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Summary: A novelty, not for serious users
Review: After extensive research, I selected the picturebook for its light wight and features (built in digital camera/video cam & the cd-rw/dvd player). While I love the size, the items on the screen are SO tiny. Second, the system seems really slow. Also, I had problems including this Windows XP onto my home network because Microsoft doesn't include the cd and you can't burn a network disk to a cd but only a memory stick, which I don't have. Even the network setup floppy from another machine doesn't work with my other computer that has Windows 2000. Finally, the cd player doesn't work, and Sony wants me to return the computer for repair. I think I am just going to return the system.
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Summary: Problems ...
Review: After extensive research, I selected the picturebook for its light wight and features (built in digital camera/video cam & the cd-rw/dvd player). While I love the size, the items on the screen are SO tiny. Second, the system seems really slow. Also, I had problems including this Windows XP onto my home network because Microsoft doesn't include the cd and you can't burn a network disk to a cd but only a memory stick, which I don't have. Even the network setup floppy from another machine doesn't work with my other computer that has Windows 2000. Finally, the cd player doesn't work, and Sony wants me to return the computer for repair. I think I am just going to return the system.
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Summary: Wonder toy with Sony Fallacies
Review: I got this device mainly for it's lightweight and compact design for use on business trips and vacations overseas. The features that I think are nice are bluetooth, firewire port, and memory stick slot. It also has two USB ports, 100 Base-T Ethernet, modem, and Wi-Fi (using extended I/O adapter and Wi-Fi PC Card). The camera is fun too.The annoying thing about this and other VIAOs is that is comes pre-installed with an avalanche of useless software whose shortcuts blind the view of the desktop. These programs make the system performance come to a crawl and make the OS unstable. There is only a restore CD to re-install the same unstable and sloth-like configuration. I managed though to install WinXP Pro on another partition that I created using PartitionMagic, and got substantial performance gains, but at the expense of some features like the camera. Some might complain about the choice of processor by Sony, but I manage fine for web development (Apache web server, mySQL, Tomcat, Mozilla, DreamWeaver, Flash), shell, WSH, and perl scripting (Cygwin, ActiveState, Komodo), and programming with .Net, C++, and Java (Eclipse, CodeWarrior, jEdit). I also use it to do reports and presentations for college using Office documents with OpenOffice. It's not a speed demon by any means, but without the junk that Sony bundles, the performance is adequate.
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Summary: Wonder toy with Sony Fallacies
Review: I got this device mainly for it's lightweight and compact design for use on business trips and vacations overseas. The features that I think are nice are bluetooth, firewire port, and memory stick slot. It also has two USB ports, 100 Base-T Ethernet, modem, and Wi-Fi (using extended I/O adapter and Wi-Fi PC Card). The camera is fun too. The annoying thing about this and other VIAOs is that is comes pre-installed with an avalanche of useless software whose shortcuts blind the view of the desktop. These programs make the system performance come to a crawl and make the OS unstable. There is only a restore CD to re-install the same unstable and sloth-like configuration. I managed though to install WinXP Pro on another partition that I created using PartitionMagic, and got substantial performance gains, but at the expense of some features like the camera. Some might complain about the choice of processor by Sony, but I manage fine for web development (Apache web server, mySQL, Tomcat, Mozilla, DreamWeaver, Flash), shell, WSH, and perl scripting (Cygwin, ActiveState, Komodo), and programming with .Net, C++, and Java (Eclipse, CodeWarrior, jEdit). I also use it to do reports and presentations for college using Office documents with OpenOffice. It's not a speed demon by any means, but without the junk that Sony bundles, the performance is adequate.
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Summary: reneesmith505
Review: reneesmith505
u sounds like an inexperienced user. most problems u described can be easily resolved.
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Summary: A novelty, not for serious users
Review: Sporting a Crusoe TM5800 CPU, this super small super light notebook is bound for the dust heap of computing history. The Crusoe CPU was a novel idea: build a low power CPU from scratch and have it "emulate" a true Intel CPU. The sad reality is that the peformance is very poor and the compatiblity just isn't there with all software. You would be much better off buying an Compaq Ipaq or similar Xscale based hand held computer. Software is being written for Xscale computers by the truckloads and it uses less power than the Crusoe. Or go for a PIII-M notebook. Sadly Transmeta (the company that makes the Crusoe CPU) has failed to make very many of them, and is not expected to last much longer. Hopefully the brilliant ideas they created will live on in a company able to bring them to market in the kind of numbers that make software developers take notice and write stable apps for it.
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Summary: A novelty, not for serious users
Review: Sporting a Crusoe TM5800 CPU, this super small super light notebook is bound for the dust heap of computing history. The Crusoe CPU was a novel idea: build a low power CPU from scratch and have it "emulate" a true Intel CPU. The sad reality is that the peformance is very poor and the compatiblity just isn't there with all software. You would be much better off buying an Compaq Ipaq or similar Xscale based hand held computer. Software is being written for Xscale computers by the truckloads and it uses less power than the Crusoe. Or go for a PIII-M notebook. Sadly Transmeta (the company that makes the Crusoe CPU) has failed to make very many of them, and is not expected to last much longer. Hopefully the brilliant ideas they created will live on in a company able to bring them to market in the kind of numbers that make software developers take notice and write stable apps for it.
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