Hi All,

I am planning to buy Sony VAIO Laptop VGN-A190 Model.

Any good/bad experience with Sony VAIO Laptops will be very helpful to
me before I will go for it? What's your opinion on it? Should I go for
this model or should I go for other manufacturer.

I am looking following in the laptop:

- Powerful processor
- Desktop replacement
- 80 GB Hard Drive
- Wireless LAN
- 64 MB Graphics card
- Screen: 16" or more
- Power Entertainment Center
- DVD/CD RW
- Must have Firewire port
- At least 512 MB RAM

Any suggestion will be very helpful.

Narendra

If you want a desktop replacement, check out hypersonic-pc.com My roomate in
college has a VAIO (one of the most expensive ones, just like everything of
his), and it sucks. My $1000 HP was many times more reliable than his sony.
Richard
"Narendra Kushwah" <Narendra.Kushwah@Sun.COM> wrote in message
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Narendra Kushwah wrote:
While Sony makes some great products, they've become one of the
*worst* companies, when it comes to after-the-sale support.

Search this newsgroup, and others, for details.

Caveat Emptor (Let the buyer beware)!

Notan

I have had good experience with two Sony laptops. Both were factory
refurbished from U-bid. Both were great value and great performance.
But support can be poor to good.

hawk

Narendra Kushwah wrote:

"Narendra Kushwah" <Narendra.Kushwah@Sun.COM> wrote in message
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I LOVED my SONY Z505LE, BUT beware that even though Sony makes great
laptops, their after sale support is not the best. They had my 505 for over
6 months to fix the motherboard. I flashed the BIOS and somehow caused the
machine to not be able to boot (even though I followed the instructions on
their site to a T, when they got my lapop, they said the problem was "water
damage", even though I BABYED that thing and it never got a drop on it)

Why do you say his laptop sucks if you have never worked with it? The
posting of your hatred towards your roomate only points out the
obvious jealousy you have for the expsnive things he owns. I am sure
his expensive laptop is just fine. It is expensive for a reason.

I have Sony Vaio Z1 and it is absolutely great. If you can afford one,
definetly without a doubt buy one.

the hotshot (internationally and domestically known)




"marlinspike" <marlinspike@erols.com.nospam> wrote in message news:<40d0e53d$0$2988$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>...

Sony's support is terrible and has been so for many years.

I'm having a Sony VAIO desktop and I really love it a lot. I'm also
looking for a notebook and so far I really like VGN-A190. I think
that you should go for it if you affort it. I hope that the price
will drop becasue it still new and it cost too much.

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