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Summary: excellent notebook
Review: Excellent value - very fast (2.4 ghz) - fantastic screen - good mem at 512M. Downsides - No floppy with the unit - have to buy as an extra. Over all, excellent machine for the $$ ... Good desktop replacement - ok to lug around if you don't mind a large laptop bag (that 16.1" screen takes lots of room!)
Rating:
Summary: excellent notebook
Review: Excellent value - very fast (2.4 ghz) - fantastic screen - good mem at 512M. Downsides - No floppy with the unit - have to buy as an extra. Over all, excellent machine for the $$ ... Good desktop replacement - ok to lug around if you don't mind a large laptop bag (that 16.1" screen takes lots of room!)
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Summary: Beatiful screen and keyboard. Awful cooling system
Review: I got mine in january 2003.... After a couple of weeks using it I had to send it for technical service, due to malfunctioning in burning and connecting to internet.
After I got it back It was all perfect, although It is the most noisy laptop I've ever seen, I enjoyed watching DVDs on this great screen.
Recently though, It has been turning off suddenly, because it gets extremely hot. I'm Away from the US now.. Service outside the US sucks... I have no idea of how to fix it... I just have been patient enough to wait 20 minutes after it turns off... But I'm definitely buying other brand after this... I'll chek the reviews for an IBM or a DELL. NOT RECOMMENDED
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Summary: TURNS OFF CONSTANTLY
Review: I have a major problem with my GRV 550, which suddenly after 1 year ownership just turns off power, at any given time. I have even tried to load DOS and still it shuts down for no reason what so ever. Does anyone have any idea what this problem might be? Please write soon, I am about to trash the laptop and get me another brand. Hope to hear from you soon.
Ivan
Rating:
Summary: Great Buy
Review: I have had mine for a few months already.. excellent computer... good for even abusive usage.. which is me. I absolutely love it.. big screen so you definitely don't need to hook up an outside monitor and very clear screen. As per other reviews on this computer. it does have a burning program which is extremely easy.. easier than ever. It is actually through Windows XP and very user friendly. Fast computer and does everything I would need
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Summary: Do NOT BUY SONY LAPTOPS
Review: i have had the same problem as a previous poster, and many other furious owners. My machine randomly shuts off consistently. I have read that this is due to a malfunctioning motherboard that overheats when you are performing standard operations. I have read so many complaints on various websites i am amazed they have not been sued yet as this has been an issue with previous versions and i am sure future versions. sounds like they tried to save money by cutting costs with cheap parts. amazon should not even sell these laptops!! this is all on top of the fact that there are some serious flaws in this machine such as poorly placed outputs, horrible battery life, huge and heavy adapter, NO support for media given it is a "media" machine, extremely poor speakers, etc.
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Summary: Amazing piece of equipment
Review: I needed a new laptop so I really splurged and got this one. I haven't regretted it for one second. It's a little bulky to accomodate the large screen size, but it really helps with eye strain and makes dvds look incredible. I use a sony video camera and these two were made for each other. I got a firewire cable and plugged it in and was really impressed with how great my videos turned out. The firewire allows you to edit from the computer without ever touching the camera - start, stop, fast forward and reverse cue are all controlled from the keyboard and inside of Adobe Premiere (which is a great program which is included with the laptop). I have been nothing but completely thrilled with this machine and would highly recommend it to anyone - especially if you do any video editing or home movies.
Rating:
Summary: Amazing piece of equipment
Review: I needed a new laptop so I really splurged and got this one. I haven't regretted it for one second. It's a little bulky to accomodate the large screen size, but it really helps with eye strain and makes dvds look incredible. I use a sony video camera and these two were made for each other. I got a firewire cable and plugged it in and was really impressed with how great my videos turned out. The firewire allows you to edit from the computer without ever touching the camera - start, stop, fast forward and reverse cue are all controlled from the keyboard and inside of Adobe Premiere (which is a great program which is included with the laptop). I have been nothing but completely thrilled with this machine and would highly recommend it to anyone - especially if you do any video editing or home movies.
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Summary: Meh...
Review: If you want good desktop replacement, and you live in Alaska, then this laptop is for you. It has a big screen but gets VERY hot (thus Alaska) and poor overall design. NOT RECOMMENDED.
Pros:
>huge screen
>Very fast
Cons:
>battery life (1-1.5 hours)
>Desktop processor, not mobile P4: VERY hot and power consumption
>extremely noisy (intolerable)
>bad speakers
>A LOT of junk software, some of which had expired by the time I got the machine. Some wouldn't delete.
>huge ac adapter with short cable and gets VERY hot...
>no floppy drive
>VERY slow hard disk. At 3600RPM (or 4800RPM not sure) won't do video editing with video resolution above 320x240.
>BIOS does not support RAM and higher than 512MB
>Video card not-upgradeable
>FN keys software controlled can't change CPU or screen brightness or volume in Linux, UNIX or DOS.
>EXTREME overheating problem, had to use 2 C++ manuals to elevate the laptop and put 2 fans under it.
>No serial port
>4-pin IEEE-1394 provides no power
Rating:
Summary: Good value - but....
Review: Just opened my new PC and have been playing with it for about 3 days - here are my first impressions... Excellent value - very fast (2.4 ghz) - fantastic screen - good mem at 512M, although don't like the fact that you can't add more (reportedly). Downsides - battery hog - 2 hours reported but a realistic 1.5. No floppy with the unit - have to buy as an extra. Poor battery bay - can't open the bay with laptop closed - must be open - very clumsy. Have to remove a panel every time you plug into port replicator - can't leave panel off when using laptop alone - bad design flaw. HDD comes formatted in 2 partitions! Why would anyone do such a thing? 30 gig is slim to start with - try fitting everything on 15! Good news is you can reformat and reload everything on 1 partition. Over all, excellent machine for the $$ ... - I'd buy it again. Good desktop replacement - ok to lug around if you don't mind a large laptop bag (that 16.1" screen takes lots of room!
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