Sony VAIO GRX520 Laptop (1.6 GHz-M Pentium 4, 256 MB RAM, 30 GB hard drive)Platform: Windows XP Home Edition
Brand: Sony
Binding: Personal Computers
Fashionable laptop with fast P4 and amazing 15" screen! [Posted on 2002-07-31]
This is laptop show many state-of-art technology of Sony. It uses P4 1.6GHz processor and therefore run very fast. It is provided with a amazing 15" TFT screen and can be used for entertainment purpose such for DVD player. Its fasionable design is very attractive for younth.
better than grx550 [Posted on 2002-10-05]
I can tell you this machine (GRX520) is a joy to work with for web and desktop apps. first i bought GRX550, but i returned that and went for GRX520. although both are same but i feel performance wise this is better. i cross my fingures. i got 256 RAM extra free of cost, so it is 512 now.
Watching DVDs is great, for the best in sound quality though be sure and get a SONY SRS-T77 speaker set to plug into the notebook, this little set of 4 watt speakers will rock the room and are small enough to fit into your bag and port along.
As for validating other comments I've read I'd suggest:
Size, yes the dimensions are a bit larger and I too bought a new bag - happily. I think this size of unit is best suited for a backpack versus an over-the-shoulder bag Batteries, seem to last me about 2 hours, I'm ordering an extra one Hard drive noise, havent really been bothered by it Screen quality - stunning. I've used Toshiba, IBM, and Dell's - The screen quality is really outstanding with the GRX Size of the charger unit. Yes, it is larger and bulkier than any others I have used recently. SONY should be able to do better than this.
Not a laptop... a "portable desktop." [Posted on 2004-01-23]
You could call this a 'longevity test' review. I've owned the Vaio GRX 520 since Summer of 2001 and I've been extremely pleased with its performance. Don't let the stats fool you... 1.6 Pentium 4, 256 MB Ram and 30 GB Hard Drive are plenty of "go" for most of us. Being in Graphics Design, I have many heavy hitting software programs loaded and still maintain almost 2/3 of my hard drive space empty. And let's face it, any processor over 1.6-1.8 is so fast that you won't notice the difference... waste of money to go higher. I originally purchased the Vaio because of its great 15" screen that's impressive, especially with the complimenting graphics chip. There's never been any problem with the computer hardware or accompanying software. The different port options accept many external devices i.e. memory sticks and 10/100 Ethernet connection. Let's hear it for USB's! Dependable, quality product, and does it all. One drawback... the weight, but didn't I tell you? It's a "portable desktop."
Great at first, but doesn't hold up. [Posted on 2005-08-02]
I bought my GRX520 in 2002 as a replacement for a Dell Inspiron 4000. For the first year, it ran great, and I had no problems with it, except that it seemed to run very hot. I did have a slight issue with one of the USB ports starting to be loose, but that was easily fixed.
After about a year, I started to notice that the machine shut down randomly and unexpectedly. A few weeks after this began, it started to fail to boot at all. I sent it in and had the motherboard replaced. Since that time, the machine has run increasingly slowly, and experienced periodic problems shutting down.
Recently the machine has randomly failed to recognize the sound card and the AC adapter, continuing to run off battery power even though the adapter is plugged in. I tried replacing the adapter, but that didn't help. Checking online, I learned that the Vaio GRX models apparently have ongoing issues with running so hot that the motherboard actually warps.
Yesterday, I ordered a Dell to replace the Vaio. I'm very disappointed that in less than three years, the Vaio has fallen apart.
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