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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)

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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.

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!

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