No comments about Toshiba Satellite X205-SLi5 Refurbished Notebook PC - Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 2.40GHz, Bluetooth, 802.11a/g/n WLAN, 3GB DDR2, 320GB HDD, DL DVDRW, 17" WXGA+, Webcam, Windows Vista Home Premium.

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5 comments about Sony VAIO VGN-NR380E/S 15.4-inch Laptop (1.83 GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core T5550 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 200 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium) Granite.

1. Used it for about a month, very nice laptop, not expensive, not a gaming machine, but runs all my programs with ease. And it looks cool.



2. I bought this laptop but, like the first reviewer, am having difficulties with the Wireless connections. The laptop will not recognize the wireless networks intermittently. Using the diagnostics just tells me that the switch is off, but it's not. If I delete the wireless card in the device manager and reboot, it will work. Seems to be related to the sleep mode but I am not satisfied yet that removing the sleep option is going to help. I have an open ticket at Sony but am not confident that they know how to fix this issue. If wireless is not a big issue for you, it's a super bargain. Otherwise, run!



3. This laptop is excellent. Fast, Great screen, loud speakers, it doesn't get hot and burn my crotch...But the Windows Vista is terrible! How could they put this on the market? Many programs are incompatible with vista. So many that even the spy ware that came with the computer, is incompatible with vista! I can tell that this is a good computer, but the windows vista just sucks. Luckily I paid $599 for this laptop at Best Buy so I'm just going to install XP on it. I wouldn't pay full price for this. You'd be better off with a Mac laptop for about a hundred bucks more. Remember, my only qualm with this laptop is the Vista it comes with. Other than that it's great. Ok, I'm getting used to Vista and for a student or home Vista is fine, I guess.



4. I had the same problem with this laptop where Wi-Fi switch wasn't working, so every time I had to uninstall the network driver and reboot it. I finally contacted Sony support and this problem is easily fixed. In Vista in the bottom righthand corner click an icon (it looks like two arrows) and enable WLAN capability. Problem is solved. Overall a great laptop.



5. Pros:
   
   Decent video chipset (can run UT2004 at above average specs on most maps)
   Expansion slot (would HIGHLY recommend putting a sound card in)
   Fast CPU
   Good value
   Not too heavy
   Good battery life
   
   
   Cons:
   
   Vista
   --Standard Vista criticisms apply
   --Gimped connection with wireless networks that broadcast DHCP
   --Cripples DAWs (Audio creation programs)
   --Onboard sound lacks Wave Out Mix (WTF?)
   --Just now got basic XP drivers, Sony did not support XP rollbacks
   and just got around to halfway fixing that
   Speaker is one conjoined stereo unit and lacks bass
   
   So, yeah, Vista comprises the bulk of my problems. Otherwise, I'm very happy with the laptop and would recommend it to anyone looking for a well-rounded middle-class machine.

No comments about HP KN877UA Pavilion DV9827CL Entertainment 17? Notebook PC - REFURBISHED.

1 comments about Toshiba Portege R500-S5008x - Core 2 Duo U7700 / 1.33 GHz ULV - RAM 2 GB - HDD 160 GB - GMA 950 Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0 - Gigabit Ethernet - WLAN : Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, 802.11 a/b/g/n (draft) - TPM - fingerprint reader - Win XP Pro - 12.1" Widescreen TFT 1280 x 800 ( WXGA ).

1. Warning: The Portege laptop pictured here shows a DVD drive but this is not included.

1 comments about Sony VAIO VGN-SZ645P2 13.3" Laptop (Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 Processor, 2 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive).

1. It is not like what Amazon publish in the site! The pic. has web camera, but in fact no web cam! Amazon said it has Vista Premium, but in fact it has windows XP.

No comments about Sony VAIO SZ440N01 - Core 2 Duo T5500 / 1.66 GHz - Centrino Duo - RAM 1 GB - HDD 60 GB - DVD-Writer - GF Go 7400 / GMA 950 TurboCache supporting 128MB - WLAN : Bluetooth, 802.11a/b/g - TPM - fingerprint reader - Vista Business - 13.3" Widescreen TFT 1280 x 800 ( WXGA ) - camera.

5 comments about HP Pavilion DV9260US 17" Entertainment Notebook PC (Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7200, 2 GB RAM, 200 GB Hard Drive, HD SuperMulti DVD Drive, Vista Ultimate).

1. I have had this less than 6 months and have already had a hard drive failure. I am a busy Realtor and a heavy computer user. It took me weeks to get all my programs reloaded and running correctly again...some still aren't running right. Thank goodness I had all my data backed up but the time involved in getting this all restored was very expensive. Now, the fan motor is going bad. I just ordered a replacement. I have owned many computers and the two worst ones were HP's. I had a desktop years ago that was a nightmare and swore I would never buy another. Too bad I didn't follow my own advice! I also purchased a multifunction HP printer/scanner/fax about two years ago and it has never worked correctly. The document feeder is not usable for more than 1 page at a time, and the fix they recommend does not work.



