Customer Reviews

Sony VAIO PCV-W700G Desktop PC (2.80 GHz, Pentium 4, 512 MB RAM, 200 GB Hard Drive, DVD+/-RW/CD-RW Drive)

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I have owned many computers over the years, ranging from E-machine, apple, hp, Dell, Compaq....and I buy new PCs every 2 years because I don't like to mess with all the up-grades..This is my first Sony PC and I LOVE IT!! What first attracted me to this computer is its ability to play/record tv and view them later called "giga pocket", dvd burner/and you can fold up the keyboard when you are not using it, giving more space on your desk. if you just want to watch tv/then the keyboard can be folded in half so your PC looks like a TV. this is Sony's first computer with a Plasma screen!this is the same as Sony's Plasma TVS(i was told that by a SONY REP)this has built in speakers that has an excellent sound!!! I watch DVDs on this all the TIME!! this is also one of the few computers that is a dvd burner!you can burn dvds, transfer your home videos onto a dvd..some computers you can only watch dvds/not this!!! this PC takes everything to the next level!! I also liked the sleek design of this PC, very SONY<This Pc is just awesome to do all sorts of things! When I bought this Pc it was one of their newer series and had a hefty price tag on it but i was willing to pay that for a nice packaged PC with fast proccessor and lots of memory. this has a memory stick slot to expand your memory or if you saved something on a stick from your pda or anyother devise,you can view it.. this also came with a free LAN card which is $90.00 reatail.You don't have to mess with tons of wires!! yay!! If you are in the market for a new Pc that is fun, sleek, and fast then get this Pc. I have had mine now for 4 months and I love it. I have not had any problems, and I can do MULTI tasking without slowing any of my programs down..The only thing I was little dissapointed with was the extra(bundled)softwares( programs) this PC came with..they are all just basic, if you want the fuller/better version you have to download and pay extra..that stinks. overall I am loving this new sleek, pretty, fast Vaio!!! YAY FOR SONY!!!!

I have the W series from sony , but my model was the first generation with the smaller hard drive and no dvd -writer, but all the other bells and whistles are the same..All I can say is its the best investment I could have made ..I love the telelevision program and the remote control comes in handy to operate both the tv and the pc .Its also great cause of the small amount of room it takes up on my bedstand , and its has great sound and I just love it. It has so many different connections that you can use to attach a stereo, or other electronic devices to it to use in conjunction to it ..Everyone who see's it thinks its futuristic in looks and performance ...Nothing comes close to it out there and Sony should be proud of such a great product.

All it took was one glance at the W700G and I knew I wanted one. I had never seen anything like it before or since. While shopping for a general purpose PC and monitor, expecting to buy the same old generic looking tower, I came across the W700G and that was it. I planted myself in front of it and waited for a salesperson to show up and then bought one. It is, without a doubt, the coolest looking computer I've ever seen.

Now, looks aren't everything and in the 3 months I've been using my Vaio W700G I haven't had a single complaint. Granted I upgraded the RAM to 1GB right off so I can't comment about stock speed but so far this thing has handled every task I've thrown at it with ease and ... did I mention it's just about the coolest looking PC available?

This is NOT a gamers PC, there are limited upgrade paths and the video capability is not one of them. I'm a serious gamer but with only SiS shared video I'm not playing anything on this one. Multimedia, web browsing, email, Office apps, and everything else though are nicely available and I've also got to add here that for the first time ever I've actually bought a computer in the W700G that comes with some functional software. Sony has included useful stuff with this one, including a full TV PVR w/remote that works better than most of the other similar solutions on the market.

I could go on for a long time here, the W700G is so loaded with features and yet so simple and easy to use that it almost redefines what an XP based PC can be. I've tried other VAIO desktops and laptops and though I've always liked most of the Sony products out there, this one is a truly revolutionary idea - more along the lines of iMac than the typical desktop PC. Why more PC makers aren't heading in this direction is beyond me, the W700G is a true desktop/laptop hybrid in the sense that there is literally one cord (power) leaving my computer, well, actually two because I have cable TV plugged into it. If all PC's were this simple, and at the same time this powerful, the world would be a better place.

THIS COMPUTER ROCKS IT HAS TV IS ALL ONE PICE BRINGS A WIRELESS ROUTER CARD FOR A LAPTOP (WIRELESS INTERNET). IT COMES WITH SONIC STAGE. THE ONLY WIRES IT COMES WITH ARE THE MAIN POWER ONE AND THE MOUSE. THEN HOWEVER YOU HAVE TO ADD THE PRINTER CABLE THE HIGH SPEED INTERNET CABLE. IT ALSO BRINGS THIS WIRE THAT WORKS AS AN ANTENA FOR THE TV. THE SPEAKERS ARE LOUD CONSIDERIN THEIR SIZE. THE KEYBOARD IS FLAT. I PERSONALLY TAKE MY COMPUTER FROM PLACE TO PLACE BECAUSE IT IS SO VERSITILE. THE KEYBOARD ALSO CAN BE POPPED IN HAFE TO WATCH TV. THE IMAGE FOR TV MOVIE AND JUST USING THE COMPUTER IS GREAT. IN CONCLUSION THIS IS THE BEST COMPUTER OUT THERE AND YES I OWN ONE!

This computer is really nice. The TV/Stereo/computer all in one was one that I really liked when I was going off to college, plus there's not a big bulky computer to move around, it's just attached to the back of the monitor. It's really easy to hook up because there's not a lot of wires and it'll have people saying "what kind of computer is THAT?" However, my problems with the quality of the hardware and Sony in general have caused me to wish I had just gone with something else.

My first problem was that after the computer was about a year and a half old, the cooling fan died on it. When we took it to the computer repair place in town, we were told that they were not allowed to work on the computer because it was a Sony, and we had to take it to an "approved" computer repair shop that was authorized to work with Sony computers, or it would void the warranty. So we had to drive 30 miles out of town to the closest place that could take it, and it was a pain.

Now my poor 3 year old computer is having more hardware problems. It started restarting itself randomly a few months ago, so I decided to try and do a hard drive restore. Well my first problem was that the computer doesn't come with recovery disks, you have to burn some from the internet or something, which was really strange. So I did that and when I restored my computer there was an error message. I had to go on another computer and figure out what the heck was going on. Anyway I solved that but it's still doing it, so it has to be some kind of hardware problem. I'm going to take it, see it I can get it fixed for a reasonable price, and if not it's done. It is not worth it anymore.

UPDATE: The problem was again, the cooling fan. This time, though, it could not be fixed because my computer hardware was fried due to the faulty cooling fan. I ended up getting a laptop.

You can do anything with this computer, what I like best of this computer is the fact that you can use this as a tv! ITs a super fast computer. I would recommend this computer to everyone!

Im' a kid and i love this comp. I havent even bought it yet!
If you wanna try it out, go to a tiger direct store
They might have on e on display. I got use one, and even wiothout tv, its much more impressive in person than on the internet. Buy this comp now (...)!