Official Sony NW Series Owners Thread

[RD616]

Anyone else experiencing a battery drain problem? After a week or so of non-use, my laptop started up with only 67% battery life. And is it just me, or is this computer kind of slow? I have the HD 4570 version by the way.

[chong67]

I think I am going to get a NW series laptop.

Anyone know a good place to buy it with some bing cashback?

I wish we can get it in 1600x1200 and at least has a bluetooth module.

[xsacha]

Originally Posted by ccutlip

However, I don't know how to preserve the Splashtop browser. Could anyone point me in the right direction? I couldn't see a separate partition for Splashtop, and in fact, it appeard under the list of programs to uninstall in Control Panel. How can I preserve Splashtop while doing an OS intall?

Splashtop is not on your hard drive whatsoever. Not sure what it is you saw in Control Panel. Installing Windows 7 RC1 was the first thing I did.

You can even swap out the hard drive (I have a 500GB one installed) and Splashtop will work as per normal.

It's actually installed in a (read-only?) 512MB chip on the motherboard. You can't change it in any way.

[interbear]

Hi all - I was initially looking at a HP Pavilion or Dell Studio but the Vaoi NW series has got my attention recently - looks like a very decent spec for the price, especially with the blu-ray config. I'l looking to buy when laptops come pre-loaded with Windows 7 and the Vaio NW is a definite contender.

Any more user comments - positive and negative? Any input appreciated.

[PetaBread]

I just got My Sony Vaio NW yesterday. It's the $699 NW from staples and I love it. It's got style and power. I'm glad I chose this over all those other poor contenders, hahaha! Anyways, anyone who buys a NW won't be displeased.

[funndamentals]

man i love the design of this notebook. WIth an i7 and a better graphics card this would be my perfect laptop. the hunt continues

[oxi]

Anybody know where to find the Windows 7 drivers for the NW15G? I just installed 7 but my brightness hotkeys aren't working.

[JorisTheWise]

Does anybody know where I can find some reviews of the newer models of these notebooks, the only reviews I have found are of the older models (as far as they can be considered old). I am planning of buying the model with the blu-ray drive later this year.

[kliu0]

Bought mine on the 10th of October for $1380 AUD including 2GB extra RAM, discounted extended warranty, two laptop bags. Just upgraded it to Windows 7 yesterday, ran alot better than when it ran Vista. Unfortunately I was disappointed when one week later they dropped the price by $150 AUD, and then another $100 a week right after that.

I have only one issue, which is the patch for the network adapter patching it up to version 1.4. The problem is that after I patch it, the adapter just won't connect to any wireless network at all. Anyone else have this issue?

I have another question, does anyone know how to get VAIO Recovery Centre back after you upgraded to Windows 7?

[Dvdre]

I bought mine (NW130) about a month ago when Buy.com had it for $749. I actually had intended to buy a Macbook 13-inch, but when I looked at the $1,000 Macbook vs the Sony I just could not spend more for it. The NW series is more like the Macbook Pro, in my opinion, especially the 130 with the added video card.

I've enjoyed it, works flawlessly. At first the Web button was soooo cool, but I have found that it's easy to just leave the laptop plugged in and run Windows, shut the top and set it aside. In the morning I reopen the like and bam, I am on.

The Slashtop app is a disappointment. There should be a way to upgrade it. If there is, I don't know it.

This weekend I created an 18G partition and installed Linux (Ubuntu 9.04) and that runs crazy fast on this machine. It also works very well, so I plan to use it a lot.

When (or if) my Windows 7 upgrade arrives, I may do a clean install since I have zero data on this laptop at this point.