2. On November 28th, 2007 I purchased an HP Pavilion Notebook DV9260US 17" Entertainment Notebook PC (Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7200, 2 GB RAM, 240 GB Hard Drive, HD Super Multi DVD Drive, Vista Ultimate).
   For a week or so I wasn't sure if I would have my purchase completed because of the inept people that work or answer emails at Amazon Com.
   I had earned 21 gift certificates for purchases thru my Visa Chase Card
   amounting to $525.00 Since I live in New Hampshire, gift certificates never expire because of the New Hampshire State Laws. Amazon Com tried to steal some of my gift certificates by telling me they had expired and that they are sorry and can't do anything for me. When I emailed them and confronted them as to the where abouts of all my certificates they told me they expired so I would of lost my money. They actually tried to steal some of my monies. I then searched their policies in the fine print of their own Amazon Com website and found that they were quoting the same New Hampshire State law to the effect that New Hampshire residents gift certificates never expire. The emails they were sending me were "sorry you didn't redeem your certificates by the required expiration date". That's when I copied the law and sent it back to them in their own email and then they gave me my gift certificate money.
   What really got my goat was when I started keying in the long certificate numbers and getting all 21 certificates in the amount of $25.00 posted to my account. In the process of doing this my internet connection dropped off in the middle of me completing one of my gift certificates and I had the number keyed in but didn't hit the enter key before the internet connection line dropped.
   I then rebooted and got back onto Amazon Com's website to proceed in getting the last gift certificate redeemed into my account and their website refused to accept the certificate number and I never got credit for it. It kept telling me that the certificate had already been redeemed.
   When I went to school, 21 gift certificates times $25.00 is $525.00 and not $500.00 Because of the internet line drop, somehow I lost one of my certificates. I emailed with Amazon Com people all week and couldn't get several account reps to understand my problem. It didn't do any good to call them either. They told me to call Chase Visa if I lost one of my certificates. These reps just didn't read my emails or didn't understand my problem. I again emailed all my certificate numbers and someone finally woke up and decided to research my problem and discovered that I was correct and that their website somehow gobbled up one of my certificates because there was one not accounted for as paid. I must of spent a good 6 hours on my slow dialup trying to get a lousy $25.00 that was due me.
   They just didn't want to budge and thought I was trying to steal an extra $25.00 from them. Anyway I did report their tactics to the Federal Trade Commission for what good it will do. I also notice that after all the problems I had with the so called expiration date on Gift Certificates they now have decided to eliminate expiration dates. I AM NOT MAKING ANY OF THIS UP -- IT HAPPENED TO ME AND I HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE IN TRYING TO REDEEM MY GIFT CERTIFICATES WORTH $525.00
   Now for the HP laptop. You think the above is some story -- well let me tell you another one. I received the laptop as promised around 4 or 5 days after I purchased it. I unpacked it and inserted the battery in it and turned it on while sitting in the easy chair with the notebook on my lap. I turned it on and followed the first set of instructions with Windows Vista Ultimate. I inserted a new login ID and password to get Windows started and activated and then configured it with the correct time and the correct time zone and then just watched the 17" screen do all sorts of configuration and approximately an hour or so later later thought it was ready to use.
   I then took it over to my desk and plugged the laptop into the power supply to run it off of electricity and connected my dial-up to my phone line. I then got on the internet thru my ISP Sovernet of Vermont and noticed the computer running very sluggish. Took like 5 minutes to open up a web link. Now this is just unacceptable. I tried to get into my bank and 10 minutes later gave up. Set up my emails with the proper popmail account and proceeded to download around 40 emails. About a half-hour later only got around 12 emails downloaded -- what is the matter with this laptop being so slow downloading my emails -" so I thought" -- I then killed the email connection.
   In the meantime I decided to check the status of my battery because approximately an hour and a half went by. I noticed I'm at 46 percent battery power and dropping. Now what gives -- I'm plugged into electricity and now another half hour later I'm down to about 6 minutes battery life and the laptop dies. I just got the laptop turned it on and approximately 2 hours or so later it's dead and doesn't work. I grabbed the power supply and its cold like not charging. What a discouragement -- new laptop and it's dead. I then emailed Elecsurf.Com
   in New Rochelle NY and asked for a new power supply which I received within 3 or 4 days and plugged it in and guess what I now have power and the laptop works. My battery is fully charged. Let me also mention to you why the slowness and sluggish response. It's not all Vista. Please don't blame it all on Vista. While I was trying to surf the internet and trying to get my emails I was fighting the computer because it's processor hadn't finished downloading all of the initial windows and anti-virus files and whatever setup software because it just needed to do lots of different things in the background. I then spent at least a week downloading all kinds of Windows Vista Security Updates and other updates amounting to some 225 mega-bites using dialup. That's mega-bites and not kilo-bites.
   I then went on vacation to Maine for a week and am now giving or typing up my review and think I will be satisfied with this laptop. My understating is that there is a service pack one coming out for Vista any day now. One of my friends has been doing Vista Beta now for two years and says he is now on Beta service pack three. It's too bad Microsoft wasn't quite ready when they released Vista. All in all I'm now happy with this 2.0 MHZ Dual Core Intel Centrino.



