Sony Vaio F707

Nearly, but not quite. (159 words)
by tdjackson - written on 18/01/02, updated on 18/01/02 (Useful, 657 readings)
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go for a Laptop . I chose the Pentium 3 750Mhz with a DVD-Rom and a 15" screen. Although it was very expensive, it looked great and the 15" screen was an extremely valuable asset. As laptops go, this computer is at the top end of the spectrum and although it was a nice machine, for what I paid it wasn't the be all ...

Sony Vaio F707

Superb Sony technology, but not Sony quality (673 words)
by 137699 - written on 04/03/03, updated on 04/03/03 (Very useful, 1552 readings)
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It was a joy to use, quick, easily upgradeable, and I got on well with this unit for about 12 months. As did the other users... then the S Sony Vaio experience went very wrong. One day, I opened up my laptop in front of a customer, to hear an awful "crack" noise, and the screen came away from the laptop - the hinge had busted. Bad luck for me, or so I thought, until over the coming 3 months, EVERY SINGLE vaio we had busted their hinges also (despite much lubricant being used on the rest after the first two had broke!). Being slightly over 1 year old, Sony kindly advised us that they were out of warranty, and would be repaired as follows: £80 for them to ...

Sony Vaio F709

Poor notebooks (127 words)
by ryanbritto - written on 18/11/00, updated on 18/11/00 (Useful, 375 readings)
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have bought a s Sony Vaio laptop from the guys at sony. to cut a long story short they are the most awful pieces of kit I have ever seen. they crash all the time, wont turn off without taking out the battery and refuse to function unless attached to their not very portable docking stations - so technically they are not ...