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  | Sony VAIO PCG-V505BX Notebook (2.0-GHz Pentium 4-M, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive)
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 Yum! | |
| I have this computer and I love it in just about every way. I use an external mouse instead of the touchpad, as I've found the touchpad to be sensitive. But I'm not having any problems now that I'm using the external mouse. It's cute, light, sleek, and dependable. It's a joy to use. I've had mine for over a year now. Got it when it first came out and I'm happy! | |
 Yes, this computer is definitely possessed | |
| I was shrugging off all the complaints about the touchpad on the Sony and thought it couldn't be that bad. Boy was I wrong! This thing Sony dares to call a touchpad should actually be called the drive-you-absolutely-insane device. First of all, the pointer will sometimes skip 1/2 way across your screen for NO reason. Sometimes you'll double click on the pad to open a folder and NOTHING. Sometimes you'll try to move the pointer and the pad does not respond AT ALL. And then, get this. Sometimes, when surfing the net and dragging your pointer to the left, your browser goes back a page! Yeah, so when you're typing messages into certain websites message box and you accidentally go back a page, when you go forward - POOF all your work is sayonara! And only because you wanted to drag your pointer to the left. And yes, you will have no clue when it will happen. It's almost magical! So Sony, if you are reading this, I hope you all burn in hell! No, I take that back. Maybe just the engineers that designed the touchpad. Wait, I take that back again. Yes, everyone at Sony, that knows about this problem and didn't say, "hey, maybe we should get the touchpads to work before we ship the laptops? Yeah, all of them should burn in something. Maybe at least scald their hands under some really hot water. Man, how the heck could you sell a $2K laptop with a touchpad that doesn't work???!!! Besides the touchpad, I only have small complaints. It's just that frustrating because it's a great computer, if the damn thing would work. | |
| Good look - but few problems | |
| Looks nice, small, thin.. but having problems with the CD-ROM. Sometimes doesnt work well (slow, freeze... cant read..) |
