Sony VAIO PCG-FRV37 Laptop (2.80-GHz Pentium 4, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB Hard Drive, DVD-RW/CD-RW Drive) | List Price: $1,599.99
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Platform: Windows XP Home Edition
Brand: Sony
Binding: Personal Computers
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Good Lap top with little problems [Posted on 2005-04-14]
I bought they laptop about a year ago for college. It worked exellent, it was fast, reliable and the battery lasted a while. Recently Im having overheating issues. Once it gets hot it turns off. I can seem to get the DVD burner to work, I gotta figure that out and the battery only lasts for half an hour, be prepare to buy a new battery!
Bad Hardisk, bad keyboard, bad battery [Posted on 2005-09-21]
I bought this laptop about 2 years. But after 2 years my dardisk, keyboard and battery was damaged. I ask the support but dont have anything. Very very :-((((((
more than satisfactory, but has its problems. [Posted on 2005-11-30]
i bought this machine because it was relatively cheap and i wanted something portable with a lot of processing power. I have never wanted for processing speed, and i can take the thing around places, so my basic needs are satisfied.
The problems:
A) low battery life. My battery life is now about 20 minutes. When i got it, the life was ~1.5 hours. I'm guessing that this is what happens when you overcharge a battery constantly by having the laptop plugged in all the time. Apple has solved this problem, why can't sony?
B) heavy. and the ac adapter is HUGE, about the size of a psp/1st gen. gameboy. Will fit in backpack, but it will weigh you down. It's fine to carry - so long as its the only thing you're carrying.
C) hot. i highly recommend a centrino processor. p4s are just too hot for a laptop. They burn the battery and the computer occasionally shuts off b/c it's too hot. These problems are endemic to p4 laptops. Get a centrino.
Overall i am satisfied, if not ecstatic.
Average laptop [Posted on 2006-01-17]
I purchased this notebook around 2 years back. Overall the performance is good. As mentioned by other reviewer, the battery life is very poor. You can not do multitasking, the performance becomes slow. I don't like the screen as well. It doesn't have the wide, xbrite screen and you can not watch movies in group.
I think I like the most is the the dvd burning capacity. I have copied many dvds without any problem.
Overall its OK laptop.
So Close [Posted on 2006-05-31]
I wouldn't hesitate giving this model a 5 star rating, were it not for its outrageously loud cooling fan. I swear, the thing is louder than my old E-Machines desktop (from '98!), making use of this computer an almost painful experience. The VAIO suffers from all the usual problems with Windows models - OS crashes, freezes, etc. - but these are not frequent. Damn, I love it's performance, features and appearance, but there's no reason to buy a computer if using it is as unpleasant as this.
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