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Summary: Missing video adapter on Vaio RX770
Review: I am unable to change the video settings in this computer. It came with no video adapter. I have just one video setting 800x600 which is not good enough the play DVDs. Best Buy will not take it back nor is of any help. Sony telephone soupport was awful. My first and last Sony computer!
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Summary: My SONY Nightmare
Review: I bought a SONY VAIO RX-770 on July 6, 2002. On the first day the machine froze up on the internet. That was my first of over 20 calls to the SONY technical support group. After 3 shipments back and forth to SONY's repair service center in San Diego, my PC finally is in operating condition. My PC spent approximately 5 weeks in San Diego and had a better vacation than I did. They replaced the Modem, Motherboard and finally the CPU. It is now almost 3 months since my purchase, my PC is finally operating correctly. My e-mail inquires to SONY received no response, my phone inquires to management received no return calls and the phone center personnel broke their arms patting themselves on the back for doing such a great job (?). It became chillingly apparent to me that SONY was not interested in customers.
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Summary: A fine PC with some limitations.
Review: I think the review may have been referring to another model (RX790) which is a different configuration. This computer uses PC2100 DDR RAM, a standard nowadays. The front side bus is 400MHz. The 120GB hard drive appears to spin at 7200RPM according to the Sony site, though another prominent retailer site list the 120GB drive at 5400RPM. It is best to inquire before buying if you like the higher rotation drives. A neat feature with this system is a DVD burner. Rip your video and make your own DVDs. DVD-RW is one of the popular DVD recording formats being juggled with DVD-R, DVD-RAM, and DVD+RW, with no clear-cut winner at this time. Checking compatibility with your home DVD player of choice is recommended. CD-RW burning is 8X maximum write, 4X rewrite. Shared video memory on a graphics card can affect gaming quality, but a fast CPU and large amounts of system memory help balance its drawbacks. A card like a GeForce4 will please the game lover more, however. If you are looking for the ultimate PC, this isn't it. The PC user with greater expectations in his/her hardware will be better served to explore custom built options from Sony. If you want a PC that offers good performance for a moderate price, and has the Sony name on it, this system should satisfy. Overall, a good computer built by a highly reputable electronics company.
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Summary: A fine PC with some limitations.
Review: I think the review may have been referring to another model (RX790) which is a different configuration. This computer uses PC2100 DDR RAM, a standard nowadays. The front side bus is 400MHz. The 120GB hard drive appears to spin at 7200RPM according to the Sony site, though another prominent retailer site list the 120GB drive at 5400RPM. It is best to inquire before buying if you like the higher rotation drives. A neat feature with this system is a DVD burner. Rip your video and make your own DVDs. DVD-RW is one of the popular DVD recording formats being juggled with DVD-R, DVD-RAM, and DVD+RW, with no clear-cut winner at this time. Checking compatibility with your home DVD player of choice is recommended. CD-RW burning is 8X maximum write, 4X rewrite. Shared video memory on a graphics card can affect gaming quality, but a fast CPU and large amounts of system memory help balance its drawbacks. A card like a GeForce4 will please the game lover more, however. If you are looking for the ultimate PC, this isn't it. The PC user with greater expectations in his/her hardware will be better served to explore custom built options from Sony. If you want a PC that offers good performance for a moderate price, and has the Sony name on it, this system should satisfy. Overall, a good computer built by a highly reputable electronics company.
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Summary: Firewire and Memory Stick have Become Quite Useful
Review: When I purchased this Sony Vaio desktop computer, I bought it for its high speed and large storage capacity. I didn't think much about the Firewire connection or the Memory Stick reader which came included. I've since found both to be quite useful.
With the Memory Stick reader in my Vaio -- and by installing a Sony PC Card Memory Stick adapter in my laptops -- I now use Memory Sticks like floppy disks to save and transfer data, music and digital photo files easily among all of my computers. For storing or transferring data, Memory Sticks are much more convenient than using CD's (or e-mailing the information to myself from work-to-home and back again). The Memory Stick reader also comes in handy if I want to download digital images to a Memory Stick -- in order to print them from my Sony Digital Photo Printer or my HP Photosmart printers (all of which read from Memory Sticks to print pictures); and the reader also comes in handy when downloading MP3 music files to play on my Sony Clie PDA (which uses Memory Sticks to store data beyond what its limited CPU can handle). Like the Memory Stick reader, my utilization of the Vaio's Firewire connection has been slowly growing, the first use being my Creative Labs 20 GB Jukebox which feeds through a Firewire connection; the second being my Iomega Peerless 20 GB accessory disk drive (that I use to file and save digital photos); and the third being my Minolta Multiscan Pro film scanner which uploads 35 mm and 6 x 6 negative and slide film images (faster through a Firewire than a USB connection). To tie them all together, I use a Belkin Firewire hub -- and Belkin Firewire cables (which look cool, and have the appearance of braided steel). As my use of data, music and digital image files increases -- my Sony Vaio with its built-in Firewire and Memory Stick reader -- easily allows me to stay ahead of the curve!
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Summary: Firewire and Memory Stick have Become Quite Useful
Review: When I purchased this Sony Vaio desktop computer, I bought it for its high speed and large storage capacity. I didn't think much about the Firewire connection or the Memory Stick reader which came included. I've since found both to be quite useful. With the Memory Stick reader in my Vaio -- and by installing a Sony PC Card Memory Stick adapter in my laptops -- I now use Memory Sticks like floppy disks to save and transfer data, music and digital photo files easily among all of my computers. For storing or transferring data, Memory Sticks are much more convenient than using CD's (or e-mailing the information to myself from work-to-home and back again). The Memory Stick reader also comes in handy if I want to download digital images to a Memory Stick -- in order to print them from my Sony Digital Photo Printer or my HP Photosmart printers (all of which read from Memory Sticks to print pictures); and the reader also comes in handy when downloading MP3 music files to play on my Sony Clie PDA (which uses Memory Sticks to store data beyond what its limited CPU can handle). Like the Memory Stick reader, my utilization of the Vaio's Firewire connection has been slowly growing, the first use being my Creative Labs 20 GB Jukebox which feeds through a Firewire connection; the second being my Iomega Peerless 20 GB accessory disk drive (that I use to file and save digital photos); and the third being my Minolta Multiscan Pro film scanner which uploads 35 mm and 6 x 6 negative and slide film images (faster through a Firewire than a USB connection). To tie them all together, I use a Belkin Firewire hub -- and Belkin Firewire cables (which look cool, and have the appearance of braided steel). As my use of data, music and digital image files increases -- my Sony Vaio with its built-in Firewire and Memory Stick reader -- easily allows me to stay ahead of the curve!
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