Sony VAIO VF113FX/H 16.41-Inch Laptop

by Sony

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00332F3LS
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 7, 2010

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So Close yet so far from perfection, May 12, 2010

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RealHappens (McArthur, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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I do not need to go into the specifications that are already listed on the item description of this product. The RAM, HD size, and so forth are all as claimed. The I7 core is pretty quick but I have yet to really put it through its paces. As far as internet access goes.... I gave my dual core 1545 DELL to my girl friend and she chuckled at the fact that my new spiffy VAIO F series was no faster than her newly acquired 1545 with dual pentiums. Truth be it known, when surfing the internet, you are at the mercy of the server's speed to which you are accessing; so suck all you want, if the straw is small, the information flow will also beee sloooow. NOW for the kooler things about it. We stayed at a suite in a major city and for all the amenities the DVD player in the room was connected to the LCD television via RCA jacks....so the picture and sound was lousy. Granted we were on vacation, but we were worn out one night and just wanted to watch a purchased BLURAY disc. That was when this computer came in handy... the BLU RAY player performed perfectly and I hooked it up to the TV via HDMI cable in a snap and there it went. Great pic and sound. (I carry an HDMI cable in the bag) The 2 USB ports are right next to each other on the right side so if you're left handed like I am, the mouse cable had better be long enough to reach around. I was not gonna buy a new blue tooth mouse when my old one worked fine. The 2 ports are also too close together so some larger connectors will interfere with each other no doubt. Back lit keyboard is terrific in low lit situations and you will use it more often than you might think. ONE point made before by others and it is on the money...the screen is TOO MILKY for a high end laptop!!!!!! What was the deal?!?!? Sony had a stack of them to use up before they would use quality screens?! My old 1545 is better than this screen!??! And the other comment is also valid...the battery life is short as the power demand seems high. The power supply converter is very large. And...in my opinion, the speakers are weak. For this much money, Sony could have done better.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fast, but screen leaves something to be desired, February 18, 2010

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Kevin Christy "kkchristy" (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews

Bought this for my wife, who needed a laptop for portability. She plays a lot of games, particularly WoW and casual games, so I wanted something with a dedicated graphics card and a strong processor. Having an i7 CPU and 6 GB of RAM, the laptop offers plenty of performance headroom, no problems there.

PROS: Fast CPU, lots of RAM, hard drive big & fast, nice keyboard with automatic backlighting, decent build quality.

CONS: LCD far too milky with poor contrast. Simply a par screen, suitable for a laptop at the lower end of the spectrum, not at the near-premium level. Merely adequate, which is surprising for Sony.

9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is My Review, My opinion, Don't judge me >:D, April 5, 2010

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Robert Cheung "Rangelico" (USA) - See all my reviews
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I bought this Sony F series laptop 1 or 2 months ago, and I'm currently using it right now to write this review. In my opinion, this is a laptop worth getting for the price you pay. I mean, come on guys, Intel i7?! newest processor there lol. Running at 1.6GHz doesn't sound too interesting but they didn't add that it has Turbo Boost which can run up to 2.80GHz. Its a Quad core but as I see it, looks like there is 8 of them but I could be wrong, I'm not a computer geek or anything but I assume the number of Bars in the task manager means something. Anyways, the illuminating keyboard catches my eyes, 500GB is a bit tad too small so I bought a 500GB external Hard Drive for my F series. This comes with a NVIDIA Geforce graphic card with 1GB VRAM dedicated to it. With such a nice CPU, Graphic card, and 6GB of ram; I can run up to 3 games; write an essay, watch a movie, and listen to music ALL at the Same Time! And I have not experience any difficulty with this Laptop. Its a true multitasker. The fan is quiet when you don't run too much apps but It does get a little noisy when running games but you can barely hear it if you listening to any music lol. But I was told, if your lucky, you can get your hands on a fully working laptop, but if you're not so lucky, you might end up like the rest of the guys that reviewed it bad here. So, to summarize:

Pros: Top of the line CPU with Turbo Boost (up to 2.8GHz)
A wonderful Multitasking machine
I just can't get enough of the illuminating keyboard LOL!
6 GB ram, 500 GB hard drive, Geforce graphic card with 1GB
1920 x 1080 HD resolution
(oh i forgot about this) It has an Energy star symbol on it :D
Blu-ray Disc player

Cons: Only 2 USB and they are all on the right side closest to you. Some USB can get in your way when using a mouse x.x
I got the squeaky spacebar (HATE IT haha) other than that, this wouldn't be in my con section if I didn't get the squeaky key
Last but not least, Based on your luck, If you end up like all the other people that put a bad review on this >:D

Overall: I LOVE THIS COMPUTER. It destroys my Dell XPS (don't buy Dell >.> went through two country and given two different answers from tech support that lead me to buy this)

So, for all my Multitaskers, hardcore gamers, Illuminating keyboard lovers (hehehe) This is the right laptop for you. HIGHLY recommended. ^^

Thank you for reading this review. This is all customer opinion, not from any manufacturers that would put down a company lol.

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