Sony VAIO VGN-FS730/W 15.4" Laptop (Intel Pentium M Processor 740, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo Drive)

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 14.3 x 1.4 inches ; 6.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 11 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BNAU74
• Item model number: VGN-FS730/W
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 3, 2005

Product Description

Includes: lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with SP2, Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition, Quicken 2005 New User Edition, WinDVD, Roxio DigitalMedia SE, Click to DVD - DVD Creation, Works 8.0, Office 2003 60-day trial (Student/Teacher Edition), Roxio DigitalMedia SE, & more. Sony Vaio FS VGN-FS730/W Notebook Computer - This laptop computer combines advanced multimedia features with the tools you need for everyday computing on the road. With the 15.4" widescreen LCD, you can enjoy DVD movies the way they were meant to be seen. And with XBRITE-ECO technology, you get higher brightness levels than standard displays. The result is deeper blacks, brighter whites, and sharper detail. 80GB 4200RPM HDD 512MB of PC3200 DDR2 SDRAM (expandable up to 2GB) Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 with 128MB of shared memory (memory is shared with the main system's RAM) CD-R/DVD-ROM Drive - (write speeds) up to 24x CD-R & 10x CD-RW CD-R/DVD-ROM Drive - (read speeds) up to 8x DVD-ROM & 24x CD-ROM 56k v.90 Data/Fax Modem Built-in Stereo Speakers Ports - 10/100 Ethernet, VGA Out, 3 USB 2.0, 4-pin Firewire, & Printer Built-in Memory Stick(R) Media Slot - supports Memory Stick, Memory Stick(R) PRO, & Memory Stick(R) DUO media 1 PCMCIA Type I/II Card Slot with CardBus support External Color - White

Customer Reviews

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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Could be Sams Club, could be Sony, Not sure., May 13, 2006

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jermy man "jerm" (West Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony VAIO VGN-FS730/W 15.4" Laptop (Intel Pentium M Processor 740, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo Drive) (Personal Computers)

Well this being the 3rd yes THIRD notebook i've gotten from Sam's Club really has me wondering about the quality of there products. First off i got a Qosmio, which i really didn have a problem with until i found someone elses documents on it and found out it wasnt suppose to be sold. So back it went, i had wanted another toshiba because it was super nice but they wouldnt send it from one club to another, so much for that. So i went back to Sam's and picked up a Compaq which turned out to be crap, the screen flickered badly and the burner was only burning at 2X speed tops. So now to the Sony Vaio. Well after paying a hefty 1,149 bucks for it with smaller specs than some of the cheaper models i thought well great its a Sony what can go wrong? Plenty. Here's just a list of a pro and cons about the whole computer over all, and i do believe its a Sam's thing. Not sony.

Pros-Beautiful Screen.

Con's-Horrible Small sounding speakers, you could BARELY hear all the way up.

-512 mgs of RAM as opposed to 1 gig in the cheaper HP's Dell's etc.

-Crashed when transfering some zip files off a Data disc, (note) this was right out of the box, i had to Restore Windows.

-On most surfaces the DVD-RW-R tray would lock up and not open, then if lifted it would

-DVD Movies would pause continuosly, and, or lock up

-Crappy ole Windows Media Accelerator 950 as opposed to ATI or Nvidia. For that price u could at least put an ATI 200m in it.

-Very Very slow 4200rpm hard drive as opposed to 5400rpms as you can get at other stores.

-Just an over all sense that this is definately Wal-Mart made material, check the labels on some products you'll see this to be true.

So don't stay away from Sony per-say just from Sam's club Craputers.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excelent computer, February 6, 2007

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H. Martins "Helder Martins" (Montevideo, UY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony VAIO VGN-FS730/W 15.4" Laptop (Intel Pentium M Processor 740, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo Drive) (Personal Computers)

I bought this excelent and marvelous computer and I have to say it is one of the best I ever had. The only thing that bothers me is that it didn't came with a TV out, but the rest is so good!

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very BAD, May 21, 2007

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Francisco Crea - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony VAIO VGN-FS730/W 15.4" Laptop (Intel Pentium M Processor 740, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo Drive) (Personal Computers)

I received it with the broken screen, I formulated the reclamation and he was not originating.