Vaio owners be extra careful with your power port!

[tassadar898]

be careful vaio owners the power port are not sturdy!

4 people here have the same problem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z02r9HMiZ4

2 people here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/minthu/2988924754/

1 person here:
replacing power plug VGN-AW series?

4 people have the problem here (Ctrl + F "power" ):
http://antoniocangiano.com/2009/02/1...aio-fw-series/

I had the same problem before i returned it for a replacement
To VGN-FW owners, is your Power input port wobbly?

[tassadar898]

i think the problem arises with the L shaped plug in, if turned vertically it lifts the whole laptop on an angle putting all of the weight on the power input.

[SPEEDwithJJ]

4 people here have the same problem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z02r9HMiZ4

Woah. That video in the link really looks scary to me!

[zimbros12]

be careful vaio owners the power port are not sturdy!

4 people here have the same problem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z02r9HMiZ4

2 people here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/minthu/2988924754/

1 person here:
replacing power plug VGN-AW series?

4 people have the problem here (Ctrl + F "power" ):
http://antoniocangiano.com/2009/02/1...aio-fw-series/

I had the same problem before i returned it for a replacement
To VGN-FW owners, is your Power input port wobbly?

Did it come like that or did it happen after ?

[Jparity]

Wow.. I tripped over the power cord of my Z for like twice already. The plug comes right out like the megasafe on Macs. So far, my power port is still quite sturdy...

[tassadar898]

thats not my video, as far as my previous machine i dont know if it came like that, but i noticed a week into owning it

[Derrida]

The Z is definitely the Mercedes of the Sony line -- this additional safety feature just confirms my impression.

Now if Sony would give us the screen size of the FW with the design superiority of the Z, we'd be in hog heaven.

Sony's greatest number of sales in laptops is in the FW and AW lines, I believe. So perhaps within a year, say, we'll see the computer of our dreams!

In the meantime, the FW is excellent, but there are these things like the power cord input to look out for. Still beats having to watch a bluish cast to all whites on a Dell, anyway, or their slot drive from hell in several retail models, etc.

[tabrisfreewill]

sony needs the a.p.p.l.e magnetic power cord imo...

[mark6614]

"The Z is definitely the Mercedes of the Sony line -- this additional safety feature just confirms my impression." Pardon my ignorance but the Sony Z has a safety feature on the power input? What is this feature? Thanks.

[Rad_0909]

sony needs the a.p.p.l.e magnetic power cord imo...

Apple holds the patents for it.

But there must be a way to copy Magsafe without violating patent rights. Somehow.