Keep your power cord near. The battery doesn't allow you to go too far from a plug in power source. Vista has quite a few bugs.
Pro : solid hardworking laptop
Con : vista and battery life

this is my third vaio, I also use mac products as well as custom built pcs for photography and music production. The vaio is the only out of the box pc that is worth a darn for this kind of work. if you need to do real multi media work and arnt a mac addict than the vaio is what you want. This is a brilliant intro level or portable pc for the recording and photo pro. this particular model is a bit of a light build though, hence the great price, but a good protective case will help this.
Pro : keeps pace with mac
Con : need to embrace pro market

I have had my sent in for repairs 3 times in three months for faulty hard drive. Last time they updated my BIOS and every thing is good. The graphics card is not the best but this is a cheaper laptop. After tweaking and removing alot of bundled software, this computer flies. It took a little work, but it was worth it. I have researched the hard drive issue and I seem to be the only case I have been able to find. All and all, I think this laptop is well worth the money and I will consider sony in my future laptop/desktop purchases.
Pro : Looks, processor
Con : Loaded with junk

REDUCE ITS COST SO THAT ITS DEMAND INCREASES BEYOND UR EXPECTATIONS
Pro : GOOD
Con : BAD

i think this is what best any body can get in this price th ebest prica as well quality and the company worrlds most trusted brand . i love sony and its product techonology and compettive rates as well, but no comprmise with quality they make always better and try to satisfy their customers
Pro : very good
Con : better

Designed to complement your modern design aesthetic, the Sony VAIO VGN-N250E/B balances beautiful form with highly functional computing features. It features a white-and-silver case for a cool, contemporary accent. Beyond its eye-catching good looks, this laptop offers a bright 15.4-inch XBRITE-ECO LCD screen that provides brilliant colors from photos and videos while helping to save drain on the battery. This affordable notebook PC is powered by Intel's powerful Core Duo T2250, which provides an optimized, multithreaded architecture for improved gaming and multitasking performance and a more efficient power consumption. The dual execution core T2250 has a 1.73 GHz processor speed, fast 533 MHz system bus, and a large 2 MB L2 cache. It features an 120 GB hard drive, 1 GB of installed RAM (2 GB maximum), dual-layer multiformat DVD drive that also burns CDs, tri-mode Wi-Fi connectivity (802.11a/b/g), Intel GMA 950 graphics processor with up to 224 MB of shared video memory, an ExpressCard slot, and Memory Stick slot.
Pro : Strong Performance
Con : Few

well
Pro : well
Con : well

am Adebajo Adekunle from NIGERIA. Have gone through the specification and i recommended it and have told about three (3) friends of my about the sony vaio laptop product. infact about the hard drive size and ethernet access it really give an access to communication. i assure you more product will be sold in my country.
Pro : ok
Con : good

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Pro : Manufacture
Con : Technology