Sony VAIO PCG- FX 405

Advantages: Good Looking, Sleek, Fast.
Disadvantages: Poor Battery life, Almost impossible to upgrade.

...things that put me off these were 1. THE PRICE as they seemed to be about 50% more expensive than the PC equivalents. 2. THE LAYOUT Apple Macintosh computers have a different keyboard layout as well as a different Operating System (i.e. they do not use windows). After I expressed my above concerns and expressed what I would be using the laptop for, I was directed to both the Sony and Samsung range. After having a "test drive" on both machines (both similar in specifications and price) I came down in favour of the SONY PX 405 because as well as having the sharper and brighter TFT screen, it also had a nicer feel about it whilst navigating around the desktop and the actual design of the laptop was nicer too. So I took it home and first thing i did was turn it on and find out what it actually does, played a DVD, recorded a CD...

mjmaltby 19.11.2004 · Read review
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Review of Sony Vaio PCG-FX405

Sony Vaio PCG-FX401

Advantages: Great system, for the price
Disadvantages: Poor Battery life and customer care

...on ME. The sony-vaio support website is fairly useful, but not always working, but the email service is excellent and very prompt. The telephone support however it appauling, at 50p a minute, it is open only mon-fri 9am-5pm, which is no use to me, as I have to be at work. But I managed to get some time, and was on the phone, just waiting for 3 hours, when someone answered and said "we are sorry, but the offices are now closed, if you have been waiting for a long time, please call back tommorrow" - terrible! I finally managed to get through, and I was told I would need to be transfered to another support personal, as they were new, then I was sent to tech support and then back around again - again, useless. Overall, I am impressed with the laptop. I have had a few problems with it, that were solved by re-installing windows. Non-Sony...

ukpcdaz 29.08.2002 · Read review
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Review of Sony Vaio PCG-FX401

  Sony Vaio the way to go!

Advantages: Sharp screen image, high overall performance, great looks
Disadvantages: Continuous running of the fan

...I have had my Sony Vaio GRT816S for 3 months now and I thought that it is was high time I wrote a review about this marvellous notebook. Founded in 1946 Sony started out as a small company specialising in transistors radios, over the years their influence in the electronics market has grown and today they are probably the worlds most recognisable brand of electronic goods. In 1998 Sony launched their Vaio range of notebooks and these too have become the must have name in the notebook market. The GRT816S is the top of the range model from Sony?s GRT800 range. As with most of the Sony Vaio notebooks it has a sleek and sharp looking design intended to lure looks conscious buyers like myself. It has dimensions of (WxDxH) 35.7 cm x 30 cm x 4.5 cm which is slightly bigger than your average notebook but not a major concern. It comes in...

kepler3001 11.02.2004 · Read review
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Review of Sony Vaio PCG-GRT816S

SUPER SONIC SONY VAIO NR10 LAPTOP

Advantages: DVD R/W, HIGH QUALITY, BEAUTY, GREAT VALUE
Disadvantages: DOES NOT MAKE COFFEE

...INTRO I've been using Laptops now for around ten years and must say they are improving beyond belief in every way. I've owned many brands of Laptops that include Dell, Compact, IBM, HP and a Toshiba (most recent), I have always loved the Laptop concept and will now review my new beloved Sony Vaio NR10 Laptop. LOOKING FOR A NEW LAPTOP As with any other products on today's markets there is usually stiff competition and as far as Computers go it's more competitive now than ever. I began to look for a new Laptop last month in the January sales, which is the best time in my opinion as there's often big mark downs on prices and bargains to be had. Now the funny thing is I've always been a big Sony fan in every way (especially Sony Trintron TV''s) but never owned a Sony Computer or Laptop, so Sony was at the top of my list to...

donovan74 07.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Sony Vaio VGN-NR10

Great low-mid level laptop, for work, rest and play!

Advantages: Superfast, great design and nice-sized harddrive
Disadvantages: There are more advanced laptops out there. Price varies considerably.

...Here we have another great laptop by Sony and should that surprise anyone, considering that Sony are one of the most respected manufacturers of electronics in the world ? The Sony Vaio VGN-NS30E/W is a low-mid level laptop designed to fit the needs of most business and leisure users. To better illustrate the features, the pros and the cons I've split the review into sections for you................ APPEARANCE -------------------- This laptop is honestly gorgeous in its design. The white frame gives it a very crisp and clean look, much like an IPOD and makes you excited to see what it can do. Upon opening the laptop, you're greeted with a stunning screen with X-Black technology. This means that the black backgrounds, vivid colours of media players and photos look very deep and rich. Games, movies and applications all look...

