User doesn't recommend the product
Advantages Slick Design, Fantastic Features, Thin & Light
Disadvantages Disgraceful out-of-warrenty policy, Fall apart far too soon, Very expensive to repair
I had one of the first Vaio's - I know this because the serial number on the battery was 000000020! For 12 months, I was one of the smuggest laptop users around. Sony was new to the laptop game, and rather than go for the traditional no-frills black-box approach of Dell or Compaq, they'd invented something that was as much a design peice as a working computer. It was beautifully finished in mauve and metallic finish grey. It had a 14.1" TFT screen, function buttons for sleep, powersave etc., inbuilt modem, DVD ROM, and even an i-Link port, which is fantastic for connecting up digital ...
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