SR35G/B user here just upgraded to 4gb RAM

still getting the hang of Vista... I think my old Fujitsu was a pretty good workhorse too... still going strong after 4 years! now subjected to the tabletop on BT 24/7 haha

@blink,
I was in your shoes too - mac or vaio. In the end I still went with the Vaio coz my fujitsu's battery just can't stand it anymore and it is getting a little old. I needed a Windows based laptop since my programs are all windows based and I have alot of windows based related stuff - winMo phone, Palm, etc.

I'll probably get an iMac later for photo editing purposes but I feel my Vaio can do a pretty good job too

how much do you you pay for upgrading your 4gb ram?

Upgrading RAM is not necessary to buy from Sony. It's very expensive. You can get almost half the price in LYP with the same type/brand of RAM.

This post has been edited by maxizanc: Apr 20 2009, 09:48 AM

I have been using the earliest model of SR (SR13GN) for a few months now and it has been going strong! Yes the Macbook Aluminum does have an LED backlit screen but its color is somewhat washed out. Its not as bright as well (and I was sure the settings were maxed). If you set the Macbook and Pro together, you'll see the difference. Put the SR next to it and you will see that the SR is just better.

I bought mine from Midvalley and the freebies weren't as much as it was a new model release. I did get a USB key though and some irrelevant accessories.

ya, just like apple also charging few hundred higher than LYP...
May i know how many slot does SR series got?

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Added on April 20, 2009, 11:13 amApple is smart, you hardly see macbook place beside a macbook pro in their shop....
so you cant even place both of the mac to compare it...

but duno what is the recently freebies...my friend bought FW series few months ago too, he gets backpack and a mouse....

This post has been edited by blinkblink88: Apr 20 2009, 11:13 AM

The recent PcFair promotion for SR is free MsOffice Home and Student Edition + bluetooth mouse + laptop bag + Vaio Oversea Warranty 1 year.

I don't think you need 4GB for SR as it is just Vista 32bit.

i m doing some 3D work for my study, so i thinking of upgrade to higher ram to make it smooth...any solution?

Well, AFAIK windows 32bit is only able to use around 3.2GB out of 4GB. It's a limitation on the 32bit bus and Windows OS. Do a quick google and you'll see plenty of information on this.
That's why I said it's not really needed to upgraded to 4GB, because you don't get to fully utilized all of it. Upgrade to 3GB is more worth it.
Or get the top-end Z model which uses windows 64bit and doesn't have this limitation.

Yeah, a piece of 2GB DDR2 SODIMM is only around RM75-85 so its very cheap to do it yourself. Installation can be done on the spot and you get to test it before leaving/paying. Getting from Apple/Sony is just not within logic.

Regarding the Macbook Pro, yes... they usually place it far far away. Just take a glance and remember it and then move on to the other. You'll see the difference which is quite obvious. Unless you have some friends who happen to have both.

Its actually 3.5GB. So the remaining 512MB will not be used as Windows 32bit cannot address it. As a result, it will be redundant. However, the integrated graphics core (to a certain extend the external graphics core) uses some of those RAM. Remember than ATI HD3470 and the likes (Nvidia Turbocache) uses main memory to boost its total RAM in addition to the dedicated graphics RAM within the card. So if you use 4GB (3.5GB effective), that means you get 3GB for your Windows (assuming graphics only takes 512MB). If you use 3GB of RAM, minus the RAM shared by the graphics, you may only get well below 3GB of RAM for Windows.

Of course you can always edit the driver string to not use/share your main RAM. There's also another reason we use 2+2=4GB of RAM. Symmetric dual-channel. Of course asymmetric dual-channel is supported but we know what goes on from there.

The only thing we can do is to make the machine as light-weighted as possible (in terms of software in background) and put in lots of RAM. The rest is your graphics and CPU, something that is not easily/readily changed.

This post has been edited by davidmak: Apr 20 2009, 01:36 PM

yeah, nowadays ram is really cheap...upgrade to 4gb only cost around rm170...nice

sony is not look like dell that you can customize by your own....

Actually Dell's pricing for RAM also more expensive than getting your own. I guess only Dell can afford to allow customizations on customer level since they're basically controlling their own supply chain. Sony on the other than has a lot more products than just laptops so its better go standardize its products.

ya, you are correct..Because dell only selling PC and Lappy...if they do not have customize service really hard for them to survive and their challenge will be bigger...

Anybody tried to use the Sony Memory Stick slot or SD/MMC slot for Vista ReadyBoost function?
Especially the Memory Stick slot which for me is unused anyway. But I don't have a stick to test with, and don't want to risk buying one to find out it cannot be used.

rm79 mushkin ram from LYP

hi guys, sorry for asking a noob question...
how long does Sony usually take to launch another a new model in previous year?1 year or 2 years?

Bump it up..

Simetimes only 6 months.

New variants within the same series or family is around 1 time per every quarter. The SR series is a good example. SR1x, then SR2x and now SR3x in less than a year. I believe FW is similar too. Nothing on CS though. The difference between these variants are very minor revision of the specification. Nothing to pull hair about.

A complete new model change however is around 1-2 years, somewhere around 18 months. An example would be the SZ series to SR series, FJ to FW series and C to CR and then CS series.

when is the SR3X launch?
is it last year august?

vaioP here...

How's your Vaio P? Heard that its very slow. Pls comment.