Sony VAIO PCG GRX650 Laptop (1.8 GHz Pentium 4-M, 512 MB RAM, 30 GB hard drive)

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 14 x 11.5 x 1.8 inches ; 8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 14 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006MUHO
• Item model number: pcg-grx650
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 16, 2002

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Part of Sony’s high-end GRX series of notebooks, the GRX650 offers a smaller hard drive, marginally slower processing speed, and no DVD recording capability, but is otherwise identical to the top-of-the-line GRX690. If power and versatility are important to you but you can’t afford or don’t need the extra performance perks of the GRX690, the GRX650 delivers plenty of bang for the buck.

Sporting a 1.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor with 512 KB of Level 2 cache, a fast 400 MHz bus, 512 MB of DDR SDRAM (expandable to 1,024 MB), and a sizable 30 GB hard drive, the GRX650 will easily handle the majority of applications on the market today. Its 32 MB ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 video accelerator may have a few problems smoothly rendering today’s most graphically intensive 3-D games and drawing packages, but is ready for most anything else.

Sony has equipped the GRX650 with an enormous 16.1-inch, high-resolution 1,600 x 1,200 UXGA TFT display (the same viewing area as most 17-inch PC monitors) to better help you enjoy the movies you’ll play in the unit’s integrated DVD-RW/CD-RW drive. This convenient combination drive also allows you to burn and play music compilations, listen to retail CDs, and back up and archive your important files and data.

At a shade over 8 pounds and 14 by 11.5 by 1.8 inches, the GRX650 is slightly larger than some Sony portables. It is, however, loaded with goodies, including a Memory Stick media slot, an i.Link IEEE 1394 interface for fast uploads from devices such as digital camcorders, three USB ports for plug-and-play peripherals, a TV-out, parallel port, and headphone jack. To ensure you keep in touch wherever you go, the GRX650 features an internal V.90 modem and a 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet interface. Pre-installed software includes Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and an enormous array of business and multimedia utilities.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars GRX650 has Quality issues!!, April 20, 2006

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Carson Lattimore (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony VAIO PCG GRX650 Laptop (1.8 GHz Pentium 4-M, 512 MB RAM, 30 GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)

My GRX650 died one month after the 1 Yr warranty ended. It turns out that these laptops have motherboard problems that Sony new about, but didn't bother to fix. I will never buy another Sony product.