Originally Posted by NickP 1K
We had 40 Sony Z505's issued around our company. 20 were dead within a year. I'm one of the few people who still has a working unit (upgraded to WinXP BEFORE Sony removed those drivers from their website).
My biggest gripe with Sony is that they had NO intention of supporting a new OS on a STILL useable notebook. Their replacement and warranty support is the pits, hence why our IT folks scavange them for spares and don't send them in for service.
Hey, NickP.
I just acquired myself a Z505SX, and loaded WinXP on it. I'm looking for the 1394 (FireWire) drivers for it, and I was wondering if you still had a copy sitting around. Sony is about as useless as it gets in help, and i'm having a heck of a time finding the driver. Thanks,
-Jason
Also, in response to everyone's comments:
Working in computers has tought me that any model can be great or be horrible, depending, quite often, solely on the user of the computer. Sony's bundled software might be great, it might be horrible, but 9 times out of 10 the person using the computer can hose it up pretty bad without the proper education. Bundleware aside (I got no restore discs with this laptop, so I have no idea about the software it came with other than what I can get off Sony's website), this seems to be a very durable laptop. I'm sure if i hucked it into a bag and slammed it on counters and into corners carrying it, it'd be dead real quick, but with some care I'm hoping that It will be a nice durable unit.