3. First the SPDIF port doesn't work. I spent 4 hours with tech support who had me load demo versions of other companies multimedia software, since they said HP's doesn't work. Finally we gave up.
   
   Then it hasn't been able to burn a DVD yet, using HP media. Of course it doesn't come with a Windows install disk nor a recovery disk (you'll need the recovery disk), so you have to burn one. I requested one from HP, and only a month later they sent me one.
   
   It crashed once in a while since I got it. After a while it started crashing every 2 to 15 minutes. Working with HP support, they had me reformat the hard disk and re-install with the recovery disk. This failed. So they sent me a new recovery disk. And a week later I got to try it again, and once again it failed. Then they transferred my case to the poorly named "quality" manager. He contacted me a week and a half later. They sent me a new hard disk, which arrived with the a bracket screw half way in, at an angle, and stripped. This made the disk not fit until I was able to replace the screw. It has now been 1 1/2 months, and I have a dead PC and the "quality" manager won't get back to me.
   
   Also note that Visa 64 does not support DRM. So although this is an "entertainment" PC, it does not work with many online music and video services.
   
   Needless to say I won't be purchasing HP products again. I have had problems with other brands of PCs, but they were always addressed promptly.



4. I had this notebook for 14 months and it had probelm from day one..the quick play button at one time stoped two times,the keybord needed replace,and the video card stoped working so now its off to the repair as of 04/23/08..this note book as been in repair 6 time..I tryed to get HP to replace with a new notebook but there not up to doing so.I dont recommend this notebook or any other product from HP.this is my first and last HP product



5. I dont't know why soo many people review this pc as a bad machine, it worked wonders for me... it has a nice video card better than 8400gs not to mention the comparison with the intel x3100... Very fast t7200 2.0G C2Duo and nice 17" it even has a HD DVD and a Tv tuner!!! I guess people in here are too winny or something... If I had listened to the previous reviews I would not had an awsome pc with me for a very good price.

5 comments about HP Pavilion DV6675US 15.4-inch Entertainment Laptop (Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7250, 4 GB RAM, 250 Hard Drive, Vista Ultimate).

1. You can buy a better one at officedepot for less than 600. I bought one with 250GB HD, 2GB RAM in March 08.



2. La compre en diciembre a 714$ por amazon lo mejor en compras por internet fuera de USA, La maquina es en especificaciones tal como se describe en la pag. En mi opinion es muy buena maquina precio/valor, hice una imagen inicial del D/D en un DVD-DL por seguridad, ya que es muy engorroso o casi imposible instalarle otro S.O, Saludos desde Mcbo. Venezuela



3. I purchased this laptop on April 9, 2008 after reviewing the specs with a close personal friend. This laptop is awesome. I love the 250 Hard Drive and the 4 GB RAM. Vista Ultimate is a definite plus. This is the second laptop I have purchased from HP, however, the first time I have purchased electronics from Amazon, and the entire experience of buying on line from amazon was an excellent choice. This laptop is loaded and is very fast. The graphics on the screen is brilliant. I'm completely satisfied with this purchase.



4. I hate writing bad reviews for products that i own. Unfortunately i would like to share my experience with this laptop. At first few months it was ok, but after 5 months of hardly using, one time it just stop working and it wont charge. So i sent it to local HP tech and they told me that it a motherboard problem and they need to change it. This time it was still under warranty so i didn't need to pay any bucks. but after 4 months which the warranty of the HP expired again it stopped working and same problem was diagnose and now i have to pay for $500 just to fix and replace the motherboard again. I have 4 different laptop and 2 of them are HP, but this model isn't that good enough to last.



5. That's a laptop that was buy by a buddy with my account, a really hard work laptop, he use it everyday at work, at home, leave it all night downloading. A high quality product.

No comments about HP Pavilion dv5t Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 (2.0GHz), 15.4" diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 320GB SATA HD, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500, Webcam, Wireless a/b/g/, SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support, Microsoft Works 9.0 , Windows Vista Home Premium.