Sony VAIO VGN-FW373J/H 16.4-Inch Laptop Gray

Posted: September 4th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Sony | Tags: , , , | 5 Comments »

  • 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, 320 GB hard drive, 4 GB RAM (8 GB max), and Blu-ray read/write drive
  • Quad-mode Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n), Bluetooth (with stereo A2DP), Gigabit Ethernet, and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 graphics
  • 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 powerhou… More >>

Sony VAIO VGN-FW373J/H 16.4-Inch Laptop Gray

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5 Comments on “Sony VAIO VGN-FW373J/H 16.4-Inch Laptop Gray”

  1. 1 Rick Feratti said at 11:05 am on September 4th, 2010:

    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
    Rating: 1 / 5

  2. 2 Bandar A. M. Mahnashi said at 1:00 pm on September 4th, 2010:

    exept the bluray writer it havent

    the amazon must correct the technical of laptop
    Rating: 4 / 5

  3. 3 Donald E. Hudnall said at 2:42 pm on September 4th, 2010:

    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.
    Rating: 1 / 5

  4. 4 Anil Raghavan said at 4:55 pm on September 4th, 2010:

    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.
    Rating: 2 / 5

  5. 5 David A. Morehead said at 5:19 pm on September 4th, 2010:

    I am very happy with my new Sony Vaio (VGN-FW373J/H). The only problem I have been having is some companies haven’t bothered to update their drivers. Epson is one example. I have a scanner that works perfectly with Windpws XP, but now I can’t use it on the my new laptop because they haven’t made a new driver for Vista 64bit. Lame Epson! Very lame! This is not a Microsoft or Sony problem so I am not blaming them in any way. But, I just wanted to make people aware that some companies aren’t updating their drivers which means you will have to buy new hardware when you switch to Vista.
    Rating: 5 / 5

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