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Product Specifications
| General | |
| Brand: | Sony |
| Screen Size: | 16.4 inches |
| Processor | |
| Processor Brand: | Intel |
| Processor Type: | Intel Core 2 Duo |
| Processor Speed: | 2.5 GHz |
| Memory | |
| RAM Size: | 6 GB |
| Hard Drive | |
| Hard Drive Size: | 500 GB |
| Additional Specifications | |
| Operating System: | Windows 7 Home Premium |
Technical Details
- Full HD X-black LCD for true-to-life pictures
- Blu-ray Disc Combo Drive for watching HD movies on your notebook or TV
- Powerful performance with 6 Gb memory and 1 Gb graphics
- Easy to carry with compact and lightweight magnesium chassis
- Enjoy music and movies in personal surround sound with Dolby Sound Room
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
Take your High Definition entertainment with you, with the VAIO FW-Series. The notebook’s combination of a real wide 16.4-inch screen with Full HD resolution and a weight of just 3.2kg means you can enjoy movies, games and photo slideshows like never before, no matter where you are. The Blu-ray Disc™ Drive enables you to playback the latest HD movies, as well as create your own productions captured on an HD camcorder. Great images need great sound, which is provided by Dolby® Sound Room™ recreating the effect of a theatre’s surround sound in your headphones. Power and precision are guaranteed, thanks to the latest Intel® Centrino® 2 Processor, DDR2 memory and ATI® Mobility Radeon graphics card, which combine to make this one of the fastest and most efficient notebooks on the market today. Beauty and function combine in its design, enabling comfortable and accurate typing. Speedy connection to the internet is assured thanks to the latest Wireless WAN, and staying in touch more possible than ever with the integrated Motion Eye webcam.
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Get ready for the future of entertainment
The FW51MF puts you at the centre of a new era in High Definition entertainment where contrasts are greater, blacks deeper and whites brighter to make images richer and gaming more immersive. The Blu-ray Disc™ Drive means you can play back Blu-ray movies, and enjoy five times the picture quality of DVD. Its read and write capability enables the editing and production of your own movies, filmed on an HD camcorder. And with a capacity of up to 500GB on one disc, storing your multimedia data just got a lot simpler. As you’d expect, the Blu-ray Disc™ Drive also allows you to playback and record all CD and DVD formats. Connect your VAIO to your HDTV using the HDMI cable and enjoy videos, movies and photos in full HD on your TV screen.
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Where your images will come alive
The screen on the FW-Series means you’ll enjoy your multimedia in style. At an impressive 16.4 inches, with Full HD resolution and true 16:9 aspect ratio, it equips you for the ultimate digital media experience. The screen’s dimensions make it ideal for the office too, enabling you to multi-task between two full-size Explorer windows. X-black technology ensures that images are vibrant, sharp and more natural-looking. And an anti-glare coating frees you from reflections, so you can enjoy your entertainment anywhere.
Complementing the exceptional picture quality offered by the FW-Series is Dolby® Sound Room™, which recreates the acoustics of a small theatre in your headphones. So you can enjoy all your entertainment in surround sound.
All-out performance
When you’re working with substantial multimedia files, you want to know that your PC has the power to support your activities. The VAIO FW-Series is installed with Windows® 7 Home Premium for rapid access to all your programmes and files and easier networking. It also features an Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P8700 (2.53GHz) which, combined with a generous 6GB DDR2 memory, ensures a fast performance for graphical programmes and longer battery life. That’s complemented by the notebook’s impressive hard drive capacity of 500GB for hundreds of films or multi-media files and thousands of tracks.
To experience the ultimate High Definition gaming and movies you need a graphics card that will provide both precision and speed. The FW51MF includes the fast and efficient ATI® Mobility Radeon™ HD4650 card for 3D decoding.
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Designed for portability, usability and strength
For a notebook with a 16.4-inch screen, the FW51MF remains remarkably portable. Its compact chassis, finished in durable and light magnesium alloy, incorporates the VAIO’s iconic cylinder hinge design, which keeps size and weight down to just 3.2kg. The hinge centralises all power-related features in the spine and reduces the VAIO’s height when open, as well as improving stability and balance. Push its power button and see a soft green glow appear, letting you know that your VAIO is up and running. The hinge connects the screen to the isolation keyboard, which incorporates the optimum space between each key to enable the most accurate typing. It’s quiet too, so you can work away without disturbing anyone else.
