Sorry to go off-topic but holy crap! I bought one of these on sale at Best Buy and I'm amazed how far Sony has come since my last 505. The design is still...
... Yes, I also saw and used this unit at Fry's in California recently. This is a very sweet unit, so sleek and has everything you need, even a optical drive...
I am looking for the part numbers for a port replicator and or external charger ( if there ever was one ) for a PCG-C1VPK Picturebook. Anybody ? Thanks Randall...
Hi everybody! I recently managed to bring my dear old PCG-505F back from the dead. Now I am looking to upgrade it with these old clip-on speakers (PCGA- SP5)...
... capability, ... I recently acquired a 505 laptop with a 6gb HD and 64mb ram. I have installed win98se on it (it had a copy of windows2000 on it, didnt...
Hello, Can the Sony R505DL boot off a firewire Asus CD-RW drive that is not "Sony brand"? I do not have my docking station anymore, and I do not have access to...
... No, most all Sonys work the same way and refuse to boot from anything but specific Sony peripherals. You'll need the docking station, or any of the Vaio CD...
... It's definitely a rebuilt battery, these haven't been made for years. It's almost certainly defective, but you might try removing the battery, and holding...
someone here should have the recovery cd's for cheap.. ebay..? I have the PCG-505TS/TX win98 and app CD's, but they will not work on a F/FX or G/GX model...
Everyone here still alive? Stilll with ur 505 I see. Still using my 650mhz Z505. The only thing am complainig these days are the new flash contents, and some...
Alive, yes. Using my 505s - not so much. The 505G has been too slow for most things I do for work for a while now, so I passed it on to my nephew. I've still...
... I finally retired my Z505-JSK a few months ago after the latch broke. I decided I'd rather have a built-in DVD drive for traveling and that ruled out the...
... Ordered directly from Sony Direct Accessories and Parts Center. The actual broken part was the housing (bezel). The "Files" area of this group has "VAIO...
... Most of the TZs come with a built-in DVD burner (mine does). Only the $3000+ top-of-the-lin models don't have one - they have a 250GB hard drive in the bay...
... Oops! Thanks for the correction -- So now I don't remember if I made the same mistake back in February when I was looking, or if I had decided against the...
Love my 505LS -Couple of months ago I upgraded it to XP and 120 gig HD with Office 2003. No issues! Haul it around everywhere. It does everything I need...
I got an AUSUS eeepc 900 when they first came out. It runs Linux. My 505TR is in Japan, but when I go back in August, I will bring it back, put in a new HD...
... I've read a lot about the Asus on the notebook forums - it's one of the chief rivals to the TZ, but I like the familiar VAIO experience. The SSDs are great...
eeepc? Bah. I have my 10 year old n505x with the HD replaced with a cheap CF->IDE adapter and a 4GB compact flash 'solid state disk'. Been running solidly and...
... There is no comparison, as far as price goes. the ASUS is under $500.00 ... The main advantage is running the operating system off the SSD. Boots up...
... Does it boot off the flash drive? How do you set it up? Would usb work? Buy.com is selling USB 4gb really cheap. I would like to set it up with my...
... You misunderstand - It doesn't use USB. I took the back off the machine, took out the hard drive, and put in a CF->IDE adapter and a Compact Flash card -...
... Memory was not so cheap back then. ... Firewire would be better. -- Lee Love in Minneapolis http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/ "We are such stuff / As dreams...
My 505 has retired to a well deserved rest, and I have upgraded to a TZ2000. Anyone know of a group similar to this one (Yahoo, or otherwise) that tracks my...
A probably often heard question.... Where is the best place to get a battery for my Z505he? Installing Ubuntu 8.x now and looking forward to speed. Not sure...
Actually, I was skeptical, but I figured I would give it a shot... I am not big on buying NON-OEM, but older Vaio are close to impossible to find OEM batteries...