I've had my sony for over a year, no problems. Plus they have the nicest screens, clear and bright.
The first thing you want to do is replace the RAM, depending on the model. Mine shipped with 100mhz ram versus the 133mhz it can accept. Plus the upgrade to 512 is well worth the difference in speed.
Originally posted by Amputate Your Head anyone got one, and are they worth the investment? Durable? Reliable? Responsive?
Yes?
No?
SPEAK DAMMIT!
dont go with HP, Dells, etc.
I am using Sony Vaio laptops since 2001 and I can tell you just one thing - THEY ROCK! kinda expensive but the design is awesome! no one can beat them in that...
the only disadvantage is that their support sucks at time...
love my vaio due to sony?s video camera and computer integration
on my 3rd one now,
but even I would buy a dell or Toshiba if I did not use this alot
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I have a dell inspiron 8200 for 8 months now and it's awesome. Had a 266mhz Vaio a few years ago and it sucked ASS. Horrible screen, bad support, mobo on it fried after 2 years, parts were cheap, hdd was slower than hell and it sucked for typing.
Check to see what touchpad it ships with. The Alps pads are horrible (this is usually the pad on the smaller ones) and the synaptics pads are awesome. I have a V505Bx and love the weight, size and bright screen, but the pad is horrible. I had the larger one, I think the GRZ series, and it was a nice machine except for the 8+ lbs weight.
Shit, one thing I forgot. If you are going to be photoshopping on it, check a JPG on the screen in the store. Some of the TFTs don't do skin tones well at all. Just my $.02
Originally posted by Amputate Your Head anyone got one, and are they worth the investment? Durable? Reliable? Responsive?
Yes?
No?
SPEAK DAMMIT!
My Sony has been good! Had a problem with the keyboard... dropped a glass of beer on it..... Sent it back to Sony's Tech. Support and they had it back to me the same week and charged me nothing to fix it....
They have good customer service, which means a lot!!!
I've had Toshiba Tecras, IBMs, Dells and Sony was the worse of all of them. My Tecra was the best.... Never had one problem with it even after the physical abuse I put it through.
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they are a piece of shit. I have one. flemsy case, cheap parts. The only benefit to a dell is the support.
Had Dell Latitude CP since april 98 and never had a problem. Only use it now to check email on aol account as it only has a 233Mhz processor and 64Mb of ram so cannot haddle modern aps..
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Im looking at the new Alienware Area-51 in silver.... looks fuckin sweet. Bit pricy though. A buddy of mine works at HP...says he can get me a good deal. If not I might consider the Alienware
had a bad power supply (known issue on one model), I asked them to just send the replacement, cause i could have made the change in 5 minutes, but they said "we don't do things that way".
So I wait for the box, pack it up, wait for pickup, and get the thing back like 9 days later.
Sad part is, they said if you don't want the system restored to factory state so on the work order, cause apparently they do it by default.
So i do that, and I taped huge notices all over the entire case, NOT to make any changes within the system, taping all the drives shut, and saying to just replace the supply.
9 days later, it came back, not restored completely, but they changed a some shit they had no reason to to change...
mostly appearance wise..
Next time i'll be sure to pull the fucking hard drives.
was a very durable comp i liked it alot till it talked back to me then i had to teach it not to fuck with me
Hey localG - Is that a PCG-FX220? If it is and the motherboard still works hit me up - jake at naughtyallie dot com. I've got one that I only used for about 13 months (that's right, less than 30 days after the fucking warranty expired) and the mother board went out on me! Havent gotten around to replacing it yet.
Originally posted by Amputate Your Head anyone got one, and are they worth the investment? Durable? Reliable? Responsive?
Yes?
No?
SPEAK DAMMIT!
I haven't had a chance to read the thread except for your question and the answer is they are awesome. I bought two of them... I would recommend the P4 2.6 GHZ with the 15 inch screen for speed....I maxed it out at 1 GB of RAM....Then I got the 17 inch P4 1.8 GHZ and maxed that one with 1 Gb of RAM as well. I use them both for traveling....If you use Sony cameras they are awesome
Hey localG - Is that a PCG-FX220? If it is and the motherboard still works hit me up - jake at naughtyallie dot com. I've got one that I only used for about 13 months (that's right, less than 30 days after the fucking warranty expired) and the mother board went out on me! Havent gotten around to replacing it yet.
hit me up man icq is below .. there might be a chance its good but i beat the living shit outta that machine . i could send it to you and you can test it out ..
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