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Sony VAIO A417M.

17 inches of pure beauty, and the performance is almost as good as my main desktop machine.







The A417M offers the home user all the capabilities of the desktop with the added advantage of mobility. The widescreen display uses Sony X-black technology offering increased colour vibrancy, sharper contrast and less reflection that, when combined with its powerful graphics card, make it ideal for viewing DVDs or for giving presentations. Its dual format double layer DVD drive allows you to record up to 4 hours of DVD-quality video on a single DVD. With Bluetooth® technology, wireless LAN and built-in modem the A417M is also your ideal home office tool.

Specs:

Intel® Pentium® M processor 750 1.86 GHz, 533 MHz frontside bus
Supports Enhanced Intel® SpeedStep® technology
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
80 GB (Serial ATA 5400 rpm) hard disk drive
Memory: 2*256 MB DDR SDRAM; maximum 2 GB DDR SDRAM
Widescreen 17" WXGA+ (1440 x 900) X-black LCD screen
Graphics: ATI MOBILITY(TM) RADEON(TM) X600 with 256 MB VRAM
16-bit CD-quality stereo sound
Double layer DVD±RW drive (up to 24x CD-ROM reading speed / up to 24x CD-R reading speed / up to 24x CD-RW reading speed / up to 8x DVD-ROM reading speed / up to 8x DVD-R reading speed / up to 6x DVD-RW reading speed / up to 8x DVD+R reading speed / up to 4x DVD+R DL (Double Layer) reading speed / up to 6x DVD+RW reading speed / up to 24x CD-R writing speed / up to 24x CD-RW writing speed / up to 8x DVD-R writing speed / up to 4x DVD-RW writing speed / up to 8x DVD+R writing speed / up to 2.4x DVD+R DL (Double Layer) writing speed / up to 4x DVD+RW writing speed)
Ethernet network; built-in 56 kbps data / fax modem; Wireless LAN 802.11b/g; Bluetooth® technology
Built-in stereo speakers, touchpad, auto luminance sensor, plug & display
Connections: docking station, i.LINK(TM) (IEEE1394) S400, 3 USB 2.0 ports, Memory Stick(TM) slot, PC card slot
Wireless switch, volume buttons, magnify button, brightness button, S1 button, mute button
Dimensions (W x H x D): 405.5 x 42.2 - 45.2 x 280.1 mm
Weight with battery: 3.9 kg



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The only bad thing is the crap that sony pre-install with it (including around 5GB dedicated to the recovery partition... wtf?!).

Anyway, all partitions have been deleted, the drive reformated, windows pro installed, and all the drivers reinstalled. No problems whatsoever, and its fantastic to use. It does generate quite a bit of heat after extended periods tho, but at least it keeps my legs warm.

wow you must have a crappy desktop if that "meets" its power..

not a bad laptop tho.. id rock it ^_^

SOAPboy wrote:wow you must have a crappy desktop if that "meets" its power..

not a bad laptop tho.. id rock it ^_^

Nah, don't be put off by the Pentium M Mhz specs.. its actually equivelant to a P4 2.5/3.0ghz.

My main system is an AMD Athlon 64 3000, 512MB, ATI X800 Pro, 400GB HDD

So perhaps a slight exageration on my part, but it still holds its own, especially in the image editing/music production area.

Vary nice brisk, good graphics chip too
Which got me wondering, ive seen some recent games (Thief 3 i think) which says will NOT install on laptops. How would the likes of that one manage? Surely all games will go fine on them. Stupid question I know.

Also seeing as its a Sony, why dont they incorporate a Playstation emulator into the laptop to even play old PSX games (boot straight from cd when the laptops turned on). Theres plenty of power there to do that, even more.
Good sales gimmick.

Lame ideas I know, Im just fucking bored in work :icon29:

Well, i'll install HL2 on it later and tell you how it runs. I'm sure it'll be fine.

This laptop is basically a desktop replacement, and considering the specs I see no reason why it couldn't run any game currently out there (maybe d3 and the likes would be slow with everything on full, but you catch my drift).

I hope you'll be peeling of those ugly stickers.

I'm considering getting a laptop too, but they're expensive :\

EDIT: btw my reason for getting one is i'd love to be able to play games or type shit on the train heheh. Trains are uberboring

Looks like you got the "new screen" can't remember what it's called. But it's sweet, looks like glass with anti-glare shield.

nice lappy dude,

PS, don't keep that hot laptop on your lap your spermcount is lowering with every post...

hehe looks nice i have a vgn fs550 and i really like it.

sonys are like the closest to macs ina way to me anyway.

i like sonys software

the screens are called x-brite. they are wicked

very nice brisk.

i'm jellus.

pure beauty? wtf, that keyboard looks really uncomfortable, and looks like it got added in last minute

dont like the rounded shape while the display is cornered.

brisk wrote:

SOAPboy wrote:wow you must have a crappy desktop if that "meets" its power..

not a bad laptop tho.. id rock it ^_^

Nah, don't be put off by the Pentium M Mhz specs.. its actually equivelant to a P4 2.5/3.0ghz.

My main system is an AMD Athlon 64 3000, 512MB, ATI X800 Pro, 400GB HDD

So perhaps a slight exageration on my part, but it still holds its own, especially in the image editing/music production area.

since when does the P:M "equal" high end p4 performance..

What is with you? Do people hit you a lot IRL?

brisk wrote: Graphics: ATI MOBILITY(TM) RADEON(TM) X600 with 256 MB VRAM

woah

Very nice, but I'd much prefer a 12" PowerBook.

mik0rs wrote:What is with you? Do people hit you a lot IRL?

christ, i hope so.

mik0rs wrote:What is with you? Do people hit you a lot IRL?

lol

hes still bitter for having his face ruined by pauly I guess.

Have you noticed that whenever anyone buys a mac, they just say "I bought a mac", while if someone buys a PC, they put in pages and pages of boring numbers and specs?

p.s. looks nice. Don't you have to pay a bit of a premium on Sonys, though?

That's a nice laptop you have there briskybabe

Awesome man

Grudge wrote:I hope you'll be peeling of those ugly stickers.

Indeed, wtf is up with those Windows laps. My sister bought a Toshiba yesterday and it comes with, I shit you not, 5 stickers beneath the keyboard and 5 underneath the laptop.

*strokes Powerbook*

I was seriously considering a mac for the longest time, and rest assured if i bought one, there would be similar spec spam copied straight from the apple website

I paid £1250 for it, which is less than the RRP of £1400 I believe. There are better spec laptops out there, but very few have a screen that competes with this. Its just a joy to behold (and my first LCD screen too)

Re: stickers

They have to go. But I have a feeling if I rip em off, they'll leave a nasty mark.... :/