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Sony VAIO VGN-NR240E/S 15.4-inch Laptop (Intel Pentium Dual Core T2330 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 200 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium) Granite
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Best bargain available?
(3 out of 5) by Alejandro on Sep 2, 2008 (Paris)The Sony VAIO VGN-NR270N/S does not come with many of the fancy things laptops bring today (no integrated camera, bluetooth, etc), so it won't be appealing to many. But it is the only way to have an incredible Intel Core 2 Duo Processor if you only have 600$. If you install 4 gb ram for another 100$, you have right there a top pc for the years to come without spending a fortune.
A big plus: wow, sony screens are the best
A big minus: It really has an awful amount of crapware loaded, as other reviews say. So do not hope to be enjoying the first day, you will spend it with the remove programs utility.
A big plus: wow, sony screens are the best
A big minus: It really has an awful amount of crapware loaded, as other reviews say. So do not hope to be enjoying the first day, you will spend it with the remove programs utility.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Sony Vaio NR220E/S - WAY TO GO!
(4 out of 5) by F. Bram on Apr 28, 2008This is for the Sony VAIO NR220E/S (bought at BestBuy for US$ 599,99).
PROS:
0- Price. :)
1- LCD (this XBRITE-ECO stuff looks really nice).
2- Speakers (ARE AWESOME!).
3- Brand (c'mon.. it's a VAIO).
4- Firewire.
5- Card Reader (Memory Stick Pro Duo and another one with SD).
CONS/MISS:
1- Missing Native Bluetooth Connectivity (it's a mess to have to use cables to my Phones and Headsets). How COME?!?!?!
2- Windows XP OEM (Vista sucks). I'm not sure if the problem is the the Processor, the amount of Memory (and its speed) or the Hard Disk Drive speed... but this notebook was the slowest thing in a long time (been working since IBM PC XT). My gess is that VISTA is killing this laptop. Please, upgrade the memory or install Windows XP immediately after purchasing it.
3- Missing Camera (an integrated webcam would be really nice and wouldn't even cost US$20). It would add a lot of extra power and appeal to the NR220E/S
4- Missing regular PCMCIA/PC CARD (instead of the XPRESS CARD 34 Sony's put). It would be nice to keep my old Bluetooth, 3G/GSM and GPS PCMCIA Cards.
5- 1 card of 1GB RAM (instead of the cheap 2x512MB Sony's put). This is not a major problem since the BIOS allows up to 4GB (don't trust the Sony Ad).
6- Silver Keyboard. It would be just perfect... even if Sony decided to keep the bottom of the laptop in the same color (BLACK).
7- Multimedia Keyboard keys (funcion keys would do the trick).
8- Battery Life.
Conclusion:
I'd buy this laptop again, and I'd upgrade immediatelly to XP and to 4GB RAM.
The next step would be to get a new (extended) battery and a faster HDD.
PROS:
0- Price. :)
1- LCD (this XBRITE-ECO stuff looks really nice).
2- Speakers (ARE AWESOME!).
3- Brand (c'mon.. it's a VAIO).
4- Firewire.
5- Card Reader (Memory Stick Pro Duo and another one with SD).
CONS/MISS:
1- Missing Native Bluetooth Connectivity (it's a mess to have to use cables to my Phones and Headsets). How COME?!?!?!
2- Windows XP OEM (Vista sucks). I'm not sure if the problem is the the Processor, the amount of Memory (and its speed) or the Hard Disk Drive speed... but this notebook was the slowest thing in a long time (been working since IBM PC XT). My gess is that VISTA is killing this laptop. Please, upgrade the memory or install Windows XP immediately after purchasing it.
3- Missing Camera (an integrated webcam would be really nice and wouldn't even cost US$20). It would add a lot of extra power and appeal to the NR220E/S
4- Missing regular PCMCIA/PC CARD (instead of the XPRESS CARD 34 Sony's put). It would be nice to keep my old Bluetooth, 3G/GSM and GPS PCMCIA Cards.
5- 1 card of 1GB RAM (instead of the cheap 2x512MB Sony's put). This is not a major problem since the BIOS allows up to 4GB (don't trust the Sony Ad).
6- Silver Keyboard. It would be just perfect... even if Sony decided to keep the bottom of the laptop in the same color (BLACK).
7- Multimedia Keyboard keys (funcion keys would do the trick).
8- Battery Life.
Conclusion:
I'd buy this laptop again, and I'd upgrade immediatelly to XP and to 4GB RAM.
The next step would be to get a new (extended) battery and a faster HDD.
17 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
Bloated with crapware
(1 out of 5) by G. Wilson on Mar 29, 2008 (New York)Unreasonably slow. Turns out all the "trial" stuff put on made it run like mud. Spent 3 hours uninstalling all the BLOAT. Then it was okay. But not worth all the time lost. There are too many good alternatives - HP, Lenovo, Dell, Toshiba, Acer. If I could I'd send Sony a bill for $300 just for the time it took to get this thing down to a NEW conditon.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Such a lovely machine
(5 out of 5) by Paula on Mar 21, 2008I didn't expect too much from the Vaio NR as it is from the entry-level product line, but this is totally the opposite of what I experienced! This is a great notebook for basic~intermediate tasks. The only thing people should be aware is the RAM amount. 1 gb seems to be insufficient for the main Vista features. The use of the ReadyBoost function comes handy in such situations (í'm using a 4gb SD card).
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Nice Laptop for price
(4 out of 5) by Michael Nguyen on Apr 30, 2008 (San Diego, CA)I got this laptop for my sister because she's entering college, and so far she loves it. Of course like every other review, you have to play with it first. I took a lot of the bloatware out (about 3 hours of work), and installed my own software in. Then defrag the comp. For a 1.6 duo core with 1G of ram, it's surprising fast enough to do what my sister needed to do.
The wireless issue that some reviews are commenting on, she has not experienced. There's wireless internet at home, her friends house, and school, and she's able to connect to all of them with ease. It evens saves the password from the router and when the laptop picks up the signal it automatically logs her in. She loves the wireless on/off button. When she knows there's no internet available she just clicks it off and saves battery life.
This is good general everyday use laptop. It's been great for a college student. My recommendation is to upgrade the ram. 1G of ram is sufficent by all means, but you can never have enough ram. Battery life is a little short. I'm probably gonna upgrade her laptop to 2G of ram, and an extended battery. Other than that she loves it, and we highly recommmend it to anyone.
The wireless issue that some reviews are commenting on, she has not experienced. There's wireless internet at home, her friends house, and school, and she's able to connect to all of them with ease. It evens saves the password from the router and when the laptop picks up the signal it automatically logs her in. She loves the wireless on/off button. When she knows there's no internet available she just clicks it off and saves battery life.
This is good general everyday use laptop. It's been great for a college student. My recommendation is to upgrade the ram. 1G of ram is sufficent by all means, but you can never have enough ram. Battery life is a little short. I'm probably gonna upgrade her laptop to 2G of ram, and an extended battery. Other than that she loves it, and we highly recommmend it to anyone.