Sony Vaio PCG-N505X

...high price tag. The Sony Vaio PCG-N505X is a stylish compact laptop launched in 1998. It weighs a mere 1.2 kg, with a 10.4" TFT screen. <<<>>> With dimensions of 25.9 cm x 20.8 cm x 2.2 cm the laptop looks sublime. The laptop casing is silver with a blue battery department at the back of the laptop (where the lid folds). There are several slots on the left hand side of the device, which include; a memory slot, AC adapter, ...
...my biggest gripe with the Sony Vaio, why? Well as soon as I turn the laptop on, 20 minutes later (if I'm lucky!!) an American synthesised lady informs me that 'your battery is low'. It is not a fault with the Sony Vaio itself it was more a impulse buy with me, without reading such review sites as Ciao. If I'd done a bit of research before splashing out I'd not of bothered with this model. So why didn't I just return it? I bought the laptop from ...

floatingclouds 17.01.2006 · Read full review
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...when I came across a Sony Vaio N505X Ultra-Portable notebook going cheap - I paid just £90 for mine which was in pristine condition and included the official Vaio external CD-Rom drive, external floppy drive, port replicator, power supply, upgraded to 128MB of ram and upgraded 30GB hard drive. I already have a perfectly adequate desktop computer but thought it would be nice to make more use of my wireless router. I personally think that the majority ...
...£1500. ******Performance:******* The Sony Vaio N505X was originally designed for windows 98 therefore its specification is very low by today’s standards. See below:- Processor: Intel Celeron 333 Mhz Cache: 128 KB (on die) Memory: 64 MB (Upgradeable to 128 MB) Memory Information: 505-C1F 66Mhz (SDR) Hard Disk Drive: 6.4 GB Graphic Card: Neomagic MagicMedia 256AV Video Memory: 2 MB Display: 10.4" TFT XGA 1024x768 Sound Chip: Yamaha YMF7448 16-bit ...

kenzo123 06.07.2007 · Read full review
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I bought the Sony N505SN for its portability - it is one of the smallest, lightest portables available, although not cheap (I paid roughly £1500 for my PII-400 model). I would say that it is probably a bit too 'girly' for most blokes - its a rather chic silver colour with purple highlights - although it is cool-looking. The key advantages are its weight (just over a kilogram) and dimensions - this really is a truly portable laptop. However, 'road ...
...floppy and CD-ROM are both external, and most of the major port connections are accessed through a 'port adapter'. Sony, however,have given a lot of thought to making all these as sleek and light as possible. Battery life is pretty poor for the standard battery - just over an hour or so. I'd recommend coughing up for the extra life battery. It is a bit bigger - so makes the PC a bit heavier - but gives a good 3 and a half hours worth, and can be ...

TrishB 01.09.2000 · Read full review
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This is one of the best pocket PC’s on the market due to it being so expensive and packed with more features than ever. It is slim compact and elegant with one of the best TFT Screens around. It is also so thin. The only Cons are that the battery life is not so long and the system few ports with lots of external drives, which are so costly. Internet access is so rapid it is shocking and can also work with an IR port. For anyone trying to prove he ...

oli2000 22.06.2000 · Read full review
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