16Jun Sony Vaio sucks!
I bought my Sony Vaio laptop in March 2007. After one year and a few weeks, the Sony laptop battery died. And after one year, three months, the motherboard, speakers and hard disk died! Can you freaking believe it?
I did not use the laptop for any heavy duty games. I have a Cooler Master fan to keep it cool and usually, I work in aircond room. I shut down the computer like one or twice a week and the rest, I put it in Sleep mode, as what I was told. (Even the technician in Apple told me to put my Mac to sleep and shut down only once or twice a week.)
The stupid laptop costs RM4,998 because it was quite newly released then. And guess how much the parts are going to cost, excluding the battery? RM2,400! The battery costs RM850. That makes it a total of RM3,200. With that amount of money, I can buy a new laptop already.
I have lodged a complaint with Sony Customer Service. It is ridiculous that the laptop have such a short lifespan. If the motherboard gives way, I do understand. But the speaker and hard disk too? It just doesn’t make sense because I expect Sony products to be more durable than a one year lifespan.
I don’t expect them to give me any special discount for the repairs so the laptop is as good as dead. DON’T EVER BUY SONY LAPTOPS, EVER! Let’s not even talk about the sucky Vista and a hosts of other problems I encountered like not being able to start, not being able to shut down, killing off the whole house internet connection the moment the Vaio logs on, the incompatibility with some of the softwares (black hats one LOL) that I use etc etc etc.
Lucky that the money I used to buy the laptop is not some hard earned, blood, sweat and tears money but some windfall from online income. Otherwise, I think I will strangle self for the stupid decision to buy a laptop just because it was pink. BTW, at that time, Dell hasn’t produce coloured laptops, only boring silver/black ones. Now, if I am going to buy again, I am going for a red laptop. Who cares what the spec is, as long as it is red. That means, I must work harder to make money online to feed my stupid choice. A red Dell will be good.
Remember : DON’T BUY SONY VAIO. SONY VAIO SUCKS.
June 16th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Is it really so lousy? I thought Sony VAIO is high end product.
–blog for dream–
June 16th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Sony used to be a leader in electronic appliances, especially back in the ancient days of analog tape decks and pioneering breakthroughs in “Black Screen” TV cathode ray tubes. But that was back in the 1970s. In the 1980s Sony led the way with innovative products like the Walkman, and then the Discman. In effect, Sony managed to become a household name worldwide that was synonymous was innovation, quality and reliability. But in the late 1990s the company began going downhill, capitalizing on its solid reputation but it became greedier and greedier - and soon Sony went the way of BN (which I use as a local example of any large organization that has enjoyed unchallenged dominance for too long). In the digital era Sony became obsessed with combating piracy and spent more money on anti-piracy research than on improving the quality of its products. This eventtually blew up in their face when Sony began issuing CDs with anti-copying encoding that also doubled as spyware (of course, the user was not informed of this fact). When hackers discovered Sony’s dirty game the company was hit with thousands of class-action lawsuits. Those who bought Sony DVD players thinking the brand was a world leader quickly regretted when they realized Sony (and a few other leading brands) deliberately designed their DVD lenses to read only industry-certified encodings - which meant all the pirate DVDs and home-burned DVDs were unplayable.
It was then that I decided to unsub from my earlier belief that Sony was among the best brands one can choose when it comes to electronic products. Your complaint about the Sony VAIOS only confirms my suspicion that this is one company that got too fat, too greedy, and too arrogant - just like BN lah! :-)
June 16th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
I have always insisted on 3 years warranty for electronic equipment especially computing equipment. Yes, it’ll cost a little bot more expensive but it does protect consumers from electronic breakdowns. Happened to my iPod.
June 16th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
buy thinkpad (prev ibm now lenovo), and get the notebook skin la… u wont regret with a think pad… my battery oredi 450 cycle… going strong still…
June 16th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Sorry to hear that. I always prefer IBM. If you still prefer pink laptop, you may consider Dell’s Inspiron. They have pink cover. Hehehe…
June 17th, 2008 at 1:45 am
Sounds disappointing.. Sorry about that! (my lap-top is constantly messed up so I know how you feel)
June 17th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Wow.. the Vaio’s that bad, huh? And I still remember how you used to like it so much.. sigh.. but okay. I hear ya. No buying Vaio! ;)
June 17th, 2008 at 10:10 am
I don’t have a single Sony appliance at home. Don’t like them.
Red? How about the Acer Ferrari? I think it costs 6k or more :P
June 17th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
From my experience, Fujitsu is still top notch! Price also about the same as Vaio.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Hi Auntie Lilian,
Dell is good! Mine is 2 1/2 years and rarely got any problems. LCD screen replaced during it’s 1 year warranty for free. Its battery is reasonable Rm200+ which I replaced it last year.
Even though it’s just plain silver when it was launched. :p
June 17th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Get a Compaq!
June 19th, 2008 at 1:25 am
Hi, new reader here. I planned to buy pink VAIO too, coz it’s so, so, so gorgeous….but my dad talked me out of it coz he said Dell also got pink color, and has better warranty (He just wants to save 1.5k LOL) Now I’m glad I didn’t get the VAIO, coz if it dies after 1 year plus, sure my dad kill me. haha.
But for some reason, when I type, the cursor likes to skip to random places on the screen or textbox.
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:23 pm
My sister in Arizona bought a Sony Vaio and has had nothing but problems with it. Thanks for spreading the word about Sony and the garbage they’re trying to sell to all of us.
(Btw, I like your flower lamp, it’s very pretty.)
July 13th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
can’t agree more! Sony vaio sucks! my first laptop is such thing.
hard disk went down in one month - LCD monitor is coming loose - hanging barely with only one screw.
now even worse - i can’t even restore the OS - because it just shut down anytime in the process of restoring…
buy a thinkpad - a dell - a lg - a samsung - whatever - never buy sony
July 17th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Sony is a Scam
Brand new Vaio
Screen Cracked from inside..cast more to repair the what I paid for it.
We have completed the repair estimate for your unit based on the information you provided us. The estimated charge for your repair will be $743.74. This charge includes labor, parts, tax if applicable, and shipping back to you. Please contact us at your earliest convenience by phone or email to approve or refuse this estimate. Our contact information is listed below. To help us expedite your repair please have your credit card number ready when you call. For your security we do not suggest including your credit card number in an email response. Thank you for choosing Sony and feel free to contact us if you have any questions regarding your service request.
August 25th, 2008 at 6:53 am
omg wow i can’t believe i didnt read this before purchasing a vaio yesterday :(
i bought a 3 year warranty though..