Sony Vaio Z i5/i7 Official Owners Thread

Glashub · 07-02-2010, 08:30 AM

If I had to choose, I'd pick the larger SSD. 128gb is not much.

TigerBone · 07-02-2010, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by heavenly_wild

Wow great result! What adjustments did you make?

i kept wifi on with firefox nothing heavy running i set the background to vaio power saver 1920x1080 since its a plain background i made it 16bit 40hz and turned the brightness down to 3 bars and thats about it. i unplugged at 6:30pm and at about 11:30 and 60% i had about 3-4 hours left but im not sure how accurate it is because i notice the remainding time goes up and down but im pretty sure it would have done atleast 9-10 hours with wut was left. This is on the Large battery ofcourse.

JP$ · 07-02-2010, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Glashub

If I had to choose, I'd pick the larger SSD. 128gb is not much.

Seconded. I got the 192GB SSD Z11 and it is my only real regret. I got the fresh start option and I still only had about 155GB free on the day it arrived. heavenly_wild I think said he saw a 128GB version in a store with something like 70-80GB free due to Windows, recovery partition, and all the Sony bloatware.

mikeybrain · 07-02-2010, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by petesindia

We just got the new Z here in India. My piece is on its way should have it in a day or 2. Extremely expensive down here close to 3500 USD but we always pay a premium - unlucky we

petesindia - given the specs you mentioned in your post, that's the same price I paid in the United States. The market is global my friend - that's the amount of money Sony wants, wherever it's coming from.

But, so far, with just a few days of experience, I think it'll be well worth it - the 1080p screen is beautiful. And it would have been the same cost for a comparable MBP, which can never really be comparable since it doesn't have the screen, isn't as light, and is, of course, a mac

pdimartin · 07-02-2010, 12:42 PM

Just order Sony Vaio Z12X9E/X.
Someone know what's new: toshiba or samsung SSD, TRIM?

Thank's a lot
Pao

ahsan.mughal · 07-02-2010, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by pdimartin

Just order Sony Vaio Z12X9E/X.
Someone know what's new: toshiba or samsung SSD, TRIM?

Thank's a lot
Pao

Toshiba SSD.

JP$ · 07-02-2010, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by pdimartin

Just order Sony Vaio Z12X9E/X.
Someone know what's new: toshiba or samsung SSD, TRIM?

Thank's a lot
Pao

I haven't seen anyone post anything confirming or denying TRIM support either way, but I'd guess the answer is no, TRIM is not supported. If the Toshibas are anything like the Samsungs in the Z11, then there is very likely some kind of effective garbage collection service active. I doubt Sony would switch to the Toshibas if effective GC wasn't a feature.

TofuTurkey · 07-02-2010, 12:57 PM

I haven't heard anyone confirming that 4 SSD drives are still Toshiba. I know that the Toshiba drives' interfaces are SATA, I don't know if the pin configuration is still that of SATA, because if it is, then I can't see how 4 Toshiba SSD boards can fit in that space.

It could also be that for 2 SSD boards, Toshiba drives are used, but for 3 or more drives, Sony goes back to using Samsung.

More people need to open their laptops...

DeathDealer · 07-02-2010, 01:07 PM

Should I keep it plugged in when I'm at home, even though its at full a battery life?

JP$ · 07-02-2010, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DeathDealer

Should I keep it plugged in when I'm at home, even though its at full a battery life?

I think it depends on what you are doing. If you are playing a game or watching a youtube video while broadcasting to your TV on HDMI, then keep it plugged in. If you are sitting on your couch checking email, unplug it if it's convenient.

I would plug or unplug based on the situation, and not put a whole lot of worry into the battery. If you do everything a normal user does, it should last you several years.