it's more commonly used. I'm hoping to use this computer for at least 4 years.

I was going to order it with 2.5Ghz, 4 GB, 320 GB, Blu-Tooth, Blu-Ray Reader/Writer, Vista Home Premium. I was originally going to order Vista Ultimate but after reading this forum I will go for the Home Premium and then use the saving to get the extended warranty.

I thought the extended warranty had to be purchased with the computer. After the last few comments I'm going to double check and see if I can add it later once I know I will keep the computer.

Any comments?

Thanks.

[SoundsGood]

@ SoundsGood... yea you should CTO, premium model is the only one with HiColor.

That's a shame. We lose out on any discounts/deals that other retailers run.

[sunnyzwei]

Okay quick (& possibly silly) question - My FW is sitting in my shopping cart at SonyStyle.com just waiting for me to click the order button but I need to know if the cover scratches easily?

I've read a few posts where this is a big downside of the FW. Not that I throw my laptops around or anything like that but I don't treat them like fine china either!

BTW...this is a great forum, I've learned a lot by just lurking!

[Crazy Horse]

Okay quick (& possibly silly) question - My FW is sitting in my shopping cart at SonyStyle.com just waiting for me to click the order button but I need to know if the cover scratches easily?

I've read a few posts where this is a big downside of the FW. Not that I throw my laptops around or anything like that but I don't treat them like fine china either!

BTW...this is a great forum, I've learned a lot by just lurking!

Maybe this test article will help you - http://www.notebookjournal.de/tests/619

[Hinduemperior]

That's a shame. We lose out on any discounts/deals that other retailers run.

actually if you hit costco, bjs and couple other stores, they tend to have models that aren't exactly the same as the pre-configed ones, you might luck out there. But then again its a bit too early for those machines.

[Hinduemperior]

Maybe this test article will help you - http://www.notebookjournal.de/tests/619

that would definitely help us........if we knew german. lol.

[Phil]

that would definitely help us........if we knew german. lol.

Translation by Google:
http://translate.google.com/translat...hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Measured brightness and contrast are very good: Ausleuchtung von 357 cd/m² und kam mit einem Kontrastwert von 400:1

(double lamp model)

[SoundsGood]

actually if you hit costco, bjs and couple other stores, they tend to have models that aren't exactly the same as the pre-configed ones, you might luck out there. But then again its a bit too early for those machines.

Yep, already tried Costco... no luck yet.

[Hinduemperior]

interesting as the measured brightness is lower than that of the FZ.