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Summary: nice but ..
Review: 1. Love the small form factor.
2. The Motion Eye is a nice concept but the image quality is not that great, it is also slow to refresh the image. You can only turn the cam up and down - very limiting
3. The case is plastic ... and for the kind of money I put into this gadget, I kind of wish it feels alot more solid ...
4. CDROM sound is pretty loud whenever you put a CD in.
5. Sound quality (SUCKS BIG TIME) with the tiny speaker ... yuk!
6. Screen is bright and crisp
7. The fonts are WAY WAY too small for a 30+ years old man. For long period of use, I find my shoulder and eyes screaming for help ...
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Summary: Returned it
Review: Had it for a week ,always overheated ,the cooling fan never functioned correctly. Mine was the third one returned to The Comp USA in Rochester NY this week. ( they could not tell me the problems with the others). Great concept..poor quality!
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Summary: A Super Mobile Machine!
Review: I got a TR2AP3 a few days ago, and just about finished configuring it to my needs. So a few quick comments.I did side-by-side tests with a V505 with 2-GHz Mobile P4, with the same amount of RAM (1GB) and have found TR2A with 1-GHz P4M Centrino is in some cases faster than V505!
Other than raw speed, TR2A is extremely quiet and generates much less heat than other notebook PCs. Also, the battery life is just phenomenal. I also noticed that built-in wireless card is much more sensitive than most notebooks. The stunningly sharp LCD screen, etc., etc. can be mentioned, but, to keep my review short, you can read reviews of TR1A. I am enjoying a renewed freedom in mobile computing.
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Summary: Returned it
Review: I got the TR2A a while ago for school and i absolutely love it. i got a gig of RAM..and i reccomend you do too but only if you want to play MOHAA, BF1942, etc. if you dont know what im talking about, get 512. I got this computer for school and it has served it's purpose and gone far, far beyond. It is so light i can carry it in my backpack and not notice any weight difference, yet powerfull and the screen is sooo AWESOME!! its the brightest screen i have ever seen.. and i have a bunch of screens. The keyboard is perfect, not too big or small. The mouse is suprisingly nice, i didnt expect it to be so easy to use. the only gripe i have about this product, is that...uhh hmm i guess i DONT HAVE A GRIPE! it's too good to explain. go to a CompUSA and check it out, then get it off Sonystyle.com or here, they are about the same price. The dvd drive is awesome, since with the WIDE screen you can watch wide format dvd's and it looks so so so so great, you have to see it to believe it. I thought i had died and went to ultraportable laptop heaven. i was going to get a Z1, but they were out so i got this one and i love it. get it!!
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Summary: I love mine!!
Review: I got the TR2A a while ago for school and i absolutely love it. i got a gig of RAM..and i reccomend you do too but only if you want to play MOHAA, BF1942, etc. if you dont know what im talking about, get 512. I got this computer for school and it has served it's purpose and gone far, far beyond. It is so light i can carry it in my backpack and not notice any weight difference, yet powerfull and the screen is sooo AWESOME!! its the brightest screen i have ever seen.. and i have a bunch of screens. The keyboard is perfect, not too big or small. The mouse is suprisingly nice, i didnt expect it to be so easy to use. the only gripe i have about this product, is that...uhh hmm i guess i DONT HAVE A GRIPE! it's too good to explain. go to a CompUSA and check it out, then get it off Sonystyle.com or here, they are about the same price. The dvd drive is awesome, since with the WIDE screen you can watch wide format dvd's and it looks so so so so great, you have to see it to believe it. I thought i had died and went to ultraportable laptop heaven. i was going to get a Z1, but they were out so i got this one and i love it. get it!!
