Yes, the x50 does have a VGA output.

a freind of mine recently bought one of these to discover the poor touch pad! not to much of a problem since a cordless mouse was bought with it!
the screen has failed in a bad way! took it back to PCworld and they said they can send it off to philips to evaluate the situation.
Intrestingly i have a freind in Philips that said that Philips do not make notebooks and when i queried the x50 @ Pcworld they said that its just a rebranded chassis. That will explain why its not on the Philips website and that the only stores stocking them are part of the dixons group.

Whats more annoying was i went for this notebook over a advent - packard bell because i didnt trust the brands.
So when i do get the call from Pcworld saying it back from philips it will be an interesting conversation!

Touchpad fix.

The touchpad on my X50 seems to fail after a while. Closing and opening the lid seems to fix it but very annoying. However, I have since bought a small mouse (Logitech Notebook mouse) and ever since installing the logitech drivers the touchpad works perfectly.

Must be some sort of driver issue. If you're having a dodgy time I suggest trying installing an external mouse.

james at redsnapper dot net

Philips X50 or Twinhead 12D ?

Perhaps the drivers on this site might help out with touchpad probs too:
http://www.twinhead.com/product_notebook/12D.asp

thanks Ixion, that worked prefectly. Computer is still working really well-nothing bad to say-my battery is actually lasting over 3 hours. The touchpad is difficult to get used to, but you just have to touch it REALLY gently and it works very efficiently.

Highly recommend this X50.Very good performance and a great size.Would as other people recommended,check the laptop before you leave the store.I took my first X50 home only to find it had a "clunking" hard drive,replaced next day by pc world,no problems.

I bought a Philips X50 from PC World too, it's a fantastic machine, but I may have made a bit of a mistake...I FDisked it before I stopped to think and the backup I made prior to that didn't work, so I lost all the software that came pre-installed (everything as it doesn't really come with anything on CD).

If anyone doesn't mind, perhaps they might Email me any and all drivers which I understand are stored on the Philips X50s C: drive under applications or tools -> drivers or something like that. I've managed to locate graphics and wireless drivers, and windows itself picked up the LAN and audio drivers, but cannot find any others, as there's no list which references what items are inside the machine, no list on either the Philips, PC World or PC Service Call web site.

If someone else who has this laptop wouldn't mind, then please Email me the drivers, zipped, rared, any way you like, to davidy AT unforgettable DOT com
For it's size & price it's amazingly well specced. It even runs a couple of 3D DX9 games, albeit with few bells and whistles. A dual layer/format burner, 60GB hard disk and built in wireless, USB2 and memory card reader makes it very useful for travelling, and carrying around, and it's so light too. A great machine....if you don't delete everything on the C: drive at least ;)

can anyone tell me how the 4-1 media card reader slot is supposed to work!?!?

i have an SD card which slots in fine and stays there like is was mde just for it.. but my memory stick duo card doesnt fit... is it supposed to? it says ''SD, MS Pro, MMC, MS'' compatible.

hi!

I'm interested in buy one X50, bus as you say there is no reviews in internet. Can you tell me something about the fan noise?

Thanks

Laptop seems to be ok BUT very bad it doesn't have any drivers on the CD. When I reformat the HDD and install fresh WinXP I face dificulties to get the drivers. Anyone knows where can I get the drivers for X50???