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Did anyone buy the memory from cedarpc? Just curious how fast they shipped, if they were worth dealing with.
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How do you back up this laptop if there isn't a way to do restore DVD's? I see there are hidden partitions for the Restore but no way to burn them. I am planning on changing the hard drive out for...
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So can anyone give some insight on what SSD's are compatible with this laptop? I also can't confirm but read that if you change out the hard drive, you void the manufacture's warranty.
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Hmm, I read somewhere else of someone having Bios reading their SSD, can't find the review yet anyways it probably needs a 7mm drive right?
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Mine also has 7650m. For some reason Sony decided to run it at 300 MHz clock.
And as of now I do not know how to change the clock on this thing.
I am sure some tweaks/software exist.
Gimme...
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Sold out.
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How's the bag look like after you put your vaio in + tablet + vaio charger chunk, does the bag seem poking out from the side where you put the vaio charger chunk?
I am looking for a bag (not...
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Spent about an hour on the phone with Sony Tech Support. Switching to HD4000 doesn't seem to be possible on this laptop. Which means there is no Intel Wireless Display for now. I am a bit...
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Thanks...
Now another question, what is the difference within getting a 1333 ram compare to 1600 ram, are they resulting in significant difference in speed?
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Probably skipping any mechanical drive and get a Samsung 840 Pro 128GB SSD Drive, but damn prices keep fluctuating on them. By the way, what is bad about the included WiFi card?
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that was the testing I did on a desktop, it's there in the first line :)
i'm currently trying to install a very small version of win 7 on a VM machine in a 8GB ramdisk but it's not moving forward...
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it is like partitioning a hard drive. The amount of it you use for ramdisk will not be available for the system to use, but you may not be using that amount anyway since you have plenty.
I read...
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Cool found a Seagate Solid State Hybrid ST500LM000 500GB 64MB Cache 2.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s for $79.99 @ Macmall (pre-order) because Newegg has it also but for $109.99.
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No, I was referencing the other laptop mentioned earlier in the thread. The 2 computers you mentioned have completely different specs.
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Fark sony and win 8.. bios is secured. Have to do workaround just to get to bios...needed to get to bios to enable virtualization...fark sony, why do you do that crap?
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anyone finding their power connection extremely loose and hard to keep connected? wondering if this is something to contact sony for, or if it's just how this thing is made.
I've got it plugged...
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I did.
Ordered on Sunday, got it on Thursday.
Works well :D
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Is this brushed aluminum?
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completely agree
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Although if I open it, I plan to keep it. You can still return if there is a defect from what I understand. Not sure how Staples and BB's return policy is like.
I still may pull the trigger...it...
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O yes you can.
Very true. Makes two of us.
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Damn it is Sold Out and I just tried buying mine and lucked out !!!
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Managed to snag this exact one from the sony outlet using their 35% off sale for $616 + tax. The only difference is mine has the 7650 (2gb) video card. Other than that, it's basically the same with...
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OK cool, but no body online on their feedback has stated that they get in-home service, odd.
Yes I can keep repeating that, but actions speak louder than words and I haven't seen proof on that yet.
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Depends on issue. When they determined your board is fried, HDD fried (maybe not sure), RAM fried (maybe not sure), or something along that line, they will send someone out to your house and replace...
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This is my very first Vaio laptop. My ex girlfriend's vaio back in 08, took about a week for the part to be delivered to the local sub-contractor tech company. After that, it really depends on the...
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Go for it. :)
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Here ya go.
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just ran a 8GB ramdisk on my desktop with 20GB and got some sweet results...
anyone wants a screenshot?
crystal diskmark
read write
seq 7813 9373
512k 8230 10255
4k 1663 1374
4k qd32 1482...
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Hi, thanks for the confirmation, could u also re-confirm the link you bought from eBay is correct (or the one you exactly bought from) as I want to buy one also...
Thanks in Advance
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No.
Windows 8 sucks. Even if you installed classic shell, you still don't have the start menu, and plus the gui interface is still there if you drag your mouse to corner of your bottom left...
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Why do you want Win7 on this laptop?
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Actually in many cases refurbished products are BETTER than new. They went thru QC and have passed.
Depends on the manufacturer and their QC department of course.
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Maybe I am just mis-reading the information, that might mean the max per channel is 8gb which means it could do 16gb.
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I do plan to run VMs plus for work I use wireshark and other java stuff plus the usual docs and xlsx. 12GB in my desktop is not enough even without VMs
People are already running 16GB don't worry
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Some day running Windows from the RAMdisk will be possible. But not now :)
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Enough with the Dell vs Sony bickering.
SquareTrade reliability survey:
http://www.squaretrade.com/htm/pdf/SquareTrade_laptop_reliability_1109.pdf
You get what you pay for.
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appears more "reliable" than Apple. over 2-3yr period
therefore "you get what you pay for" doesn't hold
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Fair enough.
I tend to remove Apple from rational comparisons, just because it's pointless to bother. And, people would pay a premium for them regardless.
The pages preceding all show a clear...
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Dumbest line I've ever heard and keep hearing used erroneously. Paying more =/= better product, but I'll allow idiots like you to continue wasting money on "better" products.
Also you do realize...
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