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Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Does not work with SZ models
All extended batteries that are priced below $200 are generic sony batteries. The SZ models detect it as generic and will not charge it and will not work with it. Even though the battery fits SONY has decided to not allow generic batteries to work with it. Stay away.. far away.
Rating: - Works as advertised for me
I take away 1 star for cost, but this battery has been with me from my Vaio S360 now to my Vaio SZ360 (the SZ360 can still use the old extended, although the new extended is 600ma higher).
I get very close to double the battery life on both the S360 and the SZ360 over the standard batteries. Typical workload mix for me on battery includes wireless on, brightness at 2 bars, optical drive off, CPU power saving on max battery. I will be doing email, web browsing and business document creation and manage 4 hrs easily with this now 2 year old battery.
Rating: - Waste of Money
I called Sony and explained that my laptop was running through a battery before I could complete my workload. They said purchase the extended life battery and after its "Breaking In" period you should be able to run 6 hours on the battery. What they didn't tell me was that you have to have it running on minimum functions at half brightness of the screen, so on and so on. As it turns out the battery runs about 30 minutes longer than the original battery that came with the laptop. 30 minutes extra for almost $300???? Not worth it!
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