Typical price: £2,000
What is it: Laptop that thinks it's a desktop machine
What we think: Powerful, but expensive machine that gives desktop PCs a run for their money with performance
Average user rating
3.0
poor
Average user rating from 1 user
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March 4, 2009
Posted by: greengrass99
"Avoid at all costs"
What I like:
Like the screen and performance but that no good it its dead !
What I don't like:
Unreliable ! andtakes 2 days to get back !
Review:
Its a large but powerful beats with a SUPERB screen, BUT - it went wrong 4 months into buying it, collection from France flawed, but got back finally but totally wiped back to original settings! As I was on dial-up this took ages with all the downloads to update, let alone install my added software. You say it has 2 hard drives - I decided to accept all the default locations, and everything was wiped by the repairer. Now 13 months on (typically out of guarantee) its stopped DEAD - wont power up and clicks and clunks inside. Draedful - and to imaging that they cant guarantee to keep the hard disk, so even if its an electrical fault, I loose again !
3 USB ports is too few. Only one at the back and 2 at the side. The 2 at the side are so close together that you cant get 2 USB drives in side by side.
Mike good - didnt (I was going to sat Dont !) use in built camera and TV connection - but useful ..
I have had Sony for 10 years now but this has put me off completely - think I will move to Apple !
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