Sony Vaio VGN S1XP

Advantages: Light, compact, screen display
Disadvantages: Price, no floppy drive, hard to source

...I'll firstly start of with a cutdown list of the specification (I have not listed full details as they go on for ages!). Intel® Pentium® M Processor 735 Processor, 1.70A GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache, 400 MHz FSB, Windows® XP, 13.3" Display X-black, 1200 x 800 resolution, 512Mb RAM, 60Gb hard Disk, DVD-RW, Graphic Card ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700, 64 MB VRAM, Wireless LAN, 10/100 network, modem, 2 x USB, Memory stick slot We had been looking for a lightweight laptop for a while, and after good advice decided to go for one of the Sony Vaio S series. After much deliberation I decided on the S1XP - the top model of the series (there are three models - S1XP, S1VP (availble only from Sony) and the S1HP (base model). The main reason for the purchase was to have soemthing lightweight but functional for travel. A lot of laptops seem to come...

haze1smith 05.10.2004 · Read review
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Sony VAIO CR21S/P Laptop

Advantages: Fast, looks good, comes in a variety of colours
Disadvantages: Expensive, mouse can sometimes play up

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why I brought the laptop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I had had so many problems from my previous laptop, although I had only had it for 2 years - but there were problems with it right from the beginning. It was really staring to be unreliable and crashing all the time, as well it being highly annoying, I couldn't afford to keep loosing my work all the time and I was just waiting for the day for it to finally completely pack up, so I decided to go on the internet and start looking around for a new laptop. Originally I was looking for the cheapest yet good one I could find. By chance I ended up on the Sony website and advertised on the home page was this Sony Vaio. I instantly fell in love with it, so decided to check it out. This Sony Vaio is part of the CR Series and there are 3 different laptops which come with 3...

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I love my Sony Vaio VGN-S2XP

Advantages: Very light, fantastic screen, good battery life
Disadvantages: 512 meg memory is a bit mean, Sony setup

...only as good as the battery life it provides. This VGN-S2XP gives me around 3.5 hours between charges. I frequently use this laptop to watch DVD's when away from home, the screens great in wide format and the battery life will last the duration of a feature film. Sony sets the software up in its own customised way, this didn't suit me so I scrubbed off a lot of the applications and reloaded my own versions. If you're a novice or not that picky then Sony's setup will suit you. I got mine new on EBay for £1400, extra memory cost me £90. Hope this helps...

niglom 22.07.2005 · Read review
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Another Sony marvel, this time with Blu-Ray built in!

Advantages: HUGE harddrive, lots of memory, stylish and fast. Easy to use and robust.
Disadvantages: Battery life could be better, and I'd have preferred it to be a little lighter.

...I seem to have developed a habit of reviewing laptops, so why break with tradition. Here we have the Sony Vaio VGN FW 41 - a mid to high-spec 16.4" screen laptop, designed with gamers, office workers, professionals and casual users all in mind. One of the first things I noticed with this laptop is how professional and stylish it looks, with its silver metal lining. It wouldn't look out of place in a teenagers bedroom or a top executive's office. That's one of the first key pro's about this laptop - it suits practically every kind of person. You wouldn't want to leave it on a train table or cair while nipping off to the loo. Then again, you wouldn't want to do that with any laptop ! The 16.4" screen is an unusual size, as they are usually either smaller at 15.4" or bigger at 17". The image is impressive, very much so...

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The Sony VAIO NR21S/S

Advantages: fast, good graphics, big and bright, lots of slots.
Disadvantages: Heavy, can overload and freeze, quirky inbuilt mouse.

...The NR21S is a good all rounder, with good performance, graphics, and looks. PERFORMANCE The laptop is fast, with pre-loaded Vista Home edition running fine, and handling several heavy processes at once without glitch. However, as with all Windows laptops, it does overload if left on for too long or too many processes are run. The laptop does, however, have 2gb RAM, so should prove no problem for users requiring less advanced programs. Despite its speed the NR21S is very quiet, with the fan never dissapointing, a plus for users in a quiet room or for watching movies. GRAPHICS The graphics in the Sony are excellent. Rather than being integrated, Sony has included fast NVidia graphics, perfect for gaming on just about anything (COD and others run fine) or any other graphics use, and has never let me down. MULTIMEDIA...

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Sony VAIO

Advantages: LONG BATTERY LIFE AND GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY.
Disadvantages: : NO GRAPHIC CARD.

...The Sony vaio is a device you can get for£ 500 or less. This is quite a notebook and it is very competence and efficient. It has a very stylish looks and has as very good graphics in terms of picture quality and brightness. I got mine some couple of months ago and I have not gotten any problems with it. The Sony product has 15.4 X -black LCD and that makes the picture a very sharp and bright one. It does all the function you might require a laptop to do. The Sony notebook has variety of features that makes it a fabulous functioning laptop and it is capable of running any software that is available. Its graphics card type is the one board graphic type. This is a machine that has an upgrade value because some people might be thinking that the price might reflect the product quality but that is not true. One thing that I like...

packerlist 21.08.2008 · Read review
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Great low-mid level laptop, for work, rest and play!

Advantages: Superfast, great design and nice-sized harddrive
Disadvantages: There are more advanced laptops out there. Price varies considerably.

...Here we have another great laptop by Sony and should that surprise anyone, considering that Sony are one of the most respected manufacturers of electronics in the world ? The Sony Vaio VGN-NS30E/W is a low-mid level laptop designed to fit the needs of most business and leisure users. To better illustrate the features, the pros and the cons I've split the review into sections for you................ APPEARANCE -------------------- This laptop is honestly gorgeous in its design. The white frame gives it a very crisp and clean look, much like an IPOD and makes you excited to see what it can do. Upon opening the laptop, you're greeted with a stunning screen with X-Black technology. This means that the black backgrounds, vivid colours of media players and photos look very deep and rich. Games, movies and applications all look...

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  Thank`s again Sony!

Advantages: Powerful, long battery life, lightweight, strong and looks stunning!!
Disadvantages: Absolutely none!

...When it comes to laptops there really is just no beating Sony, they just keep coming out with better and more powerful laptops on such a regular basis it's hard to keep up. One of their latest offerings the VAIO FZ21S - Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2 GHz - 15.4" TFT really is something to behold. This laptop has the power and specifications to put some of the best desktops to shame, including X-black LCD technology reproducing amazing colour trueness. If money is no option then this is the laptop you simply must have. As a website designer in my spare time and just generally a computer addict I put both my laptop and my desktop thoroughly through there paces and its very, very rare to find a laptop that will cope with everything I throw at it without jamming up or over heating but this little wonder breezes through it most admirably...

thebigc1690 25.01.2008 (17.05.2009) · Read review
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Review of Sony Vaio VGN-FZ21Z

Sleek and Stylish Sony Vaio

Advantages: Great price for a Sony, Highly aesthetically pleasing
Disadvantages: Gets dirty extremely easily

...I have always wanted a Sony Vaio laptop; as far as I?m concerned, there is no laptop out there that comes anywhere close to being as aesthetically pleasing and stylish as the Vaio. In white, the Sony Vaio is by far the most attractive laptop on the market, and when I saw this moderately priced white Sony Vaio sitting there for the taking, I knew that it was something that I just had to own. Macbook?s are similarly styled, however I have always preferred the Windows operating system so for me, a Macbook was not a viable option. In the past, Sony have always priced themselves a bit out of the market by marking up their laptops at a higher cost than similar specification machines, however the VGN-N230 breaks with this tradition and has brought Sony well and truly into the budget laptop market which is great to see...

RazzaLazza 20.08.2007 · Read review
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Sony VAIO N21S/W

Advantages: Beautiful screen, looks good
Disadvantages: Only 1GB memory, runs slowly.

...Sony VAIO N21S/W. I bought this laptop in 2007 for around £650 from www.ebuyer.com. Having had it for nearly 2 years, I have to say I am still impressed with the machine, despite it falling behind now in terms of specifications. The first thing you notice is how it looks; a clean, white and simple design, with no clutter and fuss. It looks brilliant, and is enhanced greatly by the screen, which looks tremendous. The screen is a widescreen 15.4" TFT screen, which is crystal clear and displays everything beautifully. The keys are easy to use and are not at all sticky or stiff, and the mousepad is very precise and controlled. In terms of performance, the N21S/W is let down somewhat. The main problem is being the amount of installed memory, which is onlg 1GB. When running vista, this is simply not enough. The machine seems to take...

Eazy_Rider 07.02.2009 · Read review
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