Sony VAIO GRX560 Laptop (1.60 GHz-M Pentium 4, 256 MB RAM, 30 GB hard drive)Platform: Windows XP Home Edition
Brand: Sony
Binding: Personal Computers
Love The GRX, Be Sure To Buy Speakers Too [Posted on 2002-09-30]
Having spent a week abroad with my GRX550 (15" screen) I can tell you this machine is a joy to work with for web and desktop apps. 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 Rebate, came to me in about 3 weeks Hope you enjoy your new GRX as much as I do. I'm very much a fan.
A LIVING NIGHTMARE [Posted on 2002-11-04]
...Windows XP is apparently so new that almost no software or hardware works with it -- including an Epson scanner which is supposed to. I am about to try to reload the entire system for the ??? (I've forgotten how many times now) to bring it back to factory settings and hopefully get this machine to work...
Order fulfillment at Sonystyle [Posted on 2002-11-09]
I would advise not to order GRX 500 series from Sonystyle's website. Oct 22: Order placed Oct 29: Order status not shown up on online order tracking.
Waited 30 min on customer hotline and was told order was in process and informationw would be available 7 days from order date. Nov 3: E-mailed about status and was told order was built to order and in process of building. Nov 5: Further enquiry about the same simple question: What is Order Status? Issue unresolved. Nov 7: Same question. Possible Cancellation of order and was told to call customer hotline again. Issue unresolved. Nov 8: Told me I would have received an e-mail. But, I never did. Will I ever receive a confirmation of cancellation of order? I don't want to be billed for it later on and want to place an order somewhere else.
awesome computer [Posted on 2003-01-01]
This thing put me in the hole 2500 bucks with insurance, but id have to say it was worth it. One thing that is very underated on this computer is the sound is soooooo goood. Its a lap top with 3d sound. I dont even have my regular speakers hooked up. Also, its super rugged. I bring it everywhere, And i sereously abuse electronics, I brought it to florada once, and after that it broke down on me, so I just brought it were i bought it and got a new one, yea really good buy, wish it had a dvd burner though, well when this gets old, i'll bring it in for a new one.
Sony support awful [Posted on 2003-01-23]
Since I bought this notebook I am in trouble. The computer is slow and two months later the LCD screen did not worked. I claim for repair under warranty to Sony and I had to ship the computer to San Diego,California paying all shipment expenses. They knew what the problem with the LCD was before they received and now they do not want to repair it under the warranty. What kind of computer is this, that I bought it in September as a new model and now is discontinued.
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