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

[ikbenwisse]

This review actually isn't quite as negative on the display:

That said, indoors at least, colour reproduction again reigns supreme with clear, vivid hues. We were particularly impressed with stunning contrast displayed through the space scenes in the new Star Trek movie with no hint of backlight or edge bleeding. It’s surprising just how usable the screen actually is, feeling as it does significantly larger than a 13.3″ display. Viewing angles across the horizontal axis are really good with no washout at all, but again colours will warp when going a few centimetres above dead straight on the vertical axis.

[Karamazovmm]

Laptop arrived at parent's today! Overal just under 2 weeks from order to receipt, will pick it up after seeing Avenue Q tomorrow and give some feedback.
Will be downloading games overnight to get a feel for the 6630M on Saturday and see if it needs than fan bios update or not. If this performs then will probably upgrade ram to 8GB and later on upgrade HDD -> SSD sometime.

do give us some fps figures!

[bob6789x]

do give us some fps figures!

^^^

I really want to know this too. I'm having a real hard time trying to decide if I can justify 300 dollars for the 6630M since in the states it requires the i7 for the upgrade of the GPU. Looking at score for the 6470 I am less than impressed considering my current 8600M GT is comparable and better in some cases.

[benny90]

Quick question for you, when i connect the SB to an external monitor via the HDMI, its fine/no problems (image is a little sharp but that can be tweaked) but when i connect via the VGA i get these almost imperceptible but definitely there horizontal grey lines. If you have an external monitor that connects via VGA could you see if yours does something similar?

Unfortunately I don't have a monitor that connects via VGA, just HDMI. I will be getting in a new TV hopefully at the beginning of next week but you'll probably have an answer by then, if not I'll post up what I see.

[bob6789x]

Keep meaning to ask this, but how easy is this unit to pick up from the sides on a flat table?
I can't hardly grab my MBP with one hand because of how its designed without a tapered edge. I know the newer MBP is better, but mine (non-unibody) almost touches the table on the edge making it difficult to grab under it when picking it up.

[rgreen831]

how long did it take you guys to go from processing to building?

Mine took a month. I ordered March 8th and around April 10th it changed from processing to being built. My 3rd estimated ship date was 2 days ago, but is still listed as being built. I have yet to receive an automated status email from Sony.

[urbanstereo]

Mine took a month. I ordered March 8th and around April 10th it changed from processing to being built. My 3rd estimated ship date was 2 days ago, but is still listed as being built. I have yet to receive an automated status email from Sony.

what was your config?
im assuming it has to do with hardware shortages

[simP]

If that white version had black keys (or the 'inside' colouring of the silver one from that review), I would've picked that one (:.

[rgreen831]

what was your config?
im assuming it has to do with hardware shortages

US CTO
* CD/DVD Player / Burner
* Large Capacity Sheet Battery
* 500GB Hard Drive (7200rpm)
* Fresh Start
* No additional AntiVirus Software
* Adobe Bundle (Free - $448 value)
* 13.3" VAIO Display with LED backlight (1366 x 768)
* Intel® Core™ i7-2620M processor (2.70GHz) with Turbo Boost up to 3.40GHz
* 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3-SDRAM-1333
* Microsoft® Office 2010 Starter (Click More Info for details.)
* Black
* Genuine Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit
* AMD Radeon™ HD 6630M (1GB VRAM) hybrid graphics with Intel® Wireless Display technology

I just called Sony to see what the status was, basically was blown off. Told to keep waiting it was being built in China and may have shipped but she wasn't sure, but to wait 24 - 48 hours.

They must be waiting on the solid gold power adapter.

[urbanstereo]

everyone that was waiting a long time, i see they get the i7 and the 6630. and when i see the ppl who got their machine being built/delivered got an i5 recently.

mine was an i5 and in less than 24 hours i see that it is being built from an automated email. i know the sony style stores have the SB's in stock, you might be able to have better luck with them if you want it quicker