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Here we have the Sony Vaio VGN FW 41 - a mid to high-spec 16.4" screen laptop, designed with gamers, office workers, professionals and casual users all in mind.
One of the first things I noticed with this laptop is how professional and stylish it looks, with its silver metal lining. ... Read review
Elegant entertainment notebook with Blu-ray Disc Combo Drive Main Features:Real-wide 16.4 ... more
inch X-black LCD for sharp and bright picturesBlu-ray Disc Combo Drive (reader) for watching HD movies on the go or via HDMIStrong and lightweight magnesium chass...
Postage & Packaging: £6.31 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
Elegant entertainment notebook with Blu-ray Disc Combo Drive Main Features:Real-wide 16.4 ... more
inch X-black LCD for sharp and bright picturesBlu-ray Disc Combo Drive (reader) for watching HD movies on the go or via HDMIStrong and lightweight magnesium chass...
Postage & Packaging: free Super Saver Delivery Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours...
With its fantastic widescreen display, thisstylish Sony VAIO VGN-FW41E/H laptop makes the ... more
HD experience100% mobile! Thanks to its 4 GB of RAM, you'll be sureto get the best out of the Microsoft Windows Vista® Home Premium operatingsystem in all your w...
Postage & Packaging: £16.59 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
With its fantastic widescreen display, thisstylish Sony VAIO VGN-FW41E/H laptop makes the ... more
HD experience100% mobile! Thanks to its 4 GB of RAM, you'll be sureto get the best out of the Microsoft Windows Vista® Home Premium operatingsystem in all your w...
Postage & Packaging: £16.59 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
With its fantastic widescreen display, thisstylish Sony VAIO VGN-FW41E/H laptop makes the ... more
HD experience100% mobile! Thanks to its 4 GB of RAM, you'll be sureto get the best out of the Microsoft Windows Vista® Home Premium operatingsystem in all your w...
Postage & Packaging: free Super Saver Delivery Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
With its fantastic widescreen display, thisstylish Sony VAIO VGN-FW41E/H laptop makes the ... more
HD experience100% mobile! Thanks to its 4 GB of RAM, you'll be sureto get the best out of the Microsoft Windows Vista® Home Premium operatingsystem in all your w...
Postage & Packaging: £16.59 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
With its fantastic widescreen display, thisstylish Sony VAIO VGN-FW41E/H laptop makes the ... more
HD experience100% mobile! Thanks to its 4 GB of RAM, you'll be sureto get the best out of the Microsoft Windows Vista® Home Premium operatingsystem in all your w...
Postage & Packaging: free Super Saver Delivery Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
With its fantastic widescreen display, thisstylish Sony VAIO VGN-FW41E/H laptop makes the ... more
HD experience100% mobile! Thanks to its 4 GB of RAM, you'll be sureto get the best out of the Microsoft Windows Vista® Home Premium operatingsystem in all your w...
Postage & Packaging: £16.59 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
With its fantastic widescreen display, thisstylish Sony VAIO VGN-FW41E/H laptop makes the ... more
HD experience100% mobile! Thanks to its 4 GB of RAM, you'll be sureto get the best out of the Microsoft Windows Vista® Home Premium operatingsystem in all your w...
Postage & Packaging: free Super Saver Delivery Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
(+) cool and quite robust trackpad, good display,64-bit windows 7 (-) few connectors,dell drivers only, not realy for gameing (most models), finger print prone!
Advantages: HUGE harddrive, lots of memory, stylish and fast. Easy to use and robust. Disadvantages: Battery life could be better, and I'd have preferred it to be a little lighter.
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Here we have the Sony Vaio VGN FW 41 - a mid to high-spec 16.4" screen laptop, designed with gamers, office workers, professionals and casual users all in mind.
One of the first things I noticed with this laptop is how professional and stylish it looks, with its silver metal lining. It wouldn't look out of place in a teenagers bedroom or a top executive's office. That's one of the first key pro's about this laptop - it suits ... ...Toshiba on their premium consoles. Sony is at the forefront of the industry, so it would have been nice to have that battery longevity in the Sony Vaio VGN FW 41.
These are minor gripes though.
All in all, I found this laptop to be snazzy, stylish, fast and easy to use. As usual there is a price difference between places, so shop around the net and the high street. I'd recommend it to the majority of people, with the exception ... more
I seem to have developed a habit of reviewing laptops, so why break with tradition.
