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For a home computer, it has wonderful performance. It was a good bargain. Third, we noticed that USB connected external hard drive will sometimes be the culprit in the entire system freezing up and then we have to reboot. You know, they are large enough to tell vendors don't add this stuff. (duh)Let me emphasize what works well, though. That's common for all the SONY VAIO products, but it is annoying. First, it does not come with a copy of the operating system on a set of DVD's - you have to create these yourself.
Second, (this is more of a Vista problem), it doesn't seem to want to recognize a cable network connection. The dialog box almost insists you use wireless.life was much more straight forward with Windows XP. We purchased this at Best Buy at Christmas for $999.00. What gets me is the self-made industry created through craplets. Instead of Best Buy recognizing this as an annoyance to the customer, they try to act like heroes and sell you a $29 service to clean it up. Second, Best Buy will annoy you with their long term service contract and paint a picture of doom and despair.for crying out loud, why would I buy a machine from someone if they're telling me up front that it probably won't work. It runs just fine, I even do some light development on it using MS's C# Visual Express and it is quite responsive.Overall, it was a good buy for the money. The built in web-cam is very adequate when using either Skype or Google's Video chat and the sound quality is reasonably good.
I gave this one less star than perfect for the following reasons. We take advantage of Hulu, [.]. Nothing is "broken" and this only happens every now and then. Sure, one can blame the HD Drive, but then again this same external drive worked flawlessly with our previous XP Windows based machine.Finally, like most desktops sold, it comes with a lot of craplets (software you don't need and designed for promotion). and Amazon downloads quite a bit and this machine provides flawless presentation. Like anything else, you will always find a quirk or an annoyance.my complaints are just that: little annoyances.
I have returned this system to Amazon. I called Sony's help desk and they gave me what they said was a work-around.
Unfortunately, the reviewers were not accurate on their assessment of this system. It was a very handsome system and would have met most of my computing needs.Problems began immediately.
After doing a considerable amount of research, I purchased this computer. It would give me the blue screen then lock up.
In trying to download the most current upgrades from Microsoft, the computer gave me a blue screen then locked up. This became an on-going problem with this computer.
However, after doing their recommendations the situation was worse. Their reposnse has so far been excellent.
There are a few items that I wish Sony would of included with the computer, like a bigger screen, HDMI hookups and a TV tuner. I hooked it up to a Sony Bluetooth mouse and it works great.
I plead with Amazon for a price adjustment, but they would not budge. I purchased the black version about 2 weeks before Christmas $1199 and a week later I found the the original silver color was on sale for $1129.
I love the Blu Ray and bluetooth capabilities. Two days later I stopped by my local Best Buy and found out the silver one was on sale for $999($1081 including tax).
I know it was my fault and only wish I would of waited a week before making the purchase.Overall I love the computer and setup was a breeze. I was also able to listen to my music or audio through my Sony receiver wirelessly(bluetooth) through a option on the Sony receiver called DIMPORT.
But then again their more expensive line has all that.
Even though I got the machine up and running within minutes, I did spend some time removing unwanted software, which I understand is pretty typical for Sony products. This is an attractive PC.I find this machine to be extremely responsive running under Vista, and the 20.1" glossy display is a joy to look at.
I wanted an all-in-one PC to replace our aged family computer, while at the same time reducing the clutter of the old system. I brought the JS160 (Silver) home yesterday and am so far very pleased with the purchase.
The angled foot in the back of the monitor has just enough tension in it toprovide continuously adjustable tilt of the screen by simply moving it to the desired position-- a very nice design. I chose the Vaio over the 20" iMac because it seemed to me you get more computer for the money: a 500 GB HD, 4 GB RAM, and a Blu-ray drive.
The JS160 is extremely easy to set up, and the design is elegant. I also like the plentiful I/O ports that are conveniently positioned on the left side of the display.(Including SD and Sony memory stick slots).
I would recommend this machine to anyone looking for a space-saving family PC that looks great and performs well.
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