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• 1 Umfress

  I purchased this laptop to work from home with. At first I was over charged $150.00 by Amazon. I got that settled. When I received the laptop, the CD/DVD door was jammed closed and I was unable to open it. I called right away and was sent a replacement and told NOT to send the defective one back until i received tne replacement one- I liked that, since you never know what can happen in the mail. The second laptop arrived quickly and appears to work fine.
  Over all the laptop is nice, but the transaction with Amazon was a little sour.

• 2 Frear

  product came within specified timeframe, was in good condition cosmetically but crashed less than 3 weeks after reciept…so….

• 3 Atwell

  I purchase my laptop 10 months back and in that 10 months i sent my laptop to repair center 3 times,same problem in both the time i am not able to power on my laptop.customer service is very worst,they did not care customer problem and talk arogantly.So please do not buy this product.

• 4 Gentile

  DO NOT BUY THIS COMPUTER!!! Mine is a little over a year old (of course) and the wiring has burned out and now Sony wants $699 to repair this and install a new mother board. I did not buy an extended warranty because the salesman told me how wonderful and reliable and etc. this computer is - LIES! I’m not sinking that much money into a defective computer that doesn’t even work for two years. I took the $699 and bought a new Dell desktop that I really like. While I miss the convenience of the laptop, I’ll never buy another one - especially not a Sony! When I was able to use it I had to put a thick towel between it and my legs because it got so hot it burned me. Of course, this model is not covered by the recall, even though it obviously has the same problem as the T models.

• 5 Haas

  I just packed up my pink Sony Vaio laptop for return. I received the computer 2 weeks ago and had several issues. First, almost every time I unplugged the computer to run on battery, the function key stopped working; therefore, not allowing me to adjust the volume or screen brightness. My screen went black for no reason a couple times and wouldn’t come back on unless I powered the computer down. Finally, and I don’t know if this is a Vista problem or Sony, every time my computer would go into sleep mode, upon awakening, it would disconnect from the wireless internet and also kick the rest of my family’s computers off as well. I spoke to customer service about returning the computer since it was within the 30 day warranty period and found out that my warranty started the day I ordered it, even though I received it 2 weeks later! It would take them 2 days, not including the weekend, so 4 full days to give me the shipping number that is required to be on the package for return. Don’t buy this product. Once you get it, they will be difficult to deal with and try to make it impossible to return. Imagine what kind of service you get after the 30 days are up and you’re really stuck with the computer!

• 6 Ewing

  The build quality of this laptop is great, much better than the home-grade HPs and Dells I used to use. The laptop is quite fast in spite of a load of Sony bloatware. Windows System Rating in Vista is 3.8, may be because of the lack of a dedicated graphics card.

• 7 Curren

  I spent MONTHS researching HP, Dell, Macs, etc. trying to find the perfect laptop. I am heading to college in the fall and really need something easy to use, but also advanced enough that it has all the features I will be needing. I heard negative comments for each of those brands, ranging from horrifically loud fan to a glare that prevents outdoor use to way to pricey for the product, respectively. Consequently, I had NO idea what to do. Then someone suggested looking into Sony and THANK GOD I DID!!!! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS LAPTOP!! It’s a perfect size, red is the perfect color (I had my doubts about it being too red, but it really is gorgeous), it works fantastically, the keyboard flows so well, it’s fast, it’s efficient, it was relatively cheap compared to others…it’s perfect!!! Overall I would suggest this product to anyone!!!

• 8 Chamberlin

  First off let me say I have had a inspiron 8600 Dell for at least 8yrs and its still alive and kicking and still has all my life’s files on it (pics, movies, word docs, music etc..) all within a 60gb harddrive. I did however run into a system problem with the cpu beeping and shutting down the computer a couple times which lead me to research into a new laptop.

  Now the review. It came down to (after months of research on Core 2 Duo’s) the Sony Vaio (which the GF wanted for the fact that it came in white), and my pick again after research the Toshiba Satellite special edition which when compared to the Vaio only differs with the graphics card and bluetooth.

  I opted for the Sony Vaio (which by the way is cheaper at your local…Fill in the blank major electronic store). I will say its partly due to the GF’s white preference, but don’t stop reading here and think its all due to that i did want good, no great specs and not want to buy another computer for at least another 5yrs.

  I read many mixed reviews, and i personally got nervous. I wanted a great computer and always have been an XP person. So vista and only having a Dell made this a big purchase. Well i couldn’t be happier. The computer is fast as hell, especially through Ethernet (haven’t had the time yet to go get a N wireless router which i am excited about) and Vista is surprisingly fun to use. Searching for files etc. is really the only difference I have encountered. I love the 3D window scroll, and I love the new Windows Media experience with MSN live everything (TV, Music, Movies).

  People have spoke about bloatware, I don’t think there was alot on here to be honest. I am currently using Vaio care, and windows live one (for virus protection). I am also using the preview version of office 2007. Other than that i don’t see much on here that’s a problem or runs the computer slower. I have disabled the updates after i did all of them so that helps too. The battery isn’t bad. On the Vaio power scheme i have it set to balanced and it lasts around 2hrs and 11mins. You can however set the power to max batter which helps it extend to 3hrs, or you can set it to max performance which speeds the computer itself up to max tasks, and windows being opened. I’ve had at least 10 windows up before and no lag what so ever using balanced power.

  The webcam is really cool and makes me laugh at the Mac users who paid $12+ for basically the same computer. The software included can do all kinds of fun things with your image as well as let you record videos.
  The keyboard is slick and very easy to type. Easier than my Dell which i find was alot more clacky than this. The touch pad is generic and the touch media controls well i haven’t had much use for them but as i have played around with them although cool and different can be sensitive especially the volume (i use the icon to change the volume). The speakers are good, sometimes programs made for dolby make them sound incredible while other at times sound low (it might have to do with the program and dolby compatibility.)

  Overall I am very please, everything that i need to do (internet, work with office docs, and pics & music) it does very well. There are some features i have yet to explore but this is a very solid computer and worth the money. Don’t waste your time with those watered down netbooks or low priced asus computers with no specs to them. Get a laptop that has what you need in it and more, it will save you the trouble later on.

  I gave this a 4 instead of a 5 because of the lower end graphics card (which hasn’t been a problem just wish for future things it had the better card) and lack of HDMI (has vga instead). Other than that its a solid notebook that makes a great replacement to my old Dell.

• 9 Ji

  So my boyfriend bought me this laptop three months ago. It had been working just fine and then a few weeks ago it got to where it wouldnt charge. I called customer service and they asked some questions and they said it sounded like the actual jack was messed up. So they mailed me a prepaid box and said they would take care of it. It came with a one year warranty and we bought an extra four years.

  So I get a message sayin I have to pay [...] bucks for them to fix it.THATS ALMOST A BRAND NEW ONE! We call and they say that the motherboard is also messed up. Ummm I dont think so! They say my warranty wont pay for it. The tech was supposed to call us and when he finally did he said he found other things wrong with it…like the mouse thing. What???

  Then they accuse me of breaking it on purpose and stuff. Who in their right mind would do that? They said they even called and got a “confirmation” that thats what happened? HELLLLOOO? WHAT? Who would they call? LOL….

  So they are mailing it back to me….Best Buy said they would fix it for free. I should have just went there to begin with than dealing with crooks like SONY!

• 10 McLemore

  Made purchase back in February 2009 and very much liking this little Sony, so far. This has fast processing with the 64 Bit T6400 Duo Core 2, 4 GB RAM, and better than average graphics for on board Intel graphics. I’m not a gamer, so can’t say in that regard, but for news clips, movies, music video, and MLB live/real-time feed, the graphics provide a good TV quality images on cable ISP. The included useful Sony software makes the purchase all the more attractive. I installed MS Office Small Business 2007 with no problems. A nice machine that has proven to be all I wanted for a travel computer. Would definitely recommend.

• 11 Hollingsworth

  I was looking for a fast but not too expensive laptop and this one did the trick. I love it so far. I only needed this for personal use like surfing the net, listening to music, etc… It works just great so far. The only real con I would say is the sound. The speakers leave a lot to be desired. I can hardly hear bass in any of my songs. Well, I don’t really have to listen to songs from my laptop speakers so it doesn’t bother me too much. Other than that, it’s a great laptop!

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