Here we have the Sony Vaio VGN FW 41 - a mid to high-spec 16.4" screen laptop, designed with gamers, office workers, professionals and casual users all in mind.
One of the first things I noticed with this laptop is how professional and stylish it looks, with its silver metal lining. It wouldn't look out of place in a teenagers bedroom or a top executive's office. That's one of the first key pro's about this laptop - it suits practically every kind of person. You wouldn't want to leave it on a train table or cair while nipping off to the loo. Then again, you wouldn't want to do that with any laptop !
The 16.4" screen is an unusual size, as they are usually either smaller at 15.4" or bigger at 17". The image is impressive, very much so. The colours are crisp and very bright, detailed and vibrant. This is partly due to the fantastic graphics card which is a ATi Mobility Radeon HD 4650. In a nutshell, it makes games look absolutely fantastic, even the most technically demanding ones. Windows Vista ome Premium looks fab on it. The resolution of the screen is great at 1600 x 900 pixels, but being that this laptop has a blu-ray player for hi-definition movie playback, you'll probably want to consider buying the more expensive 1920 x 1080 version. That one gives you TRUE HD or FULL HD meaning you get a better overall image, like the top-end LCD and PLASMA TV's albeit on a smaller scale.
In terms of the day to day use of the laptop, it is very, very fast from what I've seen - due to it's Intel Core 2 Duo processor helping it do multiple things at once. The different tabs and windows open and shut with ease, and make moving around through the software a pleasure. A big helping hand also comes from the 4GB of memory and MASSIVE 500GB harddrive - great for tunes, images and movies.
You get bluetooth built-in which helps when wanting to transfer images and tunes without wired connections between the laptop and other device. There are also memory card slots and some great buttons not far from the screen that act as shortcuts for rewinding and forwarding tracks, films etc.
There is very little that I can say in terms of negativity when it comes to this little beauty. I found it to be fairly portable at just over 3KG, although I'd have liked it to be a little lighter if possible. I also found that the battery life (which is standard around 3 hours or possibly slightly less I believe - I think 2.7 hours is quoted online) to be a little disappointing. For the cost I would have expected at least 6 hours. The technology is there, and available regularly from some manufacturers such as Toshiba on their premium consoles. Sony is at the forefront of the industry, so it would have been nice to have that battery longevity in the Sony Vaio VGN FW 41. These are minor gripes though.
All in all, I found this laptop to be snazzy, stylish, fast and easy to use. As usual there is a price difference between places, so shop around the net and the high street. I'd recommend it to the majority of people, with the exception of tyhe most demanding of consumers who want the absolute best of the best. You really do get what you pay for, and this laptop really is one of the finer models available.
1 x display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15)
3 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 PIN USB Type A
1 x microphone - input - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45
1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - 4 PIN FireWire
1 x modem - phone line - RJ-11
1 x audio / video - HDMI output - 19 pin HDMI Type A
1 x headphones - output - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
Miscellaneous
Features
Security lock slot (cable lock sold separately)
Power
Power Device
External
Battery
Technology
Lithium Ion
Installed Qty
1
Run Time (Up To)
2.7 hour(s), 2.5 hour(s)
Operating system / software
OS Provided
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium - English, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit Edition - English
Software
VAIO Music Box, Me&My VAIO, Adobe Premiere Elements 7.0, Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0, VAIO Recovery Utility 2.6, Sony Picture Motion Browser, Google Software Pack, Microsoft Windows Media Player 11, WinDVD BD for VAIO 8.0, VAIO Content Importer / Exporter, Microsoft Office 2007 (60 days trial), VAIO Movie Story, Sony Click to Disc Editor 1.0, VAIO Media Plus, Sony SonicStage Mastering Studio 2.5, Roxio Easy Media Creator 10, Adobe Reader 9, McAfee Internet Security Suite (60 days trial)
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support
1 year warranty
Service & Support Details
Limited warranty - 1 year
Manufacturer's product description
The VAIO FW notebook offers the power and convenience of a desktop packaged in a thin-and-light 16.4" display multimedia PC. The smooth, curved lines of the VAIO FW notebook are as functional as they are attractive. From the iconic cylindrical hinge to the sloping bezel where the keyboard meets the display, every last inch of this notebook is designed to maximize viewing area while minimizing size. The result: an innovative PC with a 16.4" LCD that combines all the benefits of a 17" widescreen display with the dimensions or "footprint" of a smaller 15.4" model.