I recently bought a W5A. The first one died after 3 days and was returned as DOA. It just kept bluescreening and rebooting continually. Attempt a full re-install from the recovery CDs had the same problem.
I got handballed around betweem 4 different companies in the supply/service chain before and it took 2 weeks to get a replacement. I feel this is not good enough for DOA, it should be replaced immediately.
I've now had the new one for 3 weeks. I treat it very carefully, and always put it into the supplied neoprene sleeve and then into the laptop bag when transporting. Already the outside screen printing has worn off the cover. It seems so poor that in fact i was able to simply rub the remaining part off just with my finger. Did anyone do a durability test before production????
So far I've had a few strange crashes on this new one. Once it froze and I got a pink screen. Had to remove the battery to shutdown.
Other times the screen goes off while in use. The system seems to be running still, I was able to finish typing an email blind and send it. But the screen doesn't come back and you need to reset. I have my suspicions that it's caused by overheating when charging and using at the same time.
As for putting in more RAM, the other day I added a Corsair 1 gig stick DDR2 and it's fine. My W5A already had 512 Meg standard, so now 1.5 Gig RAM.
I'd be interested to hear from others if they've had similar problems. Especially the screen printing coming off so soon.
Apart from that I like this laptop. If you are a guy and have the white model, be prepared for girls to approach you and strike up a conversation about it.. I already had this happen to me.