Get online and stay connected
With Intel® Centrino® 2 Processor technology, you can enjoy up to five times faster wireless connectivity, and a wider reception range at hotspots. Cable-free connection to a range of devices is also possible, with Bluetooth®.
Friends, colleagues and family are just a blink away, with the built-in Motion Eye camera. Integrated software makes connecting easy, and the camera includes auto focus and brightness, so you enjoy the best possible picture.
Make your own movie
VAIO isn’t just about sitting back and enjoying movies, you can make your own too. Unleash your creativity with VAIO Movie Story video editing software. Just import your video and photos, choose a theme and soundtrack, and the software will do the rest, generating a finished movie complete with smooth transitions and special effects. Additional editing functions let you rearrange scenes and replace photos. Then when you’re done, it’s easy to share your movies with others on Windows® Media Player or by uploading to a website.
Easy access to all your media
Take all the effort out of storing and finding videos and photos with Picture Motion Browser. It automatically indexes all your media enabling you to browse by date or name. You can also click on a face and it’ll find all the other photos or clips featuring that person. The FW51MF also comes with Windows Media Player 11, which puts a world of entertainment at just a click away. Fill your library, then take your music and video anywhere with you. Play, view and sync your favourite tracks, movies and TV shows all from one place.
Praise for the FW Series
“Sony’s generously equipped VAIO FW41E/H is a great laptop with something for everyone.”
Computer Shopper – October 2009 (FW41E/H)
“Excellent multimedia abilities and a good design make this laptop hard to beat.”
What Laptop – September 2009 (FW41E/H)
“...one of the best trackpads on any Vista-based notebook that we’ve seen.”
PC Format – February 2009 (FW21L)
“…this is one of the best high–end multimedia laptops around.”
What Laptop – New Year 2009 (FW11ZU)
“Great software bundle, superior design and build quality, excellent value.”
Computer Shopper – December 2008 (FW11E)
“The FW11ZU has a great combination of features and usability for the price…as an affordable HD media centre, Sony has set a new benchmark for its rivals.”
What Laptop – November 2008 (FW11ZU)
“…the picture (is) bright, vivid and even – perfect for the built in Blu-ray drive…this is a laptop that does everything well.”
Stuff – October 2008 (FW11S)
Product Description
VAIO FW-Series radically enhances your multimedia entertainment with a revolutionary 16.4 inch real wide display. Enjoy movies, games, photo slideshows and the Internet like never before with intense realism and detail. The larger display is also ideal for the office. Open two full size Explorer windows side-by-side and multi-task with ease. With latest X-black screen technology, FW-Series delivers pictures that are sharp, bright and natural looking. Images are true-to-life with vibrant colour, deep contr...
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
I got this laptop to replace a desktop and so far it has been excellent.
Spec wise, and price wise, this is superb. The build quality, look and feel is second to none. There really is a justification for spending more on certain brands.
I have only a few minor criticisms of the laptop: 1) it doesn't have a eSATA port, 2) the HDD is not 7200rpm and 3) it comes with a LOT of Sony Bloatware which is annoying. All of these can be easily dealt with by 1) a PC card esata adaptor, 2) it's easy enough to upgrade the HDD and 3) manually uninstall!
Highly recommended.
Spec wise, and price wise, this is superb. The build quality, look and feel is second to none. There really is a justification for spending more on certain brands.
I have only a few minor criticisms of the laptop: 1) it doesn't have a eSATA port, 2) the HDD is not 7200rpm and 3) it comes with a LOT of Sony Bloatware which is annoying. All of these can be easily dealt with by 1) a PC card esata adaptor, 2) it's easy enough to upgrade the HDD and 3) manually uninstall!
Highly recommended.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
I have always stuck with solid computer brands like Dell and Toshiba in the past as they have generally lasted much longer than the abuse that I gave them ever warranted. This laptop seemed to be one of the best specs on the market for the price (which made me second guess it) but I decided to give Sony a try anyway.
I must say that the screen is lovely - vivid and bright. I found one dead pixel way down in the bottom left hand corner behing the windows symbol and considered returning it although I only ever see it on startup so I took the lazy option. Screen is a good size and although its not 17 or 18.4 inches is a great size to allow at least some portability. I tried an 18.4" Toshiba and it could only be used as a desktop replacement in my view.
The setup was suprisingly easy. I have stuck with XP now for quite a while as I know how it works and didn't want the hassle of Vista. Windows 7 is awsome and everything worked perfectly. I am really impressed. It seems far better and more efficient than Vista. The device found my server and other computers on the network with no bother, setup the printer in 2 seconds and worked fine with some other random programs like VNC viewer. The new features are great. There seems to be quite a bit of bloatware from Sony although there are also some really cool and useful programs and features also.