4leafclover 23.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony VAIO NS Series VGN-NS30E/W

The Sony Vaio N505x

Advantages: Light, looks great, and it's cheap
Disadvantages: Outdated, low specs, poor battery performance.

...Laptops are in high demand by students, professionals and home users. The specifications available today are truly amazing, but they can carry a 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. <<<<So how does it look?>>>> 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, USB (just the one port), microphone and headphones. The other side of the laptop comprises of the: Power switch (which is a slide button), a reset button - which you press in and finally there is a slot to plug in your external...

floatingclouds 17.01.2006 · Read review
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Review of Sony Vaio PCG-N505X

Sony VAIO CR21S/P Laptop

Advantages: Fast, looks good, comes in a variety of colours
Disadvantages: Expensive, mouse can sometimes play up

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why I brought the laptop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I had had so many problems from my previous laptop, although I had only had it for 2 years - but there were problems with it right from the beginning. It was really staring to be unreliable and crashing all the time, as well it being highly annoying, I couldn't afford to keep loosing my work all the time and I was just waiting for the day for it to finally completely pack up, so I decided to go on the internet and start looking around for a new laptop. Originally I was looking for the cheapest yet good one I could find. By chance I ended up on the Sony website and advertised on the home page was this Sony Vaio. I instantly fell in love with it, so decided to check it out. This Sony Vaio is part of the CR Series and there are 3 different laptops which come with 3...

lilyellowfish 21.01.2008 (02.01.2008) · Read review
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Review of Sony VAIO CR Series VGN-CR21S/L

My Sony VAIO- sounds like an advert!

Advantages: Good brand, lovely screen
Disadvantages: freezes at times

...how to move it- please do that for me. Do not get confused the model I am talking about is - Sony VAIO K215B (PCG-K215B) PC Notebook. The Sony Vaio K series of laptops have been designed for mainly home use, as they have Microsoft Windows XP Home as an operating system and are a good all round machine. A stunning specification at a great price. The Sony K215B is an ideal notebook for home use such as internet use, word processing, production of DVDs & CDs, and basic graphics activities. Key Features - Processor 2.8 GHz Installed Memory 512 MB (DDR SDRAM) Display 15 in. XGA TFT LCD Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Processor Type - Celeron Processor Manufacturer Intel Processor Speed 2.8 GHz Memory Installed RAM 512 MB RAM Technology DDR SDRAM Max Supported RAM...

greatmum1 27.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of Sony Vaio PCG-TR1

Sony VAIO that fails to impress

Advantages: Good video encoding, software extras, has "built-in" anti-theft mechanism
Disadvantages: Average in almost everything. Worse everywhere else.

...You've ever wondered why alot of people don't buy laptops and stick with their massively chunky desktop computers, with it's loud humming, power slurping and heat generating. Well I could think of a few reasons but here is a good example. Don't get me wrong, this budget £850 (why it is classified as budget is beyond me) Sony VAIO laptop is a fairly decent laptop, it's just very average at everything it does. The Intel Celeron 2.8GHz processor and the DDR 512MB of RAM make it sounds rather zippy, but in fact it's performance is only just adequate for office applications, gaming is not recommended. The graphics chip is the ATI RADEON IGP (integrated) that uses 64MB of the 512MB RAM as it's memory. You would think that the RADEON graphics would give the laptop a gaming edge but try running a Direct X 8 game and it crawls like a diseased...

china_wolf 20.08.2004 · Read review
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Review of Sony Vaio PCG-FR415B

sony vaio AR88E

Advantages: massive screen
Disadvantages: large.

...This laptop is the Sony VAIO AR88E. The laptop is made mainly for gaming, watching movies on and various other entertainment needs whilst not compromising the ability to do serious work on these as well. One thing that is compromised though is the portability, entertainment laptops are made to keep at home and not really to carry about with you all the time, so whilst the specification may look good, don?t expect one of these to be very portable. Its mainly black in colour however I like the design ho the screen top part comes over the bottom part of the laptop base slightly so that it gives a more cooler look to the laptop. The installed ram on this laptop is great, it has a massive 2gb which is the main reason this laptop runs so fast, also its intel core 2 duo T7700 which is one of the newest processors makes this laptop run so...

techno_man_37 20.02.2009 · Read review
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