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Summary: tony the tiger says grrrrrreeeaaaattttt
Review: I love this laptop, i'm writing the review on it, I had a TR1A and i swapped out for the TR2A, with the extended battery the most i've ever had out of it is 17 hours, 11 hours on normal use, i didn't really gain much swapping up but it was the same cost and i had a 0% restock with no questions asked. Its very well designed, the right shift key takes a little while to get used too. Its quite light too,. I also got the privacy filter BUT i don't recommend this as it adds stripey lines and turns down the contrast of the fantastic xbrite display. I('ve been going in the the apple stores looking for a new ibook and they've all got vaio envy. XP Home is perfectly fine for most users, I'm a commercial games software developer and i use xp pro and home, and i've had only the slight inconvience of sharing slightly harder. i have 4 laptops, hp ze5185 ibook and an alienware, i use the tr2a all the time, i'd buy two if i could use them at the same time, its always with me. its a lot better built than previous vaios, as for heat i've had no issues, it runs warm, but its meant too, and the system can take it, doesn't get anywhere near as hot as a powerbook or my alienware. downsides are costs of sony items, extended battery was $345, the privacy filter, $80, its a piece of plastic, the memory takes micro sodimms, which can run about $400 + for one 512MB. it'd be nice if they used a slot loading dvd/cd-r instead. plays a lot of different games, AOE no proble, quake, tribes 2 is perfectly playable etc. buy one, buy two, but don't get the privacy filter., don't say i didn't warn you :) (Edit)
Incidently I dropped my TR2A , it fell out of a shoulder bag (don't buy 3rd party laptop bags with zips on the side), and i sent it back to sony for repair, they have outstanding service and support people, arrived on friday, estimate etc was ready monday morning. (Second edit) I finally found the perfect bag for it, sony have a little vaio bag with no handles so its ok for lite work, but theres a powerbook/ibook bag called the `booq` it fits great i picked the larger size since it game me some extra space but the 12 powerbook fits very snugly.
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Summary: Keyboard gets stuck
Review: I love this tiny little machine. Overall, it is nice. But the keys on the keyboard gets stuck. A big no no...
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Summary: Great! Pay the extra for screen protection!
Review: I purchased this small, wonderful unit about 10 months ago. Fantastic! Great for travel, wonderfully compact, good battery life, excellent viewing for a small unit. WiFi works great! Fast, but not blazing speed. Then, about three months ago, I let my 16 year old daughter borrow it to watch a movie one night! BIG MISTAKE. She fell asleep with it on her bed, rolled over, and it fell approximately 3' to a carpeted floor. Only got picture on half the screen, so the LCD had to be replaced. Very PRICEY repair! Sony Tech Support was great! Tech support sent me a box via overnight, I sent the unit in, and three days later I had it back! Since its return it has worked fine. Only problem was the Windows registry didn't recognize the DVD/CD player, but again Sony tech was helpful. Enjoy it, take good care of it, purchase the LCD insurance, and don't loan it to anyone....
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Summary: vaio
Review: I want to buy this product with Turkish keyboard and I want to pay in 12 months with my credit card.Is it possible?Is the guarrantie available in turkey?
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Summary: upgrade or not, that is a question
Review: IBought VAIO TR 3A this afternoon. Returned to CompUsa in two hours since the CD/DVD-ROM shook loudly. The second one works ok, if you keep it as it is.
Pro:The product is 4 star. It has more things than you expect from a 3.11 pounds computer. Screen is neat and bright. IEEE, wireless networking, noise level, etc are catching up with today's need.
Cons: Spending more than four hours to upgrade OS to pro, it just kept repeating installation process. Then I could not start it. I had to use recovery function using F10. I called Sony. Althoug I was prepared to be insulted, I did not expect they could that bad. The tech guy said upgrading is your problem, not Sony problem, I cannot comment on anything related to upgrading. He went on, Sony neither encourage nor discourage upgrade, any problem you encounter later on when you install other softwear is not Sony's problem.
Now, to upgrade, or not to upgrade, is problem. I do not like XP Home OS, but do not want to risk loosing wireless connection and other functions.
I will give them Zero star because Sony tech guy is capable of taking away all the joy you could have with a new computer.
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