Sony VAIO VGN-FW373J/H 16.4-Inch Laptop Gray
- Portable multimedia powerhouse in titanium gray with extra-wide 16.4-inch screen, Dolby Sound Room audio, and HDMI output
- 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 dual-core processor (with Centrino 2 technology), 320 GB hard drive, 4 GB RAM (8 GB max), and Blu-ray read/write drive (plus DVD/CD burner)
- Quad-mode Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n), Bluetooth (with stereo A2DP), Gigabit Ethernet, and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 graphics (2280 MB total)
- Connectivity: 3 USB, 1 FireWire, ExpressCard/34 slot, Memory Stick/SD card readers, HDMI A/V out, VGA monitor output
- Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium (SP1, 64-bit) and Sony multimedia software
Product Description
Broaden your entertainment horizons with the VAIO FW notebook featuring an extra-wide 16.4-Inch XBRITE-FullHD LCD display. Great for watching widescreen Blu-ray Disc movies or viewing two websites side-by-side, this entertainment-rich notebook minimizes those annoying black bars you see when playing widescreen movies. Watch and record CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Disc movies and get the most out of your games with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. An HD entertainment powerhouse, the VAIO FW notebook is inspired by theater screens, born from Sony HD expertise and powered by the energy-efficient and super-powerful Centrino 2 processor technology – the latest and greatest from Intel.Amazon.com Product Description
Inspired by theater screens, the Sony VAIO VGN-FW370J/H broadens your entertainment horizons with a brilliantly colorful 16.4-inch high-definition LCD, dedicated AV controls, HDMI output to your HDTV, and more. Great for watching widescreen movies … More >>
Sony VAIO VGN-FW373J/H 16.4-Inch Laptop Gray
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5 comments
Rick Feratti on December 19, 2009 at 7:13 pm
1 – There is no XP drivers
2 – There is no CD or DVD (for support or Windows) in the box
3 – Wifi doesn’t work very well
4 – There is no vaio drivers for model VGN-FW373J/B at the sony support.
Now my Vaio that I bougth 10 days ago:
1 – Windows fails
2 – Battery doesn’t work – System ask me to replace or remove
3 – HD doesn’t work (some times when I turn on)
4 – Some times the screen doesn’t work
Bandar A. M. Mahnashi on December 19, 2009 at 9:42 pm
exept the bluray writer it havent
the amazon must correct the technical of laptop
Donald E. Hudnall on December 19, 2009 at 11:02 pm
I have an Apple and a Sony Vaio using Windows XL that will stream HD Baseball from http://www.mlb.com. Not with Vista. Vista wouldn’t even reconize my plug and play HP printers. Apple and Windows XL did.
My recommendation is don’t even think about buying a new computer until Windows 7 is available.
Anil Raghavan on December 20, 2009 at 12:59 am
I saw all the good reviews and bought this model. On paper, this laptop is wonderful – full-HD 16.4″ LCD, 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 320GB 7200rpm drive, 512MB ATI Radeon 3650, Blu-Ray drive, and 64-bit windows vista. Beautiful.
Bootloader Corrupt …
I got it and booted it up, created an Admin account, played with it for a few mins and then let it sit. It hibernated, and then it came back without issues. Played with it again for a few mins and then let it sit while I worked. Got back to it, and it wouldn’t boot. The error was that the bootloader file could not be found “boot/bcd”. After some frustration, I checked the laptop forums and found that another guy had the same trouble and he suggested pressing F10 while booting and using system restore. I did that, and got it back on track.
Will not recognize/play Blu-Ray disks
I did not have a Blu-Ray player and so I didn’t have a disk right then, but I got one the next day .. wouldn’t even recognize that a disk has been inserted, and of course, WinDVD BD won’t play a disk the laptop doesn’t even “see”. I suspected that it was a defective disk, and so rented another one. Same deal – the OS will not even recognize the BD disk. It does however, recognize CDs and DVDs. Go figure!
Bloatware Galore
Comes with about 20 or so programs that you don’t need. The used drive space was about 27 GB without any Vista SP1 or additional updates. A clean install of Vista Ultimate, on the other hand, takes up only 9 GB. You’ll have to either live with all that bloatware, or spend about 1 hour+ uninstalling bloatware and rebooting several times.
So what did I do?
Since I’m a masochist, I’m going to believe in this laptop once more and have ordered a replacement from Amazon. Maybe I got a bad copy. Will update the review (if I can) when I try out the replacement. Thankfully, Amazon customer service was wonderful – they listened to my whining and immediately offered to order a replacement. Really appreciate Amazon for this.
Yeudee Arias on December 20, 2009 at 1:57 am
nice product have to pay 100 dollars to update it. The laptop worked really bad at the beginning. Now it works ok, im happy with it but being a Sony Vaio cant say the best product ever. the price not bad, maybe bad luck bad 1st impression is important and no satisfied with it. Probabily would like to try another brand like dell, even mac(nice but over priced)