Built in camera is clear and has a great picture on Skype, even in a dark room with just the light from the screen. Microphone is clear and family in Australia said they could hear and see me fine.
The sound was one thing that seems to be getting some negative reviews online. Although its a far cry from the Harmon Kardin sound from Toshiba Qosmio, the pseudo-surround sound works suprisingly well and is a million times better than some of the earlier Sony models I tested over the last 6 months. I dont watch a lot of movies on the laptop so I dont need amazing sound but It seems to be clear and has a reasonable range. The surround sound (through 2 speakers I think) does actually sound like its coming from behind you so kudos Sony, you seemed to have got your act together a bit on this one.
The keyboard is a great layout and easy to touch type, probably one of the nicest keyboards I have used. Unfortunately the key spacing etc comes at the price of a number pad which in my view, should really be on a laptop of this size.
The disk drive worked Ok with all non-blu ray disks although when I put the only bluray disk I had in the drive it wouldn't read it. I sat on the tech support chat with Sony for about 30 mins and they could only suggest I try another bluray and then call back. It might jst be my disk although it worked fine on a PS3. Hence the 4 instead of 5 star rating.
Im sure there are bigger harddrives out there but I store everything externally so this is ample. It does come with an 11GB partitiion with backup on it so you only get 489GB minus the operaating system and bloatware which comes down to 454GB available space.
Anyway, for the price and spec I am really happy with this laptop. Looks good performs well and seems easy to use. Jump in there.
I must say that the screen is lovely - vivid and bright. I found one dead pixel way down in the bottom left hand corner behing the windows symbol and considered returning it although I only ever see it on startup so I took the lazy option. Screen is a good size and although its not 17 or 18.4 inches is a great size to allow at least some portability. I tried an 18.4" Toshiba and it could only be used as a desktop replacement in my view.
The setup was suprisingly easy. I have stuck with XP now for quite a while as I know how it works and didn't want the hassle of Vista. Windows 7 is awsome and everything worked perfectly. I am really impressed. It seems far better and more efficient than Vista. The device found my server and other computers on the network with no bother, setup the printer in 2 seconds and worked fine with some other random programs like VNC viewer. The new features are great. There seems to be quite a bit of bloatware from Sony although there are also some really cool and useful programs and features also.
Built in camera is clear and has a great picture on Skype, even in a dark room with just the light from the screen. Microphone is clear and family in Australia said they could hear and see me fine.
The sound was one thing that seems to be getting some negative reviews online. Although its a far cry from the Harmon Kardin sound from Toshiba Qosmio, the pseudo-surround sound works suprisingly well and is a million times better than some of the earlier Sony models I tested over the last 6 months. I dont watch a lot of movies on the laptop so I dont need amazing sound but It seems to be clear and has a reasonable range. The surround sound (through 2 speakers I think) does actually sound like its coming from behind you so kudos Sony, you seemed to have got your act together a bit on this one.
The keyboard is a great layout and easy to touch type, probably one of the nicest keyboards I have used. Unfortunately the key spacing etc comes at the price of a number pad which in my view, should really be on a laptop of this size.
The disk drive worked Ok with all non-blu ray disks although when I put the only bluray disk I had in the drive it wouldn't read it. I sat on the tech support chat with Sony for about 30 mins and they could only suggest I try another bluray and then call back. It might jst be my disk although it worked fine on a PS3. Hence the 4 instead of 5 star rating.
Im sure there are bigger harddrives out there but I store everything externally so this is ample. It does come with an 11GB partitiion with backup on it so you only get 489GB minus the operaating system and bloatware which comes down to 454GB available space.
Anyway, for the price and spec I am really happy with this laptop. Looks good performs well and seems easy to use. Jump in there.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Got the laptop very quickly, good packaging
Connected the laptop all up and turned it on worked great
Screen is amazing, resoltion is unbelievable, and the colours are just amazing, never seen anything better
Very speedy, and windows 7 is brilliant, blu-ray brill
The one down side is the amount of bloatware, but it can be easily uninstalled
But overall brilliant
Connected the laptop all up and turned it on worked great
Screen is amazing, resoltion is unbelievable, and the colours are just amazing, never seen anything better
Very speedy, and windows 7 is brilliant, blu-ray brill
The one down side is the amount of bloatware, but it can be easily uninstalled
But overall brilliant
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