u look at ur ports in ur lappie,
got alot things dont have, like printer port la...and all those not so often use
so... u open ur docking port and cantum to tht connection under the laptop
ur docking port got alot more ports for other external hardwares, eg screen, printer

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Added on March 22, 2007, 11:47 am i think most ppl can afford
but cannot buy vaio already
so if want vaio, have to downgrade on GC

This post has been edited by EmperorMeng: Mar 22 2007, 11:47 AM

Planning to get a SZ series...heard that slim lappy comes with high graphic specs will have heating problem...anyone encountered that problem b4? Any solution for that?

perhaps a good ventilation system (d.i.y one) might help you. i dont have sz series, i cant complain much. though through the review i read,
the one i post before jason, the user dont faced any overheating problem for vaio. and seriously, it's also rare case for vaio to overheating. i have done the survey through forum, especially, notebook's forum.

besides, sz series is popular series in US for vaio.

any vaio'er (sz user) out there mind give a short review about the lappy?

try do more survey jason. good luck in finding best laptop that suit your need!

This post has been edited by Miyabi: Mar 22 2007, 04:52 PM

i also have an eye for the Sz series for its style and the lightness of it.. i cant giv much info since i dun own one but i have read many forums regarding this SZ series... some users experience 'tingling' feeling on the palm rest and some have proven that the palm rest is actually sort of leaking electiricity... hopefully asia's ones wont hav such issue
well, afaik, most of the users are more than satisfy or at least satisfy with SZ but not with the amount of bloatware budled with it...
well, i would like to know from any forumers' opinion on the SZ series..

Thanks for the info Miyabi... Actually its the SZ specs that caught my eye onto it... I do consider of getting other brand of laptop... Fujitsu or HP i heard is not too bad...so far no complain one...but their weight is not as good as this SZ series with the same specs...

I will do more survey on all the lappy...hopefully the coming PC Fair might help me out as well..

is there any sony reseller in low yatt plaza?

Halo, VAIO user..


I am james pan, a student from APIIT University. And also from other thread one, want to ask if anyone would interested to my VAIO notebook....?
it is long story to tell you all, but i want to sell my VAIO TX because it is not suit to me, any details can come and refer to the post below:

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=430422

my VAIO condition is new, never use before. still under 1 year warranty,
thank you. ^^

This post has been edited by jamespan: Mar 24 2007, 12:18 AM

Anyone know the difference between VGN-C25G/W and VGN-SZ43GN/B ?
The price for VGN-SZ43GN/B is much more expensive than VGN-C25G/W by 1k.
As for me , i only know little about laptop spec , so i need help to have a look for the difference.

VGN-SZ43GN/B http://www.sony.com.my/sonystyle/product/p...bcategoryid=174

VGN-C25G/W http://www.sony.com.my/sonystyle/product/p...bcategoryid=177

easy, the sz series is slim and light lappy (with camera built in) while the c series is a lil bit bulky(i mean here is , thick), though both built tough. no worry. all vaio lappy built (casing) made with either carbon fiber or magnesium alloy material.

the theory is easy, the more slim, light lappy with decent performance in term of battery supply, or working with office stuff, the price can be incredibly expensive, even with only integrated gfx.
thats it.

This post has been edited by Miyabi: Mar 24 2007, 02:52 AM

sz43 using vista business,built in webcam and better casing(carbon fibre),more lightweight

Actually both model is more or less the same...just difference in few specs such as weight, build in microphone n webcam, bigger harddisk size. If u travel often, it good that u take SZ series cause it's only 1.85kg compare to C series 2.3kg.

To all C-series users here, do you guys have the remaining time of your battery displayed in either the power options or the battery status in the taskbar? Apparently mine has only the percentage left of the battery.

battery percentage only
no time

Guys, as a user of the SZ38GP for couple of months, I can say its the best laptop I've user used!!! Heating problems? Nope. In fact, the fan and CPU can be set to Adaptive to suit performance also lah...

I've ran some engineering software on it... and even with my 2GB RAM and 100% CPU running continuously for about 6 hours, it was alrite. You can here even set the fan to quiet - apparently will slow the system down a little, but man... the fan is silent. No sound whatsoever.

If u doing 'normal' stuff like word processing or only surfing, the SZ doesnt get hot on the knees...

All in all, a laptop I would definitely recommend!

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Added on March 25, 2007, 7:44 amHaha...how on earth did you guess?!!!

Me everything also Sony larrr.... Bravia TV, DVD player, Mini Hi-fi, car stereo, Walkmans, MD Recorder, PS2, PSP, T50 Cybershot.....

This post has been edited by Twin_Sparx: Mar 25 2007, 07:44 AM

Oh, so sad. Even a cheaper laptop has the time displayed. How could sony stripped such basic function from C-series...

[quote=Twin_Sparx,Mar 25 2007, 07:41 AM]
Guys, as a user of the SZ38GP for couple of months, I can say its the best laptop I've user used!!! Heating problems? Nope. In fact, the fan and CPU can be set to Adaptive to suit performance also lah...

I've ran some engineering software on it... and even with my 2GB RAM and 100% CPU running continuously for about 6 hours, it was alrite. You can here even set the fan to quiet - apparently will slow the system down a little, but man... the fan is silent. No sound whatsoever.

If u doing 'normal' stuff like word processing or only surfing, the SZ doesnt get hot on the knees...

All in all, a laptop I would definitely recommend!

Good to hear this from u Twin_Sparx. Since i heard there is few complain about heating problem from VAIO SZ series user, actually i m kinda confuse whether to get SZ 44 or not... After reading ur reply here, i think should b no more worry to get a SZ series... Actually it depends on luck when u purchase VAIO isn't it? May b some of the unit u get will have defect or failure...

well, to think back, there only 2 complaints for sz in lowyat forum, though,
1 for customer service at one sonystyle (forgot where) due to some hardware defects, another is heat due to gaming? (perhaps a heavy gaming)..
so not big deal. i only heard about the bloatware install with the sz from my US friend. others, just perfect

meh, all brand not perfect la, even the alienware sometime having overheating problem

so depend on your lucky charm >.>;

regarding c series, just use power saver scheme lah for longer batt life and yeh, no time ;(

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battery test:
hehe today i did some test to see how well my lappy handle the batt using power saver scheme. my batt. status was at 70%. i manage to get enjoy the lappy (mean here, not gaming ) just casual surfing, messenger, irc chat, utorrent on(from the start) for about 2 hours 30mins. so imagine, how many hours will be if i charge my batt 100%?

i still have about 17% for batt life. since my torrent already done, and i have to go out shopping, now excuse me to turn off the lappy

conclusion, i love the battery performance, thank you sony lol XD



This post has been edited by Miyabi: Mar 25 2007, 04:02 PM

jason, EVERYTHING you buy depends on some degree of luck. If you think about it, laptops are sold on a daily basis, and just because some new owners found heating or some other problems, don't let a few bad apples spoil the whole damn bunch!

Ensure you buy from a good source and register your product. I've emailed SONY a couple of times enquiring some things about my lappie (Sonicstage help etc) and I've always received good response. I think their service is second to none.

Seriously, dont think so much. I was doing research for couple of months, deciding between Dell XPS or Fujitsu.... before finally biting the the bullet and gettin the SZ. As I'm working in UK now, even my British colleagues were impressed at its looks, performance and weight....not forgetting the price I paid for it too. (The SZ38GP was and is still going for 1799 pounds!!! Almost RM12+k)

Wow...it's even expensive for SZ series in UK... Actually i did get good feedback from my fren who dealing business on E-bay... He dealing in buy n sell laptop (orang tengah la). He said for VAIO lappy, it's just like Ferrari or Lambo dy compare to Dell or HP (BMW n Merc). So, i'm kinda confident wit it already...just that in LYN here, got 2 (TWO) bad feedback..then it more or less affect my choice since i m dealing wit a 7 or 8K business...so ma need to survey more...
1 more thing i worry bout is the OS that the SZ44 giving.. Almost all the new lappy now come wit Vista dy...but there is still lot of problems with Vista...

dont worry much about vista, if you dealing most with office stuff, no problem. ms office 2003 still works charm, and many more software is going to be friendly with vista.

and gaming, i just try out stalker, no conflict and so on.

the only problem arise, if you do stuff like programming. the compiler is still hard to find the compatibility with vista..

anyway, all the best
im not sure if you can request for xp. but once you in vista, you going to love it lol.