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Summary: Big Performance from A Small Package
Review: Just purchased this (using it now) and it's simply a good machine. Keyboard feels right despite its small form factor. Performance is awesome and the integrated wireless card made connecting to my access point easy. Beware of a touchpad and pointer that continually wigs out.
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Summary: Wow, what a ride
Review: Let me start off by saying that this laptop is phenomenal. If you get a unit that functions out of the box, then you will be one happy customer, I guarantee it. But be forewarned - if your unit does not function out of the box, you are in for a long ride. I bought this unit about a month ago, and from the moment I opened the box it was defective. (The laptop froze after 10 minutes on battery power.) I sent it in for repair twice. The first time it was not fixed. The second time it was returned fixed, but with the MSBlaster virus and porn on its memory stick. As you can imagine, I wasn't in the greatest of moods. At this point I am in negotations with Sony to get a new, better unit. So all is well that ends well I suppose. Why do I rank this laptop 5 stars after this experience? Well, I can separate the superb characteristics of the laptop from the wretched characteristics of Sony's repair shop. Amazingly light, this laptop will never be a burden to you. If I wanted, I could hold it in the palm of my right hand while typing with my left and never feel the pain of a 7 lb deadweight in my hand. 4.3 lbs is definitely nice. And the power! 2 Ghz of Pentium muscle, 512 MB of RAM, all tucked into a svelte case with a 12" LCD monitor and built-in wireless. This laptop is perfect for the on-the-go business types, or students. It is the perfect machine if you get a working one. But be prepared for a fight when you get a wormy apple.
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Summary: Good look - but few problems
Review: Looks nice, small, thin.. but having problems with the CD-ROM.
Sometimes doesnt work well (slow, freeze... cant read..)
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Summary: Nice feats, poor quality?
Review: Lovely screen, works for me. Yes, it has 16 megs of ram. You can't discount it for that, considering you should know it has 16 megs of video ram when you're buying it. XP Runs fine for me, though i plan on putting debian on it for fun. Don't quite understand why everyones so angry about the touchpad, mine works lovely. So no problems there Plenty of Disc Space, light and tiny.. starts up quick.. But, Alas, there is something wrong with mine. The wireless is fidgety. It is really unhappy with some networks, for whatever reason I cannot figure out. However, it works great on my home network so I can't complain too badly. Seriously, its not that bad of a laptop. Small, quick, functions.. maybe I recieved the only one that wasn't a lemon, I don't know.. but I'm very happy with it.
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Summary: wow, its not THAT bad. in fact i kind of like it.
Review: Lovely screen, works for me. Yes, it has 16 megs of ram. You can't discount it for that, considering you should know it has 16 megs of video ram when you're buying it. XP Runs fine for me, though i plan on putting debian on it for fun. Don't quite understand why everyones so angry about the touchpad, mine works lovely. So no problems there Plenty of Disc Space, light and tiny.. starts up quick.. But, Alas, there is something wrong with mine. The wireless is fidgety. It is really unhappy with some networks, for whatever reason I cannot figure out. However, it works great on my home network so I can't complain too badly. Seriously, its not that bad of a laptop. Small, quick, functions.. maybe I recieved the only one that wasn't a lemon, I don't know.. but I'm very happy with it.
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Summary: Rubbish
Review: Same problems as everyone else only we've got two of these in our company. We both had to buy an external mouse as the trackpad is next to unusable, the cursor jumps when you're typing away, wireless card is unreliable. It looks nice but that's all it's got going for it.
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Summary: Closes Programs Periodically
Review: The v505bx randomly closes or minimizes windows such as the web browser, Outlook, control panel window, etc. I'd be working on something and it would just close. No error messages or anything. What ever I was working on, is just lost. So, I took it back to Circuit City with no problems. They were out of stock on another one. So, I went to Best Buy and purchased one with the exact same problem. The problems started before I installed anything or connected to the internet. Best Buy charged a 15% restocking fee which I am trying to fight. But, until Sony gets this worked out, I would stay away from this computer.
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Summary: Closes Programs Automatically for No Reason
Review: The v505bx randomly closes windows such as the web browser, Outlook, control panel window, etc. I'd be working on something and it would just close. No error messages or anything. So, I took it back to Circuit City with no problems. They were out of stock on another one. So, I went to Best Buy and purchased one with the exact same problem. The problems started before I installed anything or connected to the internet. Best Buy charged a 15% restocking fee which I am trying to fight. But, until Sony gets this worked out, I would stay away from this computer.
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Summary: what a nice job!!!
Review: When Sony sent me an email about this laptop, I knew my old IBM would be replaced very soon. Sony can never disappoint you in any ways. It is so light but powerful, the screen looks nice, and the keys are very comfortable. my school has wireless connection and i use this laptop in school with high speed internet, it just makes everything so much easier. 40G is not that increditable big, but good enough for ppl who wants to bring this lil guy on trip. Sony once again rocks.
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