Due to the fact that I run and build websites and the fact that I am somewhat addicted to the internet in general, I need to have a laptop that can do everything my desktop is capable of and as my desktop is a top of the range Sony only Sony could provide a laptop that could come close. Just over two months ago I went on the search for what I needed and after hunting through various websites, electrical stores and specialist computer shops I came up with the Sony VAIO FE41Z, an amazingly powerful machine which I have found so far to be almost as capable as my desktop and believe me it has been put through its paces.

My Sony vaio has a 15.4 inch widescreen, perfectly big enough to give a clear view of what I am up to and also enough room to have a few windows opened on the screen at the same time. The screen is equally big enough to catch a movie on if I find the time or to simply watch clips I am loading to websites. Another of its attributes is the huge 200gb hard drive although there are much bigger hard drives out there in desktops mine included this is more than enough and very impressive for a laptop. Having all this storage means I can just keep files I have downloaded on my laptop rather than transferring them to my desktop for storage.

This particular laptop I feel is the ultimate in all round computing and has the functions required to meet almost all needs. It comes with a built in cam so if you are planning to use it for online conferencing or if you are just big into instant messaging then it will suit. It also comes with a cd/dvd writer so if you plan to use it to burn your own cd`s or DVDs then it is perfectly capable of this too. It has the capacity to game at the highest level also, so as you can see this doesn't have to be a laptop just to enable you to have the internet on the move it could easily replace a desktop if you wanted to save a bit space or just be able to use the computer anywhere in the home.

The built in card reader is another function that I found very useful as I am a keen photographer it is good to be able to take pictures whilst away on holiday or just out and about and get them straight on to the laptop for uploading to websites or emailing back home. I like to perfect my photos using some very powerful software that I purchased a while back and being able to go away for weekends or longer and take my holiday snaps then sit in the hotel at night and have the software and the internet right beside me is just brilliant. What happened to the days of handing your spools into boots when you got home?

Mainboard: Data Bus Speed 667MHz

Hard Drive capacity: 200GB

Card reader: supports Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick Duo

Dual-core processing is exactly what it sounds like, two processors running instead of one. The reason this is good is quite simple, imagine the processor in the computer to be similar to the brain of a human. The processor as the human brain would do feeds info to the various hardware and software for them to in turn react, much as the human brain makes your limbs move. The faster it can do this the faster your hardware and software will react, if the processor is inundated with requests it takes more time to pass it on to the correct hardware or software so having two makes lots of sense. When one processor is taking care of your cd burning and music downloading for instance the other processor will be only too happy to pass on any other info you need delivered to your hardware or software appliances in order for them to carry out their tasks simultaneously. This requires plenty ram to be available also though as the ram is the memory used to open up programmes and if there isn't enough ram then the processors speed and power becomes useless. Although you would think that desktops and laptops with dual-core processors would automatically be built with enough ram this is not always the case so make sure when you buy that there is at least 1GB of ram but preferably as this Sony laptop has 2GB this will allow you to get the best out of the dual-core technology.

I would be more than happy to recommend this laptop to anyone whatever their needs. It's not a cheap laptop but then again it's not too expensive either. I purchased mine from pc world in the end as they were giving the best offer at the time I got the laptop, a very smart carry case and an extended three year warranty for £1099 I am unsure if this offer can still be obtained but I do know that most other places were at the time looking for around £1199 without any extra warranty or the carry case so it was a very good deal at the time. Since my purchase a little over two months ago I would say I have spent somewhere in the region of 220 hours on this laptop and have never had a problem with it including it even running a bit slower. It just gets on with whatever I throw its way, at a very fast speed.