Posts by dodgey

All Sony Vaio batteries are ridiculously expensive It's ugly as sin too, and destroys the nice lines of the SZ notebook

Quote: Originally Posted by jimslaptop I have read that several users have reported a spacebar problem with the SZ series. The problem is listed in Sony's knowledge database as: [Knowledge Article - C420772....

I have a W3V here in Aus. It's almost a year old now. At that time, there were no 5400RPM 100Gb certified drives out so it had a 4200 RPM drive in there. I had expected ASUS to chenge it over by now though. Anyway, I bought a 5400 RPM...

Just an update on my battery... I went into the Asus Service Centre here in Sydney today. He checked the serial number and then listened to what I had to say. He then got me to fill out a form and then went into the back and got me a...

Quote: Originally Posted by Zaphod Luckily I'm not him either. All work and no fun would make my W3 a dull boy. Yes, nothing is perfect, but the W3 has been a such a boon to have. It has paid for itself many...

Quote: Originally Posted by Zaphod Perhaps you should. You may have gotten a less than perfect specimen there, and if so, you should get it replaced. Nah, working on much too important things to not save and...

Quote: Originally Posted by Zaphod Never, ever 'recalibrate' the battery just for the sake of it. A some of you have noticed deep discharging a li-ion battery will hurt its maximum capacity. Only use that option in the...

I've recalibrated the battery in my W3V 5 times (every 2 months). The thing that worries me is that every time I recalibrate my battery, the battery wear increases by about 11%!! (I can't prove this to the nth degree as I only started...

Quote: Originally Posted by jwilker I'm trying to move some files from PC to Mac. mostly word Docs, PDFs, some Open Office docs, a bmp or Tiff here or there. the copy seems to hang and kill the copy. Worse yet the...

Hehe, you should try Australia. We have 2 SZ models, and no choice of internal option changes The 15 comes with a 1.66 and 60Gb HDD, and the 18 comes with a 1.83 and 80Gb Hdd. I priced out the extended battery and it comes to...