Sony Vaio NR38