Sony VAIO V505BX PC Notebook

Pros: Beautiful screen, excellent performance, extremely portable, reasonably priced.
Cons: Software disks need to be included with unit, better online support needed.

I just picked this laptop the other day at the local Best Buy. I found it had specs similar to other larger less mobile units & the cost was not that much more for its smaller size. At 4.5 lbs and about a 12"x12" footprint, it is amazing so many features ...

Pros: Excellent little machine, fast, bright display, quality built.
Cons: None. After 4 months of daily use I have no complaints.

I purchased my V-505 at Best Buys in Sept '03 for $995. I was reluctant to get a Celeron processor, but after 4 months of use I find little difference with it compared to my Sony desktop P-4 for everyday normal usage eg: web surfing, Excel, Word, etc. ...

Pros: none with the quality
Cons: everything, from service to product helps

My computer has the problem of power shut down. I connect Sony after reading the review and was inform to connect from repair to customer service because the fact that my computer doesn’t even have power so they cant charge me $23 for tech. guide ...

Pros: - small, light, stylist and powerful with build in Wireless LAN
Cons: - Small hard drive, touchpad problem, short battery life

I've had this laptop for almost a year already and I'm quite happy with it but there are a few problems i've encoutered. First of all, the notebook comes with 40GB Hard drive, by default the drives get seperated into C and D drive. I found out that ...

Pros: size, screen, hw cfg, price I got
Cons: mousepad quirky, battery life only ok

Just bought a V505BX for $795.00 (yea, great edal I know) at a local CompUSA. It was a demo machine but in mint condition.

Low down:
+great overall machnie (feats, screen, etc.)
+price (for me)
-I am not a mousepad fan, and this one seems not as reliable as the dell laptop I use
-battery is only about 3 hrs
-no standard PS/2 mouse connector (gotta use USB)

I plan to dual boot this with SUSE linux...

Pros: beautiful, light
Cons: you never know when it is gonna die

I bought my sony vaio pcg v505bx 2 years ago, and paid almost 2000 dollars. Last week, It just died on me, no power getting in at all. I had a service center check it for me, and they told me the motherboard had some problems. Because sony had everything combined in motherboard, there is no way to fix it but to replace the whole motherboard. Sony asks for $525 for a motherboard, plus labor fee required by the service center, it will be over $700.
Of course, my warranty has expired. Normally, they only give 1 year warranty.
Additionally, the guy from service center said he had seen a lot of sony vaio computers have this problem with motherboard, and there is no way to deal with it.
so, buy sony computer only if you have too much money to burn.