I would certainly recommend them - get a good product for the money.
Have owned two over the past 5 years. Find them very easy to use and a good stable hardware platorm with no issues whatsoever.
Admittedly my first one did eventually die simply of genuine wear and tear. This was after 3 years of very arduous use ; many hours in dirty environments, being stuffed under a/c seats 10+ times a week etc. Buying another seemed second nature and I was able to use the battery, CD drive and other bits from the old chassis.
Would agree with comments from fobotcso above re. Sony's own software which comes pre-loaded. I prefer to do my own custom build and found all the Sony s/w unecessary and obviously it chews up CPU cycles. Simple to just zap it all and rebuild as you want.
Last edited by Lost_luggage34; 27th Aug 2002 at 11:49.