hi everyone, i am new here and i will be getting my VAIO FW series soon. but i have some question to ask u all..

1. i am considering to buy between fw35 and fw46. i know the spec of fw46 is better but is it worth the price?
2. if i wanna buy fw46, where can i buy it? only through online? or i can buy it at sony style shop? can i buy from normal sony centre ?
3. if i wan to buy at sony style or sony centre shop (not online), do i get 0% interest installment with credit card ?
4. if i am going to change my OS, either from vista to win7 or vista to xp, do the drivers provided at the sony website ok for it ?

hope everyone can giv me some advice and suggestion.

so the correct spec of fw43 is 2.1Ghz, 3gb ram ? very confuse wif it cos beside of the page show this

"VGN-FW43G/B
VAIO FW Series

Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology, Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P9600 (2.80 GHz)

Model Features: 16.4" wide (WXGA++: 1600 x 900) TFT colour display (Clear Bright LCD [Rich Colour]), 5 GB DDR2 SDRAM*3 (upgradeable up to 4 GB*4), 400 GB*5 (Serial ATA, 5400 rpm).

RM 3,599.00"

it different from the specification.. but i think it laos cant possible be 2.8Ghz =p

eww... i am not considering fw43 anymore... now only i saw it is using Centrino processor, not centrino 2 ><

yesterday i went to the Harvey Norman at Sunway Pyramid and one of the salesman told me that Window 7 for Vaio is free of charge. is it true? i hope tat it is really true cos i am booking a FW43 at there edi...

Reported in!! Just get my FW43 yesterday. So happy to own a vaio ^^

yeah i buy from Harvey Norman and get a free vaio bluetooth mouse ^^

do everyone's vaio cannot press 3 keys or more at same time? it causing me headache when playing some games @@"

For the Win7 upgrade, can i dont do it online and go to the sony centre and purchase the kit ?

can anyone tell me wat is the Vaio software name tat let u too press Fn+F5 those key? and shortcut keys like volume..

i have downloaded the VAIO Event Service and Setting Utility Services, but i still cant adjust my brightness using combination of FN keys @@" but my volume button can be used @@" any ideas ?

FW43... today i juz install win7 and find the drivers.. then getting tis problem... aiks.. all other driver is ok for me edi..

ohh... then i think i will have to wait then =( thx anyway

Currently i am using Window 7 Ultimate 32 bit on my FW43. Having no problem so far, just some shortcut button cannot be used. S1, Av Mode, brightness shortcut ( Fn+F5, Fn+F6 ), and Fn+F7. Not sure for MagicGate, SD card and HDMI...

@x_goldman

In my opinion, sony is a branded product and vaio usually cost few hundred more than other laptop wif same specs. so now for u, dell studio and vaio cw are the same price, why dont u choose the one which is more value for u? =D btw, u will know the quality of product from sony once u use it, and almost dont wan to get others brand. =p

my FW is 3 month old and i am still happy wif its design. well, i dont know wat other thinks about it but i am satisfy wif it. =D

I did a clean install of Win7 too and I also dont like those junk application.. xD but, for my FW, i manage to use the combination of FN button edi. Now i can adjust my brightness directly. i just cant use my AV button and S1 button which is not really important for me. I also donno why suddenly can use back the FN button as last time i oso cant use it. Anyway, u can use to reinstall back SonySharedLibary driver and VAIOEventService driver to try out. I am not sure which 1 takes the effect but just install tat 2. =D oh ya, i install the chipset driver oso but i think it is not the 1 tat cause the problem. Good luck on trying =D

I bought my FW from harvery norman at sunway pyramid and i get a bluetooth mouse =D can giv a try to ask from them.

fw55 is a nice choice. too bad for me tat time fw4 series there is no fw45 available in malaysia. T.T end up buying fw43... BUT !! it is still nice =D juz cant expect tat much on high graphic gaming and some 1080p videos... this time the fw53 was upgraded alot and i think it is a good choice too. =p

i bought my fw from harvey norman. thn i bought their extended warranty. so 1 year warranty from sony, another 4 years from harvey norman. =D and they said if my laptop really broke down until cant be fixed, they can let me replace another laptop from them wif the same price tat i bought. nice huh =p

my fw43 oso using window 7 ultimate, and all my button is working except the S1 button and AV Mode button. =D i juz installed drivers from sony and got it works. =D