Editorial Product Review:Item Description:Includes: VAIO(R) keyboard, PS/2 mouse, speakers, power cord, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, Quicken 2005 New User Edition, Roxio DigitalMedia SE, Anti-VIrus & Recovery Software, & more. Sony VGC-RB50 VAIO(R) Desktop Computer - This Sony desktop is ready for your growing digital entertainment and multimedia needs right out of the box, with Sony's premiere software bundle. Organize and share digital photos with PictureGear(TM) Studio. Download and manage your tunes with SonicStage. Burn DVDs with just one click with Click to DVD, and speaking of DVDs, you'll be able to create your very own with the included Double Layer DVD Writer! But that's just the beginning of what this desktop can offer you and your family... Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 with 128MB of shared video memory (memory is taken from the main system's RAM) Double Layer DVD Writer - (write speeds) up to 4x Double Layer DVD+R, 16x DVD+R, 16x DVD-R, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 40x CD-R, & 24x CD-RW Double Layer DVD Writer - (read speeds) up to 16x DVD-ROM & 40x CD-ROM 56k v.90 Fax Modem Multimedia Card Reader - supports Memory Stick, Memory Stick(R) PRO, Memory Stick(R) Duo, Compact Flash, SmartMedia, Secure Digital (SD), MultiMediaCard, & xD Picture Card Ports - 10/100 Ethernet, 1 VGA, 2 PS/2, 1 Parallel, 1 Line-In, 6 USB 2.0 (2 front), & 2 Firewire (1 front 4-pin / 1 rear 6-pin) Slots - 1 x16 PCI Express (available), 1 x1 PCI Express (available), & 2 PCI (1 available) Bays - Two 5.25 (0 available), One External 3.5 (0 available), & 4 Internal 3.5 (3 available) Unit Weight - 25.35 lbs. Monitor is not included
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Average Buyer Rating:
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Great PC!
I dont know whats wrong w/ the other people who bought this PC, but this is the 2nd Sony Vaio I have purchased, each have lasted many years (the first 7 years and still going strong) without any issues. If you want more documentation on your PC, get something else.... OR OPEN THE UNIT. Memory, motherboard and other information can be found printed on stickers and on the boards inside the PC. This PC is built tough and runs very quiet. I run many different types of software on it: Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Photoshop, MS Office, Adobe Premiere Video Editing, ProTools Music Editing Software, etc, not to mention high end games. My only suggestion would be to upgrade the memory.
Also, people who run technical support for companies are only rude if you are rude to them first. If you act nice, they will be nice too. I've called Sony 2-3 times for different things and NEVER had someone be rude to me.
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Piece of Junk
I bought this last March'06.. I use the desktop sparingly.. But still the Motherboard failed in Oct'06. Called Sony, they replaced it. In Dec'06, failed again.. Called Sony, they replaced it.. In Feb'07 failed again.. I was mad, as the warranty was in the last month and I insisted that they need to fix the route cause instead of replacing the mother board... but instead, replaced again and the system was sent back to me.. I travelled abroad for 3 months & came back last month.. in 3 weeks, it failed again..Sony was rude and was not ready to replace or repair.. The rep, then their supervisor replied, I am out of warranty and didnt want to listen. It is a piece of Junk..
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Great home computer
The VGC-RB50 has the ability to handle photoshop and the other programs I use for illustration. I wish it had two DVD/CD drives, but I can always add one later on.
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Buyer Beware
I bought this computer 10 days ago. When I opened the box I found there was just one piece of paper for computer specs..and they didn't say much. I wanted to upgrade RAM 512 just doesn't go far these days. I went to Sony support and they had 2 documents...one was the paper included in the box and the other is a .chm file. I have yet to find anything that works to open it and make it readable. I called sony and that wasn't much help, emailed them no response yet, started a chat session with tech support and was told detailed motherboard specs are not published. Emachines and Compaq are both much better in allowing you to access infomation about your computer. If you work on your own computer beware there is no motherboard support...even intel doesn't list this board even though they manufactured it. For the money you can buy a better system from companies much more customer friendly. I gave it a 1 because so far it does run and 1 is the lowest rating. I expected more and got so much less.
