Sony VAIO PCG-V505BX Laptop (2.0-GHz Pentium 4-M, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive)

I have had my V505 for about 6 months now. I have persistent problems with the touch pad as so many have noted here. But I also have problems with the space bar not registering a touch on the right end of the bar so words run on without spaces if you use your right thumb to type the space bar.

Another frequently occuring and annoying problem is the cursor randomly jumps to odd places in a document so I find myself typing in the middle of a sentence two lines above or some where else than where it should be.

Some days I hate this computer. I wish I had bought a IBM T40.

After 3 months using it, I found that the touch mouse was acting like crazy. When I called the technicians at Sony, they told me it is a typical problem on 505.

I sent the notebook for touch-mouse replacement and took less than week to get it back. (I live in Great LA and the service center is in San Diego)

I have no complaint on Sony service center, but 2 months after the repair, there are some symptoms that I will probably have the same problem soon.

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I love the styling and the nice features of the V505's but Sony should issue a recall to fix the touchpad's. I'm an IT professional and I've dealt with 100's of laptops. The V505 series has the worst touchpad I've ever seen. I personally own a V505AX and I can attest to the horrors of the touchpad's from the series. Very poor, less then useless... I wish I could find the time to send it back.

Steve M

San Francisco, CA

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I have this computer and I love it in just about every way.

I use an external mouse instead of the touchpad, as I've found the touchpad to be sensitive. But I'm not having any problems now that I'm using the external mouse.

It's cute, light, sleek, and dependable. It's a joy to use. I've had mine for over a year now. Got it when it first came out and I'm happy!

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Don't buy this notebook computer. When typing the cursor jumps, WITHOUT WARNING, to some other spot in the document. I type roughly 90 words a minute. When I do decide to look up at what I am typing, I see that it is ruined. The touchpad on my Vaio does not work AT ALL! I wish I had read these other reviews before I purchased it or shortly thereafter. I would have quickly returned it for a refund. I was forced to purchase a wireless mouse to use since the touchpad doesn't function. This thing is garbage!