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Summary: Great!!!!!
Review: A+++++++++++++ item w/ dvd,cd drive, huge hard drive space and ram and i havent had any problem w/ it
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Summary: Hard Drive Failed After 14 days.
Review: Bought the computer on my trip to Honolulu Hawaii on Oct. 21. On a business trip to Japan, the hard drive failed and could not get it fixed at Sony Dealers in Japan. Was told that must send to San Diego, CA to get fixed. Recent quotation is $700 plus. Never buy Sony made in China. Will never buy Sony...period.
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Summary: They don't give you all of the facts
Review: First of all, even though this is a 60 gig drive, you only get 50 g of usable space. Seems they reserved 10g for restoring. You are supposed to be able to use some dvd-rw to restore it (there is no restore cd included), however, it won't let me. I'm not about to sit down w/ 10+ cd-r's to do this. They give you lots of software, but nothing that great. I had been using an old version of Quicken. The Quicken 2003 that came with it would not let me import the info w/o buying the upgraded version. All in all it's a good package though. the documentation that comes in the box is more ad's for sony products than actual info on your $1600 investment. I can't find out the actual dvd burning speed, but it appears that it is only 1x. boo This barely gets the fourth star. Good, but could have been better.
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Summary: excellent!
Review: Great computer!
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Summary: Great product
Review: I bought this computer recently after I got my old one stolen. As a college student, this computer has proved to be fast and reliable, though the main two reasons why I didn't give it a 5/5 is because:
a)It is pretty bulky by today's standards
b)No S-Video port (a must on most of today's computers, but it does have a VGA port so you can still manage to connect it to other audio/video devices).
The speakers that the computer include are not that great, but I already had Z-680's so it wasn't a big deal.
The graphics on this computer are pretty good, and it has a decent amount of memory. The DVD burner is also a huge +.
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Summary: Big, heavy, short battery life
Review: I bought this laptop 7 months ago, as a desktop replacement, and I quite like it. But I'm not sure why - it weighs a ton, the battery now lasts less than half an hour, and the DVD burner has a DVD-to-coaster making ratio of less than 50%.
But on the plus side it's powerful (I use it for video editing), and the screen and keyboard are both good, and overall it's not bad value, especially if you're lucky enough to get a reliable DVD burner.
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Summary: Recovery Issues
Review: I had a lot of trouble upgrading from XP Home that came bundled with my FRV37 to XP Professional. I had to do a fresh installation of XP Pro that formatted my machine. This also resulted in loosing all of the preloaded software. I just ordered for a set of Recovery DVD's from sony for $35. I fail to understand why Sony wants to save on recovery CDs...
Customers beware!!! Do not try updrading the machine to XP Professional. Sony does not support it.
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Summary: GREAT LAPTOP PITY THE BURNER DOESN'T WORK
Review: I rate this laptop highly in all areas except the DVD-RW drive has never worked. I have tried everything including contacting Sony support and nothing works. This problem seems to be a widely known issue with no answer.
I would definitely buy another product with another burner in it if you are interested in burning or backing up data to a DVD.
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Summary: Best Gift
Review: I received my VAIO for Valentine's Day and I LOVE IT!!!! I didn't have a problem with making my own recovery discs. Only drawbacks are battery life, short power cord, and no integrated wireless. All of which I can deal with. Just having a product built by a reputable manufacturer is good enough for me. It has proven to be reliable so far and I would recommend purchasing a VAIO to anyone interested in purchasing a notebook.
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Summary: Best Gift
Review: I received my VAIO for Valentine's Day and I LOVE IT!!!! I didn't have a problem with making my own recovery discs. Only drawbacks are battery life, short power cord, and no integrated wireless. All of which I can deal with. Just having a product built by a reputable manufacturer is good enough for me. It has proven to be reliable so far and I would recommend purchasing a VAIO to anyone interested in purchasing a notebook.
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