Sony Reviews

Very Good & Light weight Laptop

By: seodilip4u November 23, 2007

Review:

As everybody knows that sony is a also known as another name of quality. & about this laptop it is a good quality reached one with light weight and many more facilities..

Sony VGN-AR 520E

By: Anonymous November 8, 2007

Review:

Big screen, 2gb ram, and built in wifi! Large screen was great. This notebook is FAST. Ultra bright screen. Web cam and microphone, may come in handy if you go to collage or are at work and you miss your loved ones. I highly recommend this laptop!

I actually Owned This

By: sss3d November 6, 2007

Review:

I really liked it except for the fact that you can't use it for all applications.  Sometimes it was slow.  Otherwise, the graphics is very crisp and sharp, and also WIFI is excellent.  I recommend this if you have extra money to spend, but cost is that it's very expensive.

The Sony VGN

By: chs-mmalone November 6, 2007

Review:

Good laptop but has a high price tag. It runs smoothly with good support on Dual Layer DVD+R. I think thats its a good buy if you got the money to spare. The specs on it is 13.3" Notebook PC (Intel Core Duo 2 Processor T7200, 2 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, DVD+R Double Layer / DVD±RW Drive).


So if you got $2000 to spend on a laptop go with this!

Excellent... Not perfect but very, very good.

By: ckrewt November 6, 2007

Review:

Pros: A good lightweight laptop with many features. Small enough to carry anywhere, and won't be a burden on your shoulders. Excellent build quality, some things could be a bit different but other than that a fine product. Great screen with excellent clarity, anti-glare coating is a nice touch. Matte body finish is immune to fingerprints and scratches. I get compliments on it all the time. Overall it does not have that plasticky, flimsy, cheap feeling of other laptops. Relatively thin compared to some sub-compact Toshiba models. Windows Vista does run sort of slow BUT it's not the computer's fault, Vista runs slow on most new computers anyway.

Cons: Sony's bloatware adds so much unneeded junk that you have to spend about an hour just uninstalling it all. Keyboard could be improved, kind of loud and flexes slightly. Screen can be damaged easily by fingerprints and improper cleaning (NO tissues or t-shirts allowed!) Should be cleaned by a microfiber cloth and proper cleaning solution. The lack of a video output is a bit of a surprise on a computer this expensive. Touchpad can be a bit tempermental, but other than that it's a wonderful machine! I'd definately recommend it to anyone who wants a small, lightweight laptop that's perfect for traveling.

Bad choice!

By: xxwckdkl0wnxx November 5, 2007

Review:

Pros: No pros for this laptop

Cons: Do not buy this product! Very slow! I had to put Vista on the lowest setting and it was still slow. It is not worth the money you paid. Cannot run Vista business. I had to wait almost an hour for Microsoft Word to open up while in class. Microsoft Word kept crashing on me. AVOID!

It's okay, but not great

By: kittykat840 November 5, 2007

Review:

I have Sony VAIO VGN-FE870E/H PC and it's overall a good laptop, except for the fact that it doesnt support some applications. Could be better

A very nice laptop, but at a high price.

By: david.kirkby October 27, 2007

Review:

There’s not a lot of point in me listing every single specification of the laptop, as you can get that from the Sony site, but briefly:

CPU Core2 Duo Processor T7200 2.00 GHz.
2 GB RAM with 533 MHz FSB
120 GB disk (7200 rpm).
13.3” screen
DVD+/-RW DL/RAM
Windows Vista Business
Fingerprint reader
Light weight 1.69 kg – carbon fibre body. 

It’s a high-end laptop, with a price to match – at the time I bought it, the machine was 1699 pounds in the UK – around $3400 USD. 

A fairly rare feature on this machine, and one which needs explanation, is a switch on the front panel marked STAMINA/SPEED. There is a relatively slow integrated chipset, which uses little power which is used in the STAMINA position. I personally find this adequate for all my needs, but then I never play games on it. If switched to the SPEED position, then a higher performance, but higher power consumption NVIDA GeForce Go 7400 graphics chipset is used. The only problem, that is not so obvious from reading the specification, is that you need to reboot the machine in order for the effect of the change to be implemented. 

I upgraded this to Vista Ultimate, but then found certain things like the camera would not work. I was not over impressed with Sony’s support at this point, basically telling me Vista Ultimate was not supported. 

An irritating ‘feature’ is all the rubbish and trial applications included. The only one which was worth the disk space is Adobe Acrobat Professional, which allows one to make PDF files. 

Also irritating is the fact the machine starts up the Sony rubbish. However, whilst I can’t recall how to stop this, there is information on the web about how to do it. 

It comes with a 3G HSDPA 3.6 Mbit/s card allowing internet access on the move, without needing a WiFi access point. But much to my horror, this card has to plug in the laptop – I don’t know why Sony did not build it in. You get a one month trial of the service, which I have not personally used. 

I have Debian Linux on this too, which works well – including the WiFi. In fact, sometimes I consider deleting Windows completely and just using Linux on it. I’ve also considered using Sun’s Solaris operating system. I personally feel that Solaris is the best operating system ever produced. In fact, my main computer is a Sun Blade 2000, which has 2 x 1.2 GHz SPARC processors and 8 GB of RAM. 

One thing I would certainly do before buying any laptop in the UK is to check what John Lewis sell. Apart from matching anybody else’s price (but not online prices), they offer a 2 year extended warranty for no charge on laptops. John Lewis simply offer better customer support than any retailer I know. 

Dr. David Kirkby

You can help by Writing a review