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Advantages of each of the tw over the ohter are: SONY: 1. Much BETTER GPU (I mean it is way ahead of GT230M) 2. More RAM 3. Better Wi-Fi module (802.11b/g/n is better and more advanced than 802.11b/g. This might be an important consideration especially if your work place is wi-fied) 4. Full HD...

Congrats arsenalfan001 !!!

I disagree, out of my 500GB I've shrunk C: to 160GB in my Sony Vaio CW26FG

Re: Toshiba Laptop I'm not sure but not many people go with Toshiba now because there is servicing problem for it. It probably has very few service centers (probably only near a few big cities) in the country and so the service is not fast. This may be the reason that there are not many reviews...

I would suggest you to also consider Sony VPCEB16FG for Rs. 49,990/- because it contains a BETTER GPU than Dell Studio 15 has to offer. Refer- *www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html However if you have had issues with service then I suggest not to go with Acer.

Since HP's India site is not updated, I can't comment upon the same. I have Vaio CW26FG and I'm pretty happy with my buy and would suggest you the same. But it contains i5-520 as against i5-540 which you have mentioned, but that won't make a huge difference, just 130MHz of extra clock. Also it...

I've installed Ubuntu only yesterday in my new laptop everything worked out fine till I installed the nVidia display driver suggest by its search. When I rebooted, the display went blank after displaying the normal ubuntu startup circles. Actually the display gets switched off and NOT BLACK (you...

Just check out Acer. They have a few good models to offer at this price. In fact you'll also get 56K modem in it unlike other brands. Since the site is not up now I can't tell u the model no. but at this price I'm sure you'll get something you want @ codename_romeo: you'll be glad to know...

I got the laptop from a computer shop. The sony world guys don't give ANY DISCOUNTS:-(

6 cell battery no there r no dvds, we have to create them ourselves using the restore and recovery software. yes there r some softwres that we don't exactly need. the list is provided in the sony's site itself, at the bottom of the page. Some r the recovery softwares, while the others aren't...

The WEI rating is 5.8 and I'm able to play Crysis at medium settings comfortably and at high settings it hiccups a bit. I know that 3DMark, PCMark, whetstone are some good benchmarks, but in what reliable sources can I find them? The battery life goes around 5hrs when in pover saver mode and...

Thnx. The laptop cost me INR55000, however my friends say that I could have got it for less (MRP is 57990). It is a superb laptop. Great finish, decent in weight, superb in performance, thnx to i5 and nVidia GT330M, 4GB DDR3 RAM. Build quality is good. It is not as sleek as you would expect...

Guys I've received my new laptop- Sony VAIO VPCCW26FG today. It is a black model. The configuration is Core i5 520M- 2.4GHz turbo-boostable to 2.93GHz, 4GB DDR3 ram, 500GB-5400rpm SATA HDD, nVIDIA GeForce GT330M GPU, 512 grahic memory, 14" wide screen with 1600x900 resolution, Win7 64-bit. It...

@paroh: the gpu clock speed is 500Mhz turbo-boostable to 750MHz. However, when should we expect the manufacturers like dell, sony and hp to offer laptops containing i5 in india?

HURRAY!!! Mobile Intel i5 is finally out! Laptops containing them are out in CES. Hoping to get them in India soon:))