known problem so far:
1. Diagonal line on the screen. (minor issue, un-noticeable).
2. Battery drain issue. (major issue).
3. The lcd screen touch the keyboard when the lcd lid close (minor issue).

guys, there a refresh coming this summer. so excited. lol

wht diagonal line? wht problem about the battery?

diagonal line issue is very minor issue anyway, its only noticeable if you have sharp eyes. its thin hair line when playing moving object like movies. some say it occur when a program playing a non-native resolution.
some user feedback:

"The only "diagonal lines" I have seen on my Z-590 are due to the dithering when choosing a resolution that isn't native. Then every laptop will have to do dithering, regardless of brand. The type of dithering may vary, but there will always be artifacts. With "alternating ordered" dithering, this can often be perceived diagonal lines. Whether it's better than the "splottiness" of Floyd-Steinberg dithering, or the circles of halftone dithering is debatable. At least ordered dithering uses very little CPU/GPU juice." arth1 from notebookreview.com

"I was looking at the Vaios today at the SonyStyle store and immediately noticed that. I appears when you move your head, or while moving our eyes around the image, like when following a moving object on the screen. The Z was playing a movie and it was very very noticeable. I cannot stand this! I was completely decided to buy the Z, but went back home without it. - ppeccin from notebookreview.com

"I started noticing it after using the high res Z for about 3 weeks. It's kinda obvious once you notice it. However, it is noticeable only when you physically move/shift/shake the screen. It really doesn't bother me that much given the awesome color reproduction and the great viewing angle of the Z's screen." - Jparity from notebookreview.com

my words: its very minor issue i can say and not a real big issues, i myself have play around some z's for quite some time at sonystyle store, and i havent notice this problem.

for battery drain issue:
the situation is like this. you fully charge your battery meaning 100% and keeping it inside the notebook. on the next day, when booting up the notebook, the battery level has been decrease around 75% ~ 95%. Normal notebook would has around 97% ~ 98% battery lvl. hope you get the idea.

wow thx for the explanation. Wht about the GPU (9300 nvdia)? my previous laptop died because of the popular problem on 8400 on my dell vostro 1400. So i juz wanna know if there is a problem with 9300...

no problem so far for nvidia 9300gs. it running safely on vaio z.

This post has been edited by Miyabi: May 17 2009, 06:20 PM

thanks for taking the time to explain this well.

when is the new vaio fw series will come out?

Europe will get new Vaio FW41 with ATI Mobility Radeon HD4650 from June

fw41? design wise still the same... specs change alot loh...

hi, i'm thinking of getting the VAIO VGN-CS26G. couldn't find any review on this notebook. any CS26 user here?

try v1....

hi guys i want to know the updated price of vaio ns sony website dpnt have updated prices.

looking for processors between t6400 to p8600
intel gma x4500 will do just fine
whats the updated price on it plz
sony website lists rm 2788 is it latest price?
is it avail at a cheaper price ??

I just plan to get the FW33, will the new FW41 be expensive?
should i wait till june?

This post has been edited by donhay: May 20 2009, 11:10 AM

cousin use it but its the first batch release. pretty decent notebook, very shiny and fingerprint magnet. run cooler and moderate gpu card.
user complain about the noisy fan.

usually price at sonystyle will remain fix unless there's refresh model coming as in stock clearance.
what sonystyle display is the current inventory they have. it may vary with the current stock at sony hq.

if you willing to wait why not. i might replace my current with vaio z, but well thats somewhere in july ~ august perhaps.
the price will remain the same while the specs get updated.

This post has been edited by Miyabi: May 20 2009, 11:49 AM

when will new specs come?? so that the current specs get clearence sales??

how do you kno july agust?? i am really hoping vaio ns at rm 2400 will buy in june last week

i dont have such issues...or maybe it was from the older model?

there's an update for the Z series soon? what would it be?

This post has been edited by speedfamgirl: May 20 2009, 07:32 PM

anyone here order p series? it looks so cute! but the price too hot!

Not yet, maybe in 2 months. There is no clearance sales at the moment except TT, TP3 and LJ model.

VAIO NS is already discontinued.

This post has been edited by maxizanc: May 20 2009, 10:55 PM

whats the current line up for vaio ns??
any users here how is it?

tpl has one, the Red Vaio P