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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Good features but mediocre sound and video card, January 13, 2003
By A Customer
We purchased the Sharp GP22W from Circuit City over Dell, HP, and Compaq because of the price and its features. It had a Pentium 4 2.2 GHz, 512 DDRAM, 4 USB 2.0 ports (SIS), 802.11b wireless, 40GB Fujitsu hdd, 15" sharp XGA, and SVideo Out. However, the LCD was already damaged right out of the box! 2 pixels were bad right in the middle of the screen, not the side or the bottom, but in the middle where you can see it clearly. Also, the sound quality is awful probably because of the onboard sound (AC 97). We played a DVD movie and the sound could not be heard with the volume up all the way. We tried the same movie in my Dell Inspiron 8000 and it was loud, very loud. Be aware that the video card is also part of the motherboard (SIS) with only 16MB of video memory. It should be enough for DVD playback, but it was jerky as soon as I played it out of the box. After turning off some programs, it worked smoothly but I still couldn't hear the sound, only mediocre sound. Overall, I recommend this computer only for basic features such as email, Internet, office word processing, spreadsheets, but not for DVD playback for lousy sound/video card.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
POOR Customer Service from Sharp, August 30, 2006
Considering this is a laptop computer, it's VERY fragile. When it worked, it was fine; however, it quickly broke down, and because Sharp won't sell parts directly to the public, you have to send the computer in to a service center where you pay an arm and a leg for a simple repair.
First, I would NOT recommend this computer. Second, I wouldn't recommend purchasing a Sharp product which you expect to last more than the warranty period.
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