Sony Vaio CB Official Owners' Thread

[Nand@]

Hi All,

are there any new owners of this laptop that can share their thoughts (quality, performance...) please? also, old owners can you please update on the performance of the laptop? are there any more problems?

many thanks in advance.

I have the CA and i'm writing a review about it, with pics, how to change the HDD, how to change the RAM, how to change the Optical disc...i'll post later..

In general has a great performance and a great look

[SneezyLarry]

Hi All,

are there any new owners of this laptop that can share their thoughts (quality, performance...) please? also, old owners can you please update on the performance of the laptop? are there any more problems?

many thanks in advance.

For me, everything is great (quality, performance, display, etc..) except the video graphics card issue on some applications like photoshop.

earlier today, i installed Angry Birds Rovio, guess what, i cant play it!
Error is: OpenGL2.0 renderer not supported. OpenGL1.4 renderer not supported. OpenGL1.3 renderer not supported. crap!

anyone can help???? thanks in advance.

[MANOJa]

Is there some issue with Vaio Updates . Whenever, i use it, i see some updates, but the updates never get completely downloaded .

I tried the other way too of downloading the updates from Sony's site, but, after installing a few of them, my track pad stopped working & i had to re install Windows .

Any suggestions, as how to update Vaio ?

[valrond]

For me, everything is great (quality, performance, display, etc..) except the video graphics card issue on some applications like photoshop.

earlier today, i installed Angry Birds Rovio, guess what, i cant play it!
Error is: OpenGL2.0 renderer not supported. OpenGL1.4 renderer not supported. OpenGL1.3 renderer not supported. crap!

anyone can help???? thanks in advance.

Have you tried setting he interchangeable graphics mode to manual?

[accel]

Have you tried setting he interchangeable graphics mode to manual?

most of us don't have manual setting... we only have dynamic setting

[Yazzinit]

Accel is correct. Most of us for whatever reason only have the CCC to change the graphics, which is hit or miss. Updating drivers, CCC's, etc, all give mixed results.

The VPCCB is a nice machine. The keyboard feels great and the backlight on it is excellent. The 1080P screen is very nice and the i5 Sandy Bridge processor runs very cool. The only problem with this laptop is that the switchable graphics work like crap. Therefore, because we all paid a premium price for this option, it's an overpriced laptop. You can get an i5 Sandy Bridge with a backlit keyboard and 1080P screen for $600-$750, while most of us paid $900-$1100 for this machine. I'm still pissed, but not to the point where I can be bothered to sell this thing and then go buy something cheaper.

[MANOJa]

Anybody ????

Is there some issue with Vaio Updates . Whenever, i use it, i see some updates, but the updates never get completely downloaded .

I tried the other way too of downloading the updates from Sony's site, but, after installing a few of them, my track pad stopped working & i had to re install Windows .

Any suggestions, as how to update Vaio ?

[accel]

Accel is correct. Most of us for whatever reason only have the CCC to change the graphics, which is hit or miss. Updating drivers, CCC's, etc, all give mixed results.

The VPCCB is a nice machine. The keyboard feels great and the backlight on it is excellent. The 1080P screen is very nice and the i5 Sandy Bridge processor runs very cool. The only problem with this laptop is that the switchable graphics work like crap. Therefore, because we all paid a premium price for this option, it's an overpriced laptop. You can get an i5 Sandy Bridge with a backlit keyboard and 1080P screen for $600-$750, while most of us paid $900-$1100 for this machine. I'm still pissed, but not to the point where I can be bothered to sell this thing and then go buy something cheaper.

somehow the 290X in sony US has a new bios version... i think that sony already aware of this issue, but i don't know why Sony haven't made an announcement for it...

[avmaxfan]

somehow the 290X in sony US has a new bios version... i think that sony already aware of this issue, but i don't know why Sony haven't made an announcement for it...

Yes there is a new BIOS update dated 1st July 2011 for the US CA/CB models. Can anyone here with the US model download this update and let us know if it fixes the graphics issue ?

[accel]

Yes there is a new BIOS update dated 1st July 2011 for the US CA/CB models. Can anyone here with the US model download this update and let us know if it fixes the graphics issue ?

i dont think it would resolves the issue...

this is the description said..

This utility updates the BIOS to version R1101V2 to reduce the fan noise after the computer resumes from Standby.

when did the 290X come out ? cos you see, the driver dated on june... that means...they already know the issue before then, and the hardware is the same..