SONY VAIO FW Series VGN-FW463J/B NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo P8700(2.53GHz) 16.4" 4GB Memory DDR2 800 320GB HDD 7200rpm Dual layer DVD Burner ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 - Retail

Reviewed By: happy on 10/19/2009

Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: This is the best value for your money, the computer runs well and the graphics card is great

Cons: Sony does not give you a restore discs so you are stuck with a boat load of their programs which are pain to get rid of, but with windows 7 coming soon this should be resolved.

Other Thoughts: Get it

Did you find this review helpful?

Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!

Not bad...

Reviewed By: GreggRN on 9/12/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Fast. Runs pretty cool. I leave it on constantly and just let it fall into sleep mode. I can sit it on my lap for hours. It get a little worm, but definately not hot.

Cons: No VT. Because it runs Vista x64, there are some programs that i'd like to run in a VT. Too bad Sony disables this on their chips. For the life of me I can't understand why? There is no proprietary benefit....

Did you find this review helpful?

Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!

Awesome Notebook

Reviewed By: Harry on 9/11/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Finally, a notebook I can live with. I have bought three notebooks in the past 5 months H-P, A-S-U-S and now v-A-I-O. And, I am very much satisfied with the Vaio. Keyboard is better than m-a-c book and has a very good feel to it. Very well designed notebook and I like the placement of power button (unique). Awesome performance with Windows 7 X64 RTM. Running XP pro with VMware inside without any problems. This notebook has the best touchpad I have ever experienced. the best part about this notebook is the wireless card that has a pretty good coverage compared to other 802 n cards in other brand notebooks. Screen Quality and graphic card are also very nice compared to other gaming notebooks I am using. Webcam is 1.3 MP motioneye is not the best but good enough for video chat. Other good things about this notebook is that its not a fingerprint magnet. Every surface is designed keeping functionality in mind. This notebook is absolutely gorgeous. You will not be disappointed with this one.

Cons: The Hard drive used to get very hot so I replaced it with 128 GB SSD and now the booting time of win 7 is reduced by 50 per cent. WIndoes vista home edition and the overall pre loaded software was okay until it started bothering me with delayed shutdown and hang ups when resuming from hibernation mode and ultimately became a nightmare for me. It is a heavy notebook (almost 7 lbs).

Other Thoughts: I would recommend to do a clean install of vista or win 7 business/ ultimate if you run into problems with hangups. I am now a Vaio fan and will probably stick with S-O-N-Y for my future notebook needs even if they cost a bit more compared to other brands like H-P or A-S-U-S. Win 7 upgrade option is also nice but almost everyone is offering it nowadays. This notebook does not get very hot with continuous usage and is very quiet. the 7200 rpm hard drive used to get hot so I replaced that with SSD. now, no problems with performance or noise. Resolution is another reason I picked this 1600 900 and that is what I was looking for. Same model has 1080 p with blu ray available but I had no use for that in a notebook. Look no further and buy this if weight/size is not an issue for you.

Did you find this review helpful?

Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!