Just Ordered: Sony VAIO VGN-S5XP/B

[bsodmike]

Any thoughts on this laptop guys? I've found '0' reviews on this laptop, however I did check out the S3XP today and was quite impressed (another chap brought it into the lecture).

So I'm sure you're going "So what's this Mac peon wanting a windows laptop for?" - Simple, I plan to dual boot Ubuntu and XP Pro, also cost £1500!

The unit I ordered was listed as "Sony Vaio S5XP/B Centrino 760 1GB 100GB DVD+/-DL 13.3", so I'll probably partition it:

45GB NTFS Windows XP Prof.
45GB EXT3 Ubuntu
5GB FAT32 (neutral ground).
(~5GB lost due to 1024KB per MB)

Looking forward to having this delivered shortly

[simonf7]

Nice, I've got an older S2XP and absolutely love it, the screen is absolutely amazing. Even plays most games reasonably well although that does tend to hammer battery life somewhat.

Enjoy!

Si

[bsodmike]

I've been using it for the past day, got most of my code done now (yay!). Yea I must say it is fantastic. I've put XP in the old theme (win 98 look) and I think I'll be able to manage quite well.

Battery life is pretty good once you tweak it a bit but have yet to try Wifi. Overall, I'm quite pleased with this and may load Ubuntu on it (Along with windows) at some point.

Great out-of-the-box experience I must say and I like how the package wasn't full of useless junk, well done Sony on a nicely designed packed.

--Mike

[perryh73]

Hi,

Whats the Intel VGA chipset like for games?

Ive been offered one of the s5xp in replacement for my s1xp which had a mobile radeon 9700 pro chip and wondered how they compare?

Perry.

[Jonny M]

So I'm sure you're going "So what's this Mac peon wanting a windows laptop for?" - Simple, I plan to dual boot Ubuntu and XP Pro, also cost £1500!

So what are you wanting a Windows notebook for then?

[nvening]

well my sony cd driver broke so im not a happy bunny, but would buy sony again (it is about 4 years old lmao)

[Pazza]

Hi, what is the general performance like on the S5XP? I am particulary interested in the hard disk access speed? I am thinking of getting one of these.

[milanlad]

I'm just about to buy an S5XP but I have 2 questions:

1. Is the ethernet speed 10/100 Mbs or does it go up to gigabit speed??

2. Is the power socket on the left, right or rear of the laptop??

Thanks

[bsodmike]

So what are you wanting a Windows notebook for then?

Ohh, for PIC programming. It has 2 apps only (haha) MSN and MPLab. I think I used it alot more than my Mac last semester getting the code to work. Will be selling the VAIO off this April once the project is over!

--Mike