Rating: 
Summary: Don't waste your money
Review: Battery life: 30 minutes doing nothing
Tech support says this is normal!
What?
YES, they say this is normal. Now I Know they have no sense.
What can you possibly acomplish in 30 minutes on a laptop, assuming you are doing something productive. Forget about using this laptop in the airport.
The poorest, most sorry, stupid, neanderthal tech support on the planet.
Opposite of a Toyota product, wish they made a laptop.
Rating: 
Summary: Good Product but Extremely Poor Technical Support
Review: I bought an FXA-32 laptop for home use, and it is a very good product given the price. It comes with an impressive 15" display and graphics are fantastic. The speed of FXA-32 is O.K. But to my suprise, it runs much faster after I added in an extra 128MB RAM (total 256MB). Kinston is running a promotion for Sony and I got the extra 128MB almost free (just pay $9 shipping cost). The machine is very reliable, and I don't see any reason to buy a desk top computer for home use.However, the customer service of Sony on FXA-32 is the worst I have ever seen (not even remotely close to Dell). They do not return your email!!! I tried more than 10 times to reach them by phone, even at odd hours. But not a single time that I can get through. Circuit City alwayse refers the problem to Sony, but that is a black hole after many tries. Here is a list of things I found on my machine:
(1) It needs to download various updates from Sony Web site and install them one by one (an hour job with a good IP connection).
(2) Volume control can only be set through control penal.
(3) Brightness control is not found and disabled from keyboard.
(4) System reading on CPU speed is buggy. I got a wide range of readings from 564MHz to 900 MHz.
(5) The manual is poorly written and not helpful.
(6) On my machine, Microsoft Word is not properly installed, missing wordret.ini. But without support, there is no way to fix it. These are all minor problems if there is proper technical support. But overall, it is a very good machine and I give it a 4 star.
Rating:
Summary: Good Computer for the price.
Review: I bought this computer for my wife and have been pleasantly surprised by it. The screen is 15" which makes for very nice veiwing. The touch pad is a good size and responds well, but we bought a mouse for it, and hooked it up with no problems. We also wanted to do wireless internet through our cable hookup. Installing the wireless card was fairly easy but Windows XP said it had not approved the card for the XP OS. But after installation I have never seen that warning again, and the wireless card works fine. Another plus is that you get "free" 128mb ram upgrade. Yes the ram is free but they charge you 10-12 dollars (depending on type of shipping) for shipping. I found the shipping a little high but heck its free, I cannot complain to much. There are a couple of drawbacks. 1)The operating speed which says 900 duron, but is actually about 667mghz. Getting a P3 or P4 drastically increases the price of a laptop, so I can settle for the speed. I have a P3 800mghz desktop, and can notice very minimal slowdown when comparing the two. 2)The sound is very light. Having the sound maxed out still seems to be very quiet. I do not know if buying external speakers would help or not. I venturing to say they would help. The programs are fairly good ones. The DVD player works good, and is very clear on the screen. Windows XP, while still in it's infantile stage runs smooth. I also do see some ghosting from time to time that another consumer wrote about. I am guessing this is an XP problem. Overall a very good first time laptop. The screen is top notch (which to my wife matters most), just wish the sound was a little better. I would recommend this laptop for first time buyers. Vetrans of laptops may want to look elsewhere.
Rating: 
Summary: Great value
Review: I bought this laptop b/c it was a great deal. You get so much for such little. Of course, there are some drawbacks. When I close a window, sometimes a part of the window gets "ghosted" onto the desktop. Also, my touchpad is flaky. It works 98% of the time, but sometimes stops for a couple of minutes. Then, mysteriously it starts working again. The laptop has some really great features, but these things take away from the "polished" feel that I expect from a company like Sony.
I think I'm gonna return this and get a comparable Compaq.
Rating: 
Summary: Nice, but not perfect.
Review: I bought this laptop b/c it was a great deal. You get so much for such little. Of course, there are some drawbacks. When I close a window, sometimes a part of the window gets "ghosted" onto the desktop. Also, my touchpad is flaky. It works 98% of the time, but sometimes stops for a couple of minutes. Then, mysteriously it starts working again. The laptop has some really great features, but these things take away from the "polished" feel that I expect from a company like Sony.
I think I'm gonna return this and get a comparable Compaq.
Rating:
Summary: Great value
Review: I just recently got the Sony Vaio FXA-32 notebook and I am completely satisfied! For a [very good price], you get a 900 MHz notebook with a 15" screen from Sony! The 15 GB is more than enough for home office purposes, the ATI Graphic card is not the best choice but it works. Just upgrade the Memory and buy an external CD-Writer.
Rating: 
Summary: VAIO are not good.
Review: I live in Japan and I decided to buy a Japanese computer. I went to the local computer store and bought a VAIO notebook. The first night I got it I had problems. It froze often. I really didnt think much of it. It also would say "not enough memory....." I bought more memory and it said the same thing. I would have to turn it off then back on. Sometimes it wont turn off. Then, files started to disapear until it could even boot up. I sent it off to sony to get fixed, but when it came back it was still messed up. My friend in college told me never buy a Sony computer I should have listened. He had a Sony and had problems with it. Sonys are eye candy for PCs. Buy an America comptuer.
Rating:
Summary: VAIO are not good.
Review: I live in Japan and I decided to buy a Japanese computer. I went to the local computer store and bought a VAIO notebook. The first night I got it I had problems. It froze often. I really didnt think much of it. It also would say "not enough memory....." I bought more memory and it said the same thing. I would have to turn it off then back on. Sometimes it wont turn off. Then, files started to disapear until it could even boot up. I sent it off to sony to get fixed, but when it came back it was still messed up. My friend in college told me never buy a Sony computer I should have listened. He had a Sony and had problems with it. Sonys are eye candy for PCs. Buy an America comptuer.
Rating:
Summary: A great inexpensive notebook
Review: I purchased my PCG-FXA32 nearly two years ago, when they were offering the free 256MB RAM upgrade. It's served me well. It does not feel sluggish compared to other notebooks running WinXP. The screen is crisp and clear -- there aren't many notebooks at this price with a 15" screen. Mine has been rock-solid, never crashing unless I've put it to sleep with my wi-fi pc card installed (hibernate works fine.) Sony would like to sell this model as a video editing platform (it does include a FireWire port.) Their software works ok, but with only 15GB of hard drive space, an upgrade there is in order unless you're just making short videos for the web or something. Overall, a good notebook, and a great value.
Rating:
Summary: FXA32>>NOT TO BAD
Review: I purchased this Laptop in December, I have had a couple before this and I decided to go with a Sony. The computer is pretty good, there is 2 things that I have problems with.... 1. The processor does not know how fast it is...It ranges between 550 to 900mhz. 2. The mouse like to stall for a second or two..which is kinda annoying... other than that this computer is not that bad...I am goin to try an Athlon or Pentium 3...in a Sony brand...but like I said before...this does the job O.K.
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