Have had my TR5MP for a month now and can truly say its been an enjoyable month however, the build quality is crap.  On my TR I just noticed that the left plastic section covering the tft has more of a gap then the right side, and the top right plastic section next to the camera is not seated properly and after having tried pushing it together I dont think it ever will.  So I will be returning it to Ebuyer here in the UK and have just finished filling in their online returns form, I hope they accept this otherwise im screwed :(.

Forgot to mention that I will be asking for a replacement and not a refund.  You didnt think I was ditching my baby did you? :D

Well, be happy…your baby is one of a kind   .  Vaio’s in general are
the Mercedes of laptops.  I had to take back and exchange my HP z3010
3 TIMES :evil:  on the fourth I decided to make the right decision and get my
baby which I had always wanted. Happy ever since :wink: .

ive had 2, a tr1 and tr3.  the only thing remotley looking like a cosmetic defect was that on the Tr1 the battery wiggled a bit when in place.  That was fixed on the TR3 that i use now.  with such tight tolerences, i’m amazed with the job Sony seems to do building these boxes. happy happy happy and i one fussy b@!#Ard.

my battery wiggles in place :evil:

Just thought that was the way they were built.  Oh well….still love my TR

the gap on the left of my montion eye is significantly larger than the one on the right. I kinda of accepted it as a “standard” defect and never bother to send it back ...  :?

there gap on the left side of the optical drive bezel is not consistent with the right..never notice that before the dvd-rw upgrade. its not that noticable but..its there.  :?

u guys are just FREAKS about this kinda stuff, no?  :D   is your “defect” any worse than this…




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all of u, FREAKS.  :D Does yours look as “defective” as this?

This thread is almost as good as discussing how many charge cycles you have gone through.

No, the boxers or briefs thread has to take to cake!

What’s your favorite? :ph34r:

total freaks - man i wish my bezel was half as tight as the Sony one
I can’t comment on the drive because i got up from in front of the TV having forgotten to close the drive tray and kicked it sending the TR flying. So it kinda changed the algnment of the door, but hey, still works like a dream.
My friend has had his G4 Mac powerbook back to Apple 5 times and they are normally very good with build quality, so i guess he just got a lemon. They said next time he returns it he gets a new one even though it’s out of warranty.

[quote author=“TruthSeeker”]This thread is almost as good as discussing how many charge cycles you have gone through.

No, the boxers or briefs thread has to take to cake!

What’s your favorite? :ph34r:

i get more cycles in calvin klein lowcut briefs….

I too have have this problem, although it is reversed, the right side has the gap.  Although I go tmy refurbished so I expected some imperfections.  I believe simply opening up the top and messing with it would fix the gap problem, but I have yet to gain the courage to take such actions.

I have two minor defects with my new TR3, but they’re almost unnoticeable:

1) the wireless switch wiggles like crazy… very loose… shouldn’t it be kind of a snug fit?

2) the left mouse button sinks in a bit more then the right mouse button… and it also makes a ‘twang’ sound if you press down on either the far right or left side of that same mouse button

dustrho, my tr has the same “defect” as you…
I dont think it is a defect… the switch is still tightly connected to the hardware anyways.  I think these are just those tiny quarter of a millimeter imperfections that come from mass production.