Sony VAIO Slimtop Pen Tablet PCV-LX900 Desktop (1-GHz Pentium III, 128 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive)

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 14.6 x 11 x 4.2 inches ; 28.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 28.6 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005T3YH
• Item model number: PCV-LX900
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,224 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 21, 2001

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Vaio Slimtop is a largely unremarkable system. Its price is higher than average for desktops as a whole. The product also includes a 1 GHz Pentium III chip, 128 MB of RAM (expandable to 512 MB), a 40 GB hard disk, a 32x (read), 8x (write), 4x (rewrite) CD-RW drive, a SIS 630 hardware acceleration graphics card, 56K modem, and a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet network card. The system comes with Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me) installed, making it suitable for home and consumer users but less than optimal for technical and professional users who might want the superior security and reliability of Windows 2000 or Windows XP. Microsoft Word 2000 word-processing software is included as well.

Product Description

All your life you've had people telling you what to do - parents, teachers, bosses, even your spouse & kids. Wouldn't it be nice to have the power to do what you want? With Sony's PCVLX900 desktop, featuring an Intel® Pentium® III processor 1GHz, a 40GB UltraATA/66 hard drive, 2 i.LINK® ports, a touch-screen LCD display & a CD-RW drive, you'll have more power than you can handle. Just don't let all that power go to your head!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Reliability and service problems, March 22, 2002

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dune (Raleigh, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony VAIO Slimtop Pen Tablet PCV-LX900 Desktop (1-GHz Pentium III, 128 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)

I would echo the words to the wise from another reviewer here. I too bought a Slimtop. After 10 months the CDRW started acting up. I rang the Sony helpline, and from the voice prompt entered the model id, whereupon the voice system told me that it was out of warranty. Note - not just my machine, about which this voice system knew nothing (unless Sony are cleverer than their consumer products of course ;-), but the *entire model* was deemed out of warranty. And there was no way I could get through the system to a human being to discuss my problem. So I wrote them an e-mail describing this voice system weirdness, and my actual hardware problem. That was six months agho. Of course, I am still waiting for a response. So, my word to the wise is : if reliability or service are criteria in your purchasing decision, avoid Sony like the plague, because you will be on your own.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars reliability & warranty problems, February 18, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Sony VAIO Slimtop Pen Tablet PCV-LX900 Desktop (1-GHz Pentium III, 128 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)

A word to the wise on Sony's Vaio line: I purchased one of the Sony slimline computers a year ago and had a hard disk failure within the first 9 months. This was covered by the warranty, so Sony replaced the drive at their expense. The replacement drive failed in about 6 months (when it and the system were off warranty). When I replaced *that* drive I discovered that Sony had given me a used disk when it did the warranty work.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ongoing H/W problems... non-existent tech support, January 20, 2005

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Rich G "RGos" (CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony VAIO Slimtop Pen Tablet PCV-LX900 Desktop (1-GHz Pentium III, 128 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)

I purchased this computer in 2001 and within the first year the tablet/monitor failed totally... simply died. The warranty replacement was a poorly refurbished unit that was actually 'GLUED' together on a trim piece and the writing surface was marred by poor packaging. I did not accept that unit and the replacement to that unit was also a refurbished unit that remained intact for less than 6 months before faint random lines began to appear from the right edge of the tablet. Recently these lines grew very dark and to an unbearable total of 13. The tablet is now in for additional warranty service (fortunately, I purchased the extended warranty). I upgraded the PC to M/S XP pro and 512 memory. Aside from initial compatibility issues that have since been resolved, the PC has been stable... though there are dead spots on the HD for which the S/W has seemingly compensated. My advice... for the money or a lot less... you can do much better.