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3.5 stars
"While I agree with most of the comments of the other reviewers, I have a few comments I think that a"
Pros: Beautiful design, brilliant screen!
Cons: Slow disk saps energy of processor and memory
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I did not know that you could have fractional increments. Therefore I would say the systems deserves something between 7.5 -8.0 based upon all considerations.Updated
I broke the screen. Let me tell you how I was handling the Sony TXN laptop. I was moving it from a coffee table to an end table. I had my left hand under the left bottom of the TXN and my right hand was on the top right hand side of the screen. My right thumb was just inside the screen area. The very thin screen has very narrow borders with little room to handle the computer while open. While setting it down on the table, my thumb inadvertently applied a little extra pressure to the screen and there was a ?Click? sound and the screen was gone. This is not covered under warranty and is extremely expensive. Lesson: Close the screen before moving it!Updated
I documented my upgrade ?Vista Ready? Sony Viao TXN-15 to Vista this year after the terrible experience I had when I upgraded to XP. It took me 30 hours. I had multiple case numbers with HP, Linksys, Microsoft, Symantec, Sony and Costco Concierge Services. The first 5 hours were exciting and fun, the next 5 not so much fun and the rest a great deal of frustration. One of the main culprits was the 4500-rpm disk on the Viao 2.75 pound travel computer. It is a beautiful machine with a 1.2 GHZ and has 1 GB of memory but everything waits for the disk drive. It took 2 hours to load the Sony drivers from the install disk after Vista was installed. Vista alone took 4 hours from the install disk. Sony recommends you print out a 13-page install document before you start. About 4 pages are for multiple models but still you had to stay in front of the computer to override a number of things that Vista would do automatically. Never try to install with out printing out this 13-page document. Vista and the other programs took up 80% of the disk drive too.
I would wait four to six more months before upgrading to Vista. The support staffs are just getting a grip on Vista and the others are still reading out of manuals because they have no comprehension of the problem.Updated
I documented my upgrade ?Vista Ready? Sony Viao TXN-15 to Vista this year after the terrible experience I had when I upgraded to XP. It took me 30 hours. I had multiple case numbers with HP, Linksys, Microsoft, Symantec, Sony and Costco Concierge Services. The first 5 hours were exciting and fun, the next 5 not so much fun and the rest a great deal of frustration. One of the main culprits was the 4500-rpm disk on the Viao 2.75 pound travel computer. It is a beautiful machine with a 1.2 GHZ and has 1 GB of memory but everything waits for the disk drive. It took 2 hours to load the Sony drivers from the install disk after Vista was installed. Vista alone took 4 hours from the install disk. Sony recommends you print out a 13-page install document before you start. About 4 pages are for multiple models but still you had to stay in front of the computer to override a number of things that Vista would do automatically. Never try to install with out printing out this 13-page document. Vista and the other programs took up 80% of the disk drive too.
I would wait four to six more months before upgrading to Vista. The support staffs are just getting a grip on Vista and the others are still reading out of manuals because they have no comprehension of the problem.
