New Toys: Part I – Sony Vaio FE11S
Posted: March 24th, 2006 | Author: lrei | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Hardware, linux, Personal, phone, ubuntu | 1 Comment »My new laptop is a Sony Vaio VGN-FE11S. Some highlights:
Intel Core Duo Processor T2400
15.4 Display (X-BLACK) – 1280 x 800
1GB RAM
160 GB Harddrive @ 4200 RPMs
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 with TurboCache 256MB
Pic1 | Pic2 (Both taken with a cellphone camera i.e. bad quality pics)
The vaio (which I named sonic as in Sonic The Headgehog – don’t ask me why) dual boots between included Windows Media Center Edition and Ubuntu. Unfortunately the nvidia linux drivers don’t currently support the Go 7400 so I don’t get to run the pretty OpenGL screensavers… at least not at decent framerates. The next nvidia drivers are expected to support it though.
Overall I’m happy with my vaio. My major complaint is the short battery life (about 2h30min). Maybe I should try and tweak some power settings or something but considering that in most places I use it in I can just plug it into the wall, it’s not really a problem for me. I would’ve also liked a faster hardrive.
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