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Summary: Close to a desktop
Review: Get a mouse and this laptop easily compares to a desktop. It handles medical voice-type dictation and billing - no problem. Video editing is fun, too. Get the case if you haul lots of files and accessories.
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Summary: Close to a desktop
Review: Get a mouse and this laptop easily compares to a desktop. It handles medical voice-type dictation and billing - no problem. Video editing is fun, too. Get the case if you haul lots of files and accessories.
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Summary: Not bad for the price
Review: Great features and performance for the price. Can't find cheaper laptop with DVD-R capabilities anywhere. Screen is OK for general use, but gamers and graphic designers may want to opt for the 16" screen with 1600x1200 resolution offered by SONY. So far I have enjoyed this laptop, however there is an annoying hum from the harddrive when the laptop is on. Don't know if it is just mine or common to all PCG-GRZ660? Overall, I recommend this laptop without reservation.
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Summary: Not bad for the price
Review: Great features and performance for the price. Can't find cheaper laptop with DVD-R capabilities anywhere. Screen is OK for general use, but gamers and graphic designers may want to opt for the 16" screen with 1600x1200 resolution offered by SONY. So far I have enjoyed this laptop, however there is an annoying hum from the harddrive when the laptop is on. Don't know if it is just mine or common to all PCG-GRZ660? Overall, I recommend this laptop without reservation.
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Summary: Sony quality at budget price
Review: I bought my PCG-GRZ660 about 6 months ago, and I'm delighted with it. It has many qualities not unusual in a laptop twice its price, and yet it still manages to come in at under a grand.
I'd always wanted a laptop computer, and when I finally had the money to buy one, Sony was my brand of choice. They're always styled nicely, and previous experience with other Sony products has led me to believe that Sony produce well-built, high-quality items. I wasn't disappointed either.
On opening the box, I found the laptop itself (duh), the mains adapter/charger and an 'egg box' containing assorted cables, CDs and manuals. The laptop was packaged very securely, minimising the risk of damage in shipping.
Once I'd unpacked the laptop and plugged it in, I powered up. First I had to go through the final bits of Windows XP Home setup, entering the required personal information and accepting the license agreement, and then I was in. I was presented with a very attractive desktop wallpaper and icons for many programs. One of the nice things about this laptop is the amount of bundled software.
First thing I did was register the laptop, followed shortly by updating the BIOS. This was a complete cinch; all I had to do was download a file and it makes a boot disk. Insert the disk and restart and everything is done automatically.
The 256MB RAM is enough for most things, and runs Windows XP quite comfortably.
The quoted battery life is a little on the generous side; however, I can get about 3 hours out of a single charge, which isn't bad at all.
The 1GHz Duron CPU has quite a bit of grunt when throttled all the way up, but PowerNow! allows it to throttle right back to 500MHz when it's not in use, doing a fair bit to conserve battery life.
The 10GB hard drive fitted to the laptop is an IBM model, and works nicely to save power when combined with the power management utility from IBM's own website, which uses performance controls to reduce power consumption when on battery, but boost performance on mains power.
The on-board ATi 8MB graphics have caused a few crashes, but nothing major. Driver updates for this card seem to be nonexistant, but I don't think that's too much of a problem.
Sound is quite good for the size of the speakers; it uses the on-board VIA AC97 codec to provide audio, which is perfectly adequate for the machine's intended role.
The keyboard is fine for extended typing sessions, and the trackpad is perfectly usable.
My only real gripe with the laptop is the on-board modem. It's not the best, and it's not overly reliable. Having said that, what more can be expected from a soft-modem? Also of minor irritation to me is the fact that the socket for the on-board NIC (which is also very good) is behind the flap on the back, so when you're connected to a LAN you have to have the flap down. However, both of these are minor when compared to the overall standard of the laptop.
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Summary: Sony VAIO is everything you'll ever need
Review: I was first considering a desktop of about the same specifications as this computer. 2.4 GHz, 512 MB ram, not much difference, and it was [$$$] more expensive! A sony, and I would have to buy a monitor.Alot of othe other reviews complain about hte noise the fan makes... There's an option to put the fan it quiet mode... And besides it doesn't really make any noise at all for any length of time, so I don't even notice it. I've completely replaced my desktop with this computer and have had no problems. The only bad thing I ca say is that the graphics card is only 16 MB, but if you want a Radeon 9500 128 MN card then buy a desktop... I love it alot. I play games on it, do my graphics editing, chat online, etc. It doesn't come with MS Office on it, or maybe it did and mine was special, but that's easily obtainable. This is the first lap top I've bought, and it has been perfect, not a single problem at all and I havn't had to restart is a single time.
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Summary: excellent price
Review: just bought this sony product and fast alot of memory expanable to 1000mb need broadband to download dvd screen looks great better than others i have seen great price new product excellent customer service by amazon.com better than others... On the down side heavy large ac adapter but overall great buy.
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Summary: Great notebook, only one drawback
Review: This notebook has almost every feature you could ask for. For the sake of brevity I will point out the one weak point (all the other features are first rate): Sony has equipped this notebook with a nice big 15" screen, but it only has 1024x768 pixels. This is more in line with a 14" screen or a value priced notebook. A 15" screen notebook in this price rang should have 1024x1280 pixels. The quality difference is very noticeable. On most other points (response time, luminescence, contrast) I would rate this screen about average. If display quality is important to you then this may not be the right notebook for you. Otherwise this notebook is really well featured.
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