Sony VAIO PCG-K27 Laptop (3.06 GHz Pentium 4-M, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, DVD+/-RW Drive) | List Price: $1,799.99
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Platform: Windows XP Home Edition
Brand: Sony
Binding: Personal Computers
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Defective Hard Drive, BEWARE [Posted on 2004-12-09]
I purchased the 60 Gig Hard drive version of this computer in July, and on December 5th the hard drive broke. It will not mount and makes grinding and clattering noises. I have lost data. This is not a quality product. I am now returning it to Sony (Sony Event#E26545346). I thought Sony made quality products and I paid a premium for their notebook compared to other notebooks and look at what I get. I am very unhappy. I wonder if this is more than just an isolated incident. I will never buy a Sony product again and do everything I can to stop others from buying Sony's products.
So if you like your hard drive unexpectingly crashing and like to lose data then go ahead and roll the dice and buy this computer.
Overall good but... [Posted on 2005-05-31]
Very good in a lot of aspect. Design, power, amazing screen.
Now the important downsides:
- supports only WinXP (no Win2000 / 2003, no linux)
- poor graphics drivers, and no possibility to update them (not compatibly with standard ATI ones)
- poor other drivers
Beside that, it is a good value.
VAIO PCG-K27 Review [Posted on 2005-06-03]
I bought this model (Pentium 4, 512 MB Ram, 80 GB Hard Drive) this last year to repleace a previous notebook model that was stolen. I use it at home in place of a desktop model. Very happy with it. Only complant is the sound quality when playing CDs or DVDs.
Not strong enough? Too strong! [Posted on 2005-09-01]
I have not seen an adequate review of this product yet, so I will try to write one: Since this thing uses 19.4 volts to run, it is a power hog. It blows the circuits on something like an airline seat plug-in. You can't find a 12v adapter for one, because it's too powerful and no one makes one. I have a C/D drive setup with a 20/60 GB capacity that is just senseless. Put the whole thing on one drive. The fan sounds like a runaway locomotive. Windows XP Home edition? Puhleez! Half the rest of the "pre-installed" software was trial editions that expired if you didn't buy them! It's heavy! It's huge. Good screen, great wireless performance but there are better choices!
Awesome machine [Posted on 2005-11-16]
I bought this laptop about a year ago and it is great! Awesome graphics for a laptop! I'm not sure what others are doing to their machines, but I have had no trouble finding any drivers or anything of the sort. The screen is beautiful! The only set back of this laptop is the noise, but this can be reduced to almost nothing by adjusting the power controls. As far as the weight of the thing goes, unless you plan on standing and holding it out in front of you the weight isn't an issue, hence the term "laptop" At any rate, great machine, good graphics, AWESOME screen, and powerful.
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