Official Sony SB/SA/SC/SD Series Owners' Thread

[Karamazovmm]

don't have the fingerprint reader so can't comment on that (my SB buttons are fine)

I have the gap for the DVD player but my question is why is this such a concern? if that gap was closed, the drive wouldn't lay flush against the side of the laptop...this is a little nitpicky

oh god serious? so they cut the chassis too short on this one... this is bad

[ryanVaio]

I have looked at the i5 version of the SB here in the SonyStyle store in Victoria, BC and thought the screen and laptop in general were very nice. I'm going to have to go back now and check the DVD and the rest fo the laptop a bit more closely.

Is everyone who has seen or received these having the same problems?? Or are there some out there that dont have the DVD gap, etc??

The Canadian ones seem to not have the fingerprint reader anymore so that seems like a non-issue.

[avoid]

The Canadian ones seem to not have the fingerprint reader anymore so that seems like a non-issue.

Yeah, they figured out there was a problem with it so they removed it...
Hopefully they'll figure out a way to fix it instead of just removing it.

[benny90]

Figure that this is probably the correct place to post this as some of you have already received yours.

I just got an email from Sony Style and it looks like my CTO White SB just went into the factory today. The status on my order has changed from 'processing' to 'Your VAIO is being built'.

My question is, for those that have already received their laptop, how long does it usually take from it being built to it being shipped? It currently shows a ship date of 4/12.

I am really hoping that this will be like the HP CTO process in that it will ship much quicker than the estimated shipment date. Is this so with the Vaio?

[benny90]

don't have the fingerprint reader so can't comment on that (my SB buttons are fine)

I have the gap for the DVD player but my question is why is this such a concern? if that gap was closed, the drive wouldn't lay flush against the side of the laptop...this is a little nitpicky

I am also pretty suprized at some of the negative comments on the build quality, especially the ODD tray. Every laptop that I have ever seen has has a small gap in it. I see that as a design decision instead of it showing "terrible" build quality. When ever you push in the ODD drive on any laptop it has the extra bit of room to 'give' if you end up pushing it really hard, at least in my experience.

I can't really comment on the fingerprint reader since I haven't seen one with one. And here in the States, they don't even offer one.

Considering it is on the bottom of the laptop, when are you ever going to notice that, except when first looking over everything to find something wrong with it?? Now if the ODD drive door actually stuck out from the laptop, then that would be an issue and would obviously be a design problem.

[jman1975]

Considering it is on the bottom of the laptop, when are you ever going to notice that, except when first looking over everything to find something wrong with it?? Now if the ODD drive door actually stuck out from the laptop, then that would be an issue and would obviously be a design problem.

I agree, sticking out the side of the laptop would be a legit issue.

Figure that this is probably the correct place to post this as some of you have already received yours.

I just got an email from Sony Style and it looks like my CTO White SB just went into the factory today. The status on my order has changed from 'processing' to 'Your VAIO is being built'.

My question is, for those that have already received their laptop, how long does it usually take from it being built to it being shipped? It currently shows a ship date of 4/12.

I am really hoping that this will be like the HP CTO process in that it will ship much quicker than the estimated shipment date. Is this so with the Vaio?

mine was preconfigured so it literally shipped 3 days after I ordered it

[eddieaus]

I have the gap for the DVD player but my question is why is this such a concern? if that gap was closed, the drive wouldn't lay flush against the side of the laptop...this is a little nitpicky

oh man, SONY gotta love customers like you, being ripped off and given a sub-par quality product, yet you still try to defend them, HILARIOUS!!! people like you are the reason SONY ship these low quality laptops to the market at first place.

[benny90]

oh man, SONY gotta love customers like you, being ripped off and given a sub-par quality product, yet you still try to defend them, HILARIOUS!!! people like you are the reason SONY ship these low quality laptops to the market at first place.

oh man, NotebookReview gotta love annoying trolls like you. Pick a rediculous thing like a the bottom of an ODD and say its poor quality, HILARIOUS!!! People like you are the reason the INTERNET can be annoying as hell in the first place.

/stupid

In all seriousness, this has to be the dumbest thing to be complaining about, "OH man!! there is a mm gap in your ODD on the BOTTOM of your laptop that has no affect on the laptop what so ever!!!! TERRIBLE QUALITY!! AHH. Get over it.

[eddieaus]

oh man, NotebookReview gotta love annoying trolls like you. Pick a rediculous thing like a the bottom of an ODD and say its poor quality, HILARIOUS!!! People like you are the reason the INTERNET can be annoying as hell in the first place.

/stupid

In all seriousness, this has to be the dumbest thing to be complaining about, "OH man!! there is a mm gap in your ODD on the BOTTOM of your laptop that has no affect on the laptop what so ever!!!! TERRIBLE QUALITY!! AHH. Get over it.

hahaha, another classic post from you!!

[benny90]

The fingerprint part might has some merit though, for those of us in the US and Canada obviously don't have to worry about though as were not getting one from what it looks like and I'm sure they are already working on a fix. For early adopters, thats the name of the game.