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Mediocre

3.7

out of 10

sfo

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a nice and bright colour

Sep 3, 2007

Rating: 1 out of 10 (Abysmal)
Pros: slim and sexy
Cons: motherbord problem....and LCD problem
Opinion:
To all of the people here, sony does not have a good quality parts while again and again i would like to warn people whom want to buy a sony ntebook here....you have to becareful on the motherboard do not let your unit used for a long period of time because all sony notebook seems does not good heat disposing while the designed perhaps....i guess. I do have lots of friends saying that Sony Notebook is famous for overheating motherboard. The screen problem and also the battery problem which does not performs well. Yes the notebook is nice and sexy plus the bright LCD screen does capture your heart.....i confess here I still love Sony notebook but not the quality of the products and services at them...applicable to asian especially Malaysia.
Know how to sell but does not know how to serve the customers.....while having problem need to slove because it is centralise at KL. Staff are not helpful and ... Read more

breezle

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Terrible bugs for an otherwise great machine. Beware! Wifi problems are rife.

Aug 31, 2007

Rating: 2 out of 10 (Terrible)
Pros: - wonderful screen, very bright and no picture shuddering with fast image movement
Cons: - BAD wifi connectivity problems
Opinion:
I wanted to love this so much, but found it falling apart in under two weeks.

Firstly there was pixel death within 12 hours but because it didn't meet minimum requirements, I could not get it fixed or replaced. (Has to be a certain number etc). Sony said that they specifically won't tell consumers about their pixel death issues and policies out of fear it would frighten people away. Yes, Sony support actually told me this.

Within a week, the built in wifi could not pick up signals through walls. Two days later could no longer connect to router while it was in the same room. Rebooting the computer several times occasionally helped but today, no wifi at all. Yet my ethernet works great.

All while this was happening, I found that while typing - keys would randomly die. For example 'A' died yesterday several times. I'd have to repeatedly hit the key for 5-10 seconds ... Read more

joemark

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Cool design. Good replacement to my FE28. Great work-horse, able to play most games & video playback

Jul 26, 2007

Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: Value-for money for the great package - design, power
Cons: Yet to be discovered
Opinion:
Am very happy with my FZ 17. Real value for money given its specs. Sexy design.

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