I am planning to get a new TX650P, 670P or waiting for TX750P.
Any advises? Thanks

Well i see you sold your X505 and T so i guess go for it dude should be good i guess

YES!  STOP now before you make a BIG mistake!  My TX is 4 months old and already back at Sony for repair.  It has boot problems, the optical drive is flaky and the wireless stack creates interference on my WLAN.  It’s there now specifally because it is no longer accepting power or charging.  Biggest mistake I’ve made since I bought my T250.  It DIED at 10 months and Sony won’t replace it.  It went “pop” and died so I sent it in.  They sent it back in the same condition.  I sent it BACK in and this time and they said it had water damage.  I SWEAR that nothing was spilled on it while I’ve had it but I live in a humid climate and this machine is not built to last!  Sony support is the absolute worst that I could possibley imagine.  I have spent $15K on Sony equipment in the past 16 months and they still blow me off and don’t make the promised return calls.  I will never buy another thing from Sony.

Unfortunately, I have also heard a fair share of complaints about the TX’s build quality and Sony’s terrible repair service with them, I’ve heard good stories as well, but the amount of negative ones scare me.
If I were plunking down $2K for a TX, I’d be sure to get some sort of protection, warranty, guarantee, anything. Wish Costco would offer em.

I have also heard about Sony Service complains but in my situation, they are very good. At first I sent it to Sony and got replaced a brandnew LCD for dusted one in Dec 2005 and now it is still in Sony for DVD burner, it can not read what it writen even dvd player too. And once again, DVD burner was replace but I still not know if it is new one due to laptop are being send back to me. This time is very close to end of 1y warranty period, just a few days to get end of period even though I still have more 3y warranty with MACKCAM but I do not yet experience with them.

Well, Sony sent my T250 back to me the first time, saying it was repaired and it wasn’t.  Then they wouldn’t expedite the second one.  Frankly, I NEED my computer and cannot afford to keep sending it on holidays to San Diego!!  I believe this is a poorly engineered product that they rushed out to capitalize on the ultrportable market BEFORE they had worked out all the bugs.  To make matters worse, they won’t stand behind the product.  They told me my T250’s repairs would cost more than it’s value.  I am plinking away on a DEWll now that is 2 1/2 years old so it’s not like my environment is a laptop killer.  My TX DVD drives just sporadically kicks on for no reason all the time.  The DVD drive on my T250 only worked half the time.  Yours has problems too - what does this tell you?

It doesn’t tell us a whole lot. That said, I’m sorry you’ve had a bad experience with your T and TX. From the various Sony forums that I frequent, this doesn’t seem to be a widespread problem. Sony Service could definitely be way better as I’ve had my run-ins with them as well. Although, they’ve messed up my service twice…the San Diego service center is so much better than the Texas service center. Every time they’ve messed up, I’ve gotten them to rectify the problem to my liking. You just have to stay on top of them and keep good records. I always ask for names and ID numbers.

In terms of your DVD drive kicking in for no reason, I’ve found that certain software (especially poorly written programs resident in memory) can randomly access stuff and make things frustrating. I personally had that situation on my Sony TR. A safe mode boot confirmed it wasn’t a hardware issue but rather a software issue as the problem never occured in safe mode. So, you may want to check what kind of programs you’re running in the system tray, on startup, and in your services to see if some program that you may not need running is causing the problem.

i have to agree with groovy im afraid, i’ve had my T150 for over a year now and i’ve had no problems AT all. I even dropped my T off a table open and its still pumping out.

I recommend the T series as prob the best ultra-portable. You get dvd-rw (dual-layer) awesome battery life and a brilliant screen. BT v2 for the new Ts including SD slot, which is a delicacy when sony is concerned.

The only problem ive ever had was with the S-series hdd, which sony replaced no questions asked.

And prior that i had an FS series which was one of Sony’s first laptops, brilliant machine.

Anyway i recommend the T150 at least.

i believe the internet is a source of scaremongering…

everytime i search the internet for a user review i always more than not come across someones 5 minute rant, soooo many complaints…this and that about pixels and hdd clicks and services and wifi signal and and and and the list is continuous. Whenever i read a good review i almost make myself think he/she is being biased.

my psp for instance was bought without 1 bad pixel and still hasnt any, (touch wood)...i was worried about buying one so much it was almost scary handing over my money.

i would love to find a site that provides, unbias, true and an average amount of consumer opinions, good and bad.

Till then i purchase with caution!

[quote author=“ngvuanh”]I am planning to get a new TX650P, 670P or waiting for TX750P.
Any advises? Thanks

Get the TX770P..  I think you’ll like it.. it’s going to be a week now since I got mine.. I tell you I think I got used to it already (keyboard and the red color issue).  I’m playing KOTR2 and Frozen Throne on it and it’s much faster than my T250P..  And it’s not as hot as my T250P after I’m done playing.  It still stays cool..  Just remember TX750 = 1.2Ghz and the TX770 = 1.3Ghz.