Sony VAIO PCG-FXA53

Sony VAIO PCG-FXA53
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7 reviews

May, 2013

alaTest has collected and analyzed 7 reviews from magazines and websites. People are impressed by the screen. The design is also appreciated. Many are negative about the battery, while there are mixed reviews on the value for money and performance.

portability, design, screen

battery

On average, users rate this product 60/100.

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Amazon review summary for the Vaio PCG-FXA53 Notebook (1.3GHz AMD Athlon Mobile, 256 MB, 30 GB, DVD/CDRW, Windows XP, 14.1' LCD)

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 7 user reviews of the Vaio PCG-FXA53 Notebook (1.3GHz AMD Athlon Mobile, 256 MB, 30 GB, DVD/CDRW, Windows XP, 14.1' LCD) from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products on Amazon.com.

57% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

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Don't waste your money

 

Don't waste your money

This is the worst computer I have ever had! Had problems from the start! Would constantly over-heat with very little use. Sound never worked properly, very choppy. On month 13, the screen died out. Customer care was a joke! They wanted me to pay to...

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3 years - still going strong. Great laptop!

 

3 years - still going strong. Great laptop!

I've had this laptop for 3 years now. I paid about $1400 for it. It performs really great. It outperforms my friend's Dell Inspiron 1.6GHz Pentium 4 (same RAM) everytime we run benchmarking software on both computers (and he paid $2300 for his Dell!)....

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worst laptop I've owned

 

worst laptop I've owned

I've had this notebook computer for just under 2 years and in that time it has been nothing but problems. It constantly locks up and runs much hotter than any other laptop I've ever had. It has crappy speakers,it's sound is intermittent and the restore...

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good all around laptop, great for digital video capture

 

good all around laptop, great for digital video capture

I have had this laptop for about 10 months now. It's very heavy when you add the second battery. I have gone to a rolling laptop case for travel as my shoulder couldn't take the weight. I added third party memory to bring it up to 512MB, I'm on my...

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Keep looking, over priced and out of date

 

Keep looking, over priced and out of date

This notebook is out of date and is way out classed by rivals in the same price range. What I don't like: SDRAM? Most notebooks in this price range offer DDR-SDRAM. DDR transmits twice the data with each clock, making it much faster. SDRAM has been...

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Great laptop, but poor battery life

 

Great laptop, but poor battery life

After doing some research on laptops for a few weeks I had decided to purchase a Dell Inspiron 2600. However, I decided to do a little more searching and came across the FXA53 for a very good price. ($1380 before $100 rebate) This laptop only takes...

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Great Laptop

 

Great Laptop

So far I really love this machine. It has a beautiful display. The software bundle is very good. I would have liked to have MS Word instead of the Word Perfect suite though. I had to send it in for warranty work for the keyboard and got it back in a...

Product Specifications

All-in-one convenience without all the weight. Bring the ultimate power, performance, CD-RW/DVD-ROM combination drive, and network connectivity of a VAIO into your day with Sony's new FXA series notebooks. The VAIO FXA notebooks provide everything you need in a notebook without any of those excess connections - which makes life easy and convenient whether you're on the road or at home. The amazingly fast AMD processors, large bright screens, generous RAM and hard drives, double battery capacity, and digital video editing capabilities add up to one great notebook. VAIO FXA notebooks give you high performance, plenty of power and true portability. VAIO FXA models include AMD PowerNow! technology which can extend system battery life by up to 30%. This means you can work and play for even longer! You have everything in one package with an integrated V.90 modem and simultaneous access to the hard drive, floppy drive and CD-RW/DVD combo drive. Or, remove the floppy drive and insert the optional second battery for double the battery life! The Sony VAIO FXA all-in-one notebooks are equipped with the i.LINK interface, your conduit to the emerging digital world. The i.LINK interface gives you the ability to connect to a Sony Digital Handycam camcorder. Once connected, the included Sony DVgate and MovieShaker software lets you capture, easily edit and create full motion digital movies complete with transitions, effects and music.

Audio Input

Type: None

Audio Output

Type:Sound card

Battery

Run Time (Up To):3hour(s)
Technology:Lithium ion

Cache Memory

Installed Size:256KB

Dimensions & Weight

Depth:10.5in
Height:1.4in
Weight:6.6lbs
Width:12.8in

Display (Projector)

Diagonal Size:14.1in
Diagonal Size (metric):35.8cm
Max Resolution:1024 x 768
Technology:TFT active matrix
Widescreen Display: No

Environmental Standards

ENERGY STAR Qualified: Yes
EPA Energy Star Compliant: Yes

Header

Compatibility:PC
Manufacturer:Sony
Model:PCG-FXA53
Packaged Quantity:1
Product Line:Sony VAIO

Input Device

Type:Keyboard / Touchpad

Mainboard

Data Bus Speed:200MHz

Modem

Max Transfer Rate:56Kbps
Protocols & Specifications:ITU V.90
Type:Fax / modem

Networking

Data Link Protocol:Ethernet / Fast Ethernet
Type:Network adapter

Optical Storage

Read Speed:24x (CD) / 8x (DVD)
Rewrite Speed:8x
Type:CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo
Write Speed:8x

OS Provided

Type:Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

Processor

Clock Speed:1.3GHz
Manufacturer:AMD
Processor Number:1500+
Type:Athlon XP

RAM

Installed Size:256MB
Max Supported Size:512MB
Technology:SDRAM

Service & Support

Type:1 year warranty

Storage Controller

Type:IDE

Storage Floppy Drive

Type:3.5" 1.44 MB floppy / 3.5 1.44 MB floppy

Storage Hard Drive

Type:Portable

Storage Removable

Type: None

System

Hard Drive(-s) Total Capacity:30GB
Notebook Type:Notebook
Recommended Use:Home use / Small business

Video Memory

Installed Size:8MB

Video Output

Graphics Processor / Vendor:ATI RAGE Mobility
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