Tag : drive dvd, 66 ghz, cd rw, 512 mb, ram 40, pentium 4

Company : Sony List Price : $1,399.99 Amazon Price : Used Price : Average customer review :

Product Description

With Sony’s VAIO FRV Series notebook, exceptional performance and uncompromising style are yours at an incredibly affordable price! The FRV-25 is compact and portable - weighing just 7.72 lbs. - but it delivers power and functionality that make it a joy to take your show on the road. The FRV-25 is all about value, and that frees up your imagination and creativity to truly take flight. With the FRV-25, you can burn CDs, create digital photo albums, make high-quality digital music, and so much more! Get ready to get your money’s worth with the VAIO FRV-25 notebook!

Customer reviews

Loud but good
I bought this laptop in Apr, 2003 for College. It is great. I can do pretty much everything a college student and more can do.

The only thing i dont like about this laptop, well there are two, are first, the fan, and second the weight.

The fan is loud and it runs non-stop. Even with the fan running constantly the computer is still quite hot. The weight is the other factor for me. It weights close to 8LBS! So it is not really a laptop, just a cool thin desktop.

By the way, dont wear shorts and have this laptop on your lap. You will be asking for first degree burns hahahah.

But not to dis this laptop too much, since i am typing from it right now, it is a good laptop/desktop for a college student.

very poor customer service, below average hardware
I have had the Vaio for several months, and the software installed on Vaio has finally crashed out completely. Sony now freely admits the cd recovery disk program included with the machine does not work, in fact has never worked, and they still want you to shell out 60 bucks for the cd recovery kit, which takes up to four weeks for delivery.

The Keyboard on my unit arrived with the ‘delete’ key not working, and Sony told me that since I had purchased it mail order, I would have to send it to them for repair, and it would take three mothns MINIMUM to fix. I have instead learned to live without a delete key.

Overall, a very poor experience with Sony. I will stick to Toshiba or Dell in the future, companies who were far more supportive of their products and customers.

Vaio thoughts
Fastest machine I’ve ever used for video games and programming. Hooked up with a Cable Connection and high speed internet action, I’ve got state-of-the-art power. A little large for a laptop, but probably because of its speakers, built in. Performance of XP on it is very reliable, crashing at most once a week. When it does crash, not very graceful. Sometimes when it has been on a while, it refuses to shut down, and must be DQ’d. Otherwise, no complaints really. Does NOT appear to come with adequate virus protection. Figures. I’ve compared and considered about 15 machines since, including popular items such as HP and Dell, and even after 6 months, I still have no regrets. Two and a half thumbsup.

Good - but more of bad
Bad things:-
1. All usb ports on the left side - make sure to buy a mouse with long cable
2. External cable connection next to CD drive - why complicate things dear SONY
3. Many keys not working - Just after two months. Am still try to figure out the SONY dealer in ISRAEL.
4. There is no International free one year service like what TOSHIBA offers.

sonius maximus
for 1500 dollars, i recieved a very fast, aesthetically pleasing laotop with modern capabilities. it is a little heavier than some competitors, but, oh well that is trivial. i love it!