Official Sony VAIO BZ Series Thread

[uniquestco]

The BZ needs a 'super' screen like the Z or SZ and HDMI port too.... if the BZ screen is like the Eco screen on the FW then it's not so great.

BZ or T500 - tough call?

[Elite Cataphract]

The BZ series Eco-screen is still better than the screen on the Lenovo T500. Lenovo's screens have bad quality (washed out, dim, lacks contrast etc.), unless your looking at their most expensive notebooks, like the W700.

[Elite Cataphract]

Anyone want to post any pictures of this notebook?

[gsuser]

Hello,
I just bought a BZ12XN. Nice laptop, good screen, good keyboard, average battery, good quality.
It was not easy to perform a clean install because you can't download drivers from Sony France. Finally I found a model with a similar equipment, the VGN-BZ560C and a support for it at sony-asia.com
The recovery DVDs are not easy to burn, but the third attempt was successful.
I tried Vista sp1 and XP sp3, and finally stayed with XP.
So, I'm happy with my new laptop

[Johnny T]

Can you get us a few pictures? i know a few people would love to see some of teh BZ.

[DetlevCM]

What do you mean with "Recovery CDs not easy to burn"?
Did you use Dual Layer? If so - on my SZ I wrecked two because you have to leave them in the computer for a long time and I though the sooftware crashed...

[gsuser]

What do you mean with "Recovery CDs not easy to burn"?
Did you use Dual Layer? If so - on my SZ I wrecked two because you have to leave them in the computer for a long time and I though the sooftware crashed...

I used 2 dvd, the first one was OK and after inserting the second, an error was reporting. There was not a question of time, I saw an error message. Same for the second try, fortunately the third attempt succeeded.

[gsuser]

Can you get us a few pictures? i know a few people would love to see some of teh BZ.

I will try tomorrow if I find a camera.

[DetlevCM]

Strange...

I know that my Medion laptop (3 years old) stated in the manual tht you should only use DVDs by known brands...
(Medion -> Aldi in Germany)

Now I'm wondering - did you have a faulty DVD? I mean...this shouldn't happen... (I had errors when burning CDs before...but... still...)

[gsuser]

Strange...

I know that my Medion laptop (3 years old) stated in the manual tht you should only use DVDs by known brands...
(Medion -> Aldi in Germany)

Now I'm wondering - did you have a faulty DVD? I mean...this shouldn't happen... (I had errors when burning CDs before...but... still...)

I don't remember the error message, but it was not a burning error. It was when the Vaio "prepared" what should be burned...