Sony VAIO VGN-CR425E/B 14.1-inch Laptop (2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium) Black
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend Step out and be seen with the portable, powerful and incredibly beautiful VAIO(R) CR425EB notebook. A perfect mix of power and style, the VAIO(R) CR425EB is a slim, lightweight PC measuring less than 1" thin, with a stunning 14.1" widescreen with XBRITE-ECO LCD technology while weighing only 5.49lbs is an astonishing sight to behold. Experience the powerful performance of the newest hafnium-based Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 2.10GHz processor with 3MB of L2 Cache with… Product details and pricing info |
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13 Customer Reviews Posted
- My kid loves it
- I ordered this Vaio from Amazon over a month ago when it was offered as a Gold Box item. His Compaq mini-tower had died two months prior and I thought a laptop would make more sense for him now.
I am not going to go into the technical mumbo-jumbo because you can see the specs posted in the product description section. Suffices to say that it is adequately supplied with memory, has sufficient disk storage and comes with... hmmm... Vista.
On the computer itself, it is a true laptop, meaning that it's not a TOO large mini-super-computer-emulator but not too small either. The display looks great. The keyboard is only adequate. This model does not come with a mouse so, if you don't want to depend on the little touchpad, make sure you have a USB mouse handy.
Installation... well you turn it on and it works. As it is always the case with 'consumer' computers, as soon as you turn it on, you are bombarded with tons of tutorials and various pre-installed trashware/bloatware - the usual suspects: AOL, Macaffee, Adobe, Norton... It took me a couple of hours to clean it up and leave only the stuff that was not on a 'trial' base and get rid of all the well-meaning spyware.
So, after cleanup, we got ourselves a nice, Wi-Fi enabled, AOL/Explorer/Macaffee/Norton-free little laptop that my son loves using for his personal entertainment and for the occasional school homework - Microsoft Works comes pre-installed for that.
Battery life appears to be adequate but the battery is relatively slow to charge - I guess you can't have everything at the same time.
On the 'cool' factor. The laptop comes equipped with a built-in camera almost invisible, it plays DVDs and, of course it has a microphone. My kid also likes the text-to-speech capability but he's telling me that the computer is more often wrong than right when interpreting his words. The cool stuff that DOES work is the fingerprint authentication. You provide the computer your fingerprints and you no longer need to enter username/password ever again. You simply slide your finger (any finger) over the reader and, you're authenticated.
I never had to call the Sony customer service, so I can't comment on that. I am very much a do-it-yourself type when it comes to computer (never on cars).
Overall rating: I am satisfied with the the laptop but the keyboard could have been better. - 2008-09-26, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- LOVING IT!!!
- This was a very good deal on GOLD BOX DEAL. I bought it with affordable price and the product functioned overall were outstanding. I loved it so much.
- 2008-09-24, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Great Sony
- I had waited to get a Sony Vaio because that was what I had before and was totally sold on Sony. Then I saw the great deal on Amazon, just what I was looking for big HD lots of RAM, SOLD!
- 2008-09-23, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Good size for travel
- I bought this because it's a bit smaller than my other laptop (an HP)and am happy with it so far. It starts up faster than the HP. The only negative about it is the sound. I haven't called tech support about it yet and there may be an update that will take care of the problem. So we'll see.
- 2008-09-16, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Excellent compromise between performance and price
- If you're looking for a laptop to replace your bulky home desktop, this is an excellent option. Though Intel's 5550 is not the fastest CPU on the market the whole system performance it's really good. It loads MSOffice quite fast as well as other home/office applications. Web surfing is perfect. The system features USB, firewire, mem stick and bluetooth ports. If you're considering this machine with gamming in mind go for a different model with a dedicated graphics adaptor -like NVIDA or ATI- included, the VAIO VGN-CR415E it's not expandable.
- 2008-08-29, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
