Sony VAIO PCG-FRV27: great price to features ratio
Written: Sep 21 '03
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Pros: Great Performance, Affordable Price, Nice Design
Cons: Battery live can be short like on any laptop when doing certain things.
The Bottom Line: Its a good performance laptop with many great features for under $1,500.
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| yankees1121's Full Review: Sony VAIO FRV27 PC Notebook |
With laptops being the price they are today, I don’t think I’ll ever buy another desktop. I purchased it at a local Best Buy store for $1,499. I went there and it caught my eye. A name brand laptop with a DVD-burner for just under $1,500, how could you go wrong.
Here are the Specs:
Intel Pentium 4 processor 2.66 GHz.
15” XGA (1024 x 764) TFT display
40 GB hard drive
512 MB DDR SDRAM
Internal DVD-RW/CD-RW drive
Memory Stick media slot
Radeon IGP 345m video card (think its 32MB)
3 USB ports
1 A/V (Connect to TV)
1 VGA Monitor (To connect another monitor)
1 Printer Parallel port
1 Ethernet port
1 Modem Port
2 PCMCIA slots
Pre-Loaded with Windows XP Home Edition
I haven’t had any problems with it in the 2 months I’ve had it. It has great performance especially considering the price. The DVD/CD burner copies DVD’s and CD’s very fast (not sure of exact speed). I haven’t had it freeze yet. Windows XP is defiantly the most stable operating system I’ve tried (no more blue screen of death. You on 95 and 98 know what I’m talking about). As for the battery life, I consider it average. I’ve had it last any where from 4.5 – 2.5 hours dependent on what I’m doing (watching DVD seem to drain the battery very fast (2.5hrs) but normal typing use (4hrs)). I recommend this laptop to all. With a well know name brand like Sony and an affordable price, it’s a great buy.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 1,499
Operating System: Windows
Processor: Other
Processor speed: over 1000
Screen Size: 15 inches
RAM: More than 256
Internal Storage: CD-RW and DVD
Hard Drive (GB): 31-40
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