Official Sony VAIO F Series Owners lounge

[MelodyMaster]

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MelodyMaster, thanks for the info. Now I can google it.

Who makes quality blank Blu-Rays? What's the cost of a typical bundle? Cost of the discs is another consideration.

I have no affiliation, as they say, but here is the exact drive used in my laptop, available for dealer purchase.. One will have to find the rails and tab for mounting in the VAIO however. You can expect to pay some 46% more for end-user purchase.

http://www.sunvalleytek.com/original...ce-p-1242.html

[Joe Bleau]

I have no affiliation, as they say, but here is the exact drive used in my laptop, available for dealer purchase.. One will have to find the rails and tab for mounting in the VAIO however. You can expect to pay some 46% more for end-user purchase.

http://www.sunvalleytek.com/original...ce-p-1242.html

Thanks for the info about your model. Some can be found for $250 here.

[MelodyMaster]

Thanks for the info about your model. Some can be found for $250 here.

Beats the $1000 quoted by Sony for an after-sale upgrade eh?

[Viking Quest]

Beats the $1000 quoted by Sony for an after-sale upgrade eh?

Took the words right out of my mouth, err hands.

So do you think using a blu-ray burner to back up the hard drive is good as the primary solution or is an external drive recommended/preferred?

I also wonder if waiting to buy a blu-ray burner would be prudent, as they are sure to mature and drop in price. The fact that the same drive can be had for $70 more than the ones installed in the F seies does bode well, I think.

[wbglider]

Just got my Vaio F from Vanns.com

http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/it...es-notebook-pc

1080p
6gb ddr3 ram
500gb 7200rpm hdd
Price: $1,429.98 (with tax)

Thanksfully my item doesn't have any of the problems mentioned in this forum (high-pitched sound, fan noise, screen bleed, etc.)

love my new notebook.

That's a great price.

[ErikEngerd]

Got my new F yesterday. I am definitely going to keep this. The fan noise is not noticeable at all. In fact, the sound of the water flowing through the central heating system of my home is louder. Also, I didn't notice any high pitched squealing noises, both in linux and windows.

I have now a working dual boot setup with linux and windows. As more or less expected with new hardware, linux was giving a few problems. The first was the wireless LAN which would not work in opensuse 11.2. Finally, I found out that I had to install the microcode from Intel and upgrade build a new kernel from the latest sources. And building a kernel with a quad core does go faster because everything can be built in parallel.

After that came the display, but with the help of RyanFG's post in this thread, that was relatively quickly solved.

Now my only remaining problem is that I have no sound, does anyone running linux in this forum have sound running on linux? If so, could you please post your modprobe configuration files here? I am going to try the Ubuntu live cd now to see if that one does have working sound and if so copy the settings from there.

O, and the display, I think it is excellent. It doesn't look washed out to me at all so I am going to make tweaking that one a low prio issue.

[MelodyMaster]

Took the words right out of my mouth, err hands.

So do you think using a blu-ray burner to back up the hard drive is good as the primary solution or is an external drive recommended/preferred?

Anything is better than a hard drive for backup. The hard drive has two modes of failure, the storage medium, and the electronics. Loss of the latter means a total loss of data, the former a severe partial loss. On the other hand a DVD or Bluray doesn't have the electronic component to worry about, and degraded media can still be forensically read. But neither means are perfect.

This guy needs a VAIO.....

[MelodyMaster]

That's a great price.

It seems to be the cost of memory above 4 gigs that increases the price so much for a CTO, but where it often gets included for store-bought.

[Joe Bleau]

Just got my Vaio F from Vanns.com

http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/it...es-notebook-pc

1080p
6gb ddr3 ram
500gb 7200rpm hdd
Price: $1,429.98 (with tax)

Thanksfully my item doesn't have any of the problems mentioned in this forum (high-pitched sound, fan noise, screen bleed, etc.)

love my new notebook.

Basically that's $80 more than BB to get a 7200 HDD vs. 5400, all other specs the same. Newegg is in between with 7200 HDD but only 4 GB memory (all other specs the same) for the same price as BB w/ 6 GB but 5400.

[ilfuca]

In every post I've made I have been positive....... that I have stated here.

I'm one following and posting quite a lot here and I second that You've always been positive and helpful (thumb up)

I HAVE seen better selections of "optional" icons in some other forums....)

yes, I've just missed one up there

I read in previous posts about an i5 vs i7 comparison, something to the effect that since the i5 is in its first iteration it would not offer better energy performance, in terms of power consumption over the i7, which is in its second iteration. Would anyone comment on this?

What I've got from what has been posted before, I also remember a link it was that it was faster but not energy saver vs a core 2 duos the test i think it was 'against' a p8700

You remember it differently?

If so I'll search back

Hey guys, what made you guys pick the Sony F series over something like that HP Envy?

for all that srosenfeld stated and 'cause...


...it's not imported in italy

Got my new F yesterday. .......

Erik, I'm really interested in your experience, i've a couple or questions for You.

I don't remember if yours was cto or which model?
Any detail about the screen/keyboard You got?
Mostly I'm interested in Your linux and even more ubuntu experience, once I have it Myself can I MP You for details/help or so?


Finally since it seems that You're also not getting the whine, so far I haven't find a 'noisy' one in europe.

That's good!!