thx for the review. nice machine..

Thanks man.. found out that when the laptop is hot.. it's not the arm rest that is hot.. instead its the touch pad which get hot .. however.. it doesn't get very hot easyily cause it's using P8600..

Oh yea.. Sony Style want to let go all their old model before bring in new stuff.. i guess new one should be around during march..

This post has been edited by lhk89: Feb 22 2009, 10:17 PM

i hope sony will bring in their lower end AW series. should be price ard rm6k with with P8700 & 9600m gc instead of rm11k the higher spec. anyway congrats u again. lucky man

Any idea what's the Z replacement going to be? Or is it gonna be the same machine, but with newer processors and SSD drives?

awesome.

VAIO SR (with ATI gpu), VAIO Z. even Intel 4500MHD can run them well actually, with 2gb ram support.

newer processors, all with vista 64-bit, no SSD but SATA 7200rpm, and lid engraved with flower-look-alike design(only VGN-Z36GD/J).

finally got FW33GW. very satisfied. built in software such as vaio music box, movie story, dolby sound room, etc is very good and is a better deal than those laptop from other brands. it differentiates vaio from other laptops. screen is very nice and keyboard is a joy to type on. it runs cool too.

Hey! congratz on the new VAIO !!
Where did you get it from? Low Yat? Any free give beside the bag?

Oh yea.. does your VAIO come with an CD?

you can call sony style at 1300 88 1233 to ask
http://www.sonystyle.com.my/

if you can read chinese, here is the spec..
http://www.sonystyle.com.cn/products/vaio/z3.htm

no CD, you have to burn your own recovery cd from the software bundled with VAIO

Nobody bought Vaio P??

tried the actual machine at sony shop, feel that it is slow in vista...

but good thing is it can be used to surf internet without booting into windows.. it has a browser without need to boot windows..

Vaio P is too slow.

selling sony VAIO CR 323 (pure white) 100% condition

prize from sony design contest

anyone interested please PM me

This post has been edited by zhunky: Feb 24 2009, 12:02 AM

Agreed.
Summore the speed of the USB is not 2.0 !!
Shared speed. Can't even use one cable to run a external DVD drive, need power supply from two cable from the USB.

i ordered the red one. havent arrive.

hello guys...

is sony vaio supposed to heat up quickly?my notebook becomes hot very quickly...

also when i plug in headphones, the balance is off... only right side have sound, left side no sound. checked balance in volume control already. hardware error?

which model u using?

the vaio headphone slot is kinda hard to plug in when u 1st bought it. plug ur headphones harder and make sure it entered completely into the slot. vaio shouldn't have heat problem. maybe u check whether any processes running on high cpu?

to answer questions.. im using sony vaio sz-433.

the odd thing about it is when i plug it in all the way the balance is off. when its not all the way in, its not as loud, but sound is from both R and L. can be rectified by plugging and unplugging several times.

about heat issues, i am not sure, but might be the hot weather/ventilation as well. although sometimes on a flat surface can get really hot until it hurts to touch it. the highest cpu running process is dwm.exe (between 5-15 - normal?).

appreciate your inputs

This post has been edited by alimony: Feb 26 2009, 11:46 AM

for the heat issues, try to use stamina mode.. i think is the nvidia gc get hot very easy..

anyone has AR series here?