Sony has given up on its 18.4-inch media center—the AW series—as demand for it has weakened and customers are having a tough time find room such a colossal laptop. But a successor has already been chosen: the Sony VAIO VPC-F1190X ($1,645 direct). This laptop isn't nearly as large as its predecessor, but it's just as powerful, if not more. Indeed, the sum of all its parts—a quad-core Core i7 processor, 4GB of DDR3 memory (upgradeable to 8GB), and discrete Nvidia graphics—is more powerful than any current or past Sony laptop. It even features a new wireless technology developed by Sony, called TransferJet.
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- Price as Tested: $1,645.00 Direct
- Type: Gaming, Media
- Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
- Processor Name: Intel Core i7-820QM
- Processor Speed: 1.73 GHz
- RAM: 4 GB
- Weight: 6.5 lb
- Screen Size: 16.4 inches
- Screen Size Type: widescreen
- Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce GT 330M
- Storage Capacity: 500 GB
- Networking Options: 802.11n
- Primary Optical Drive: DVD+/-RW DL with Blu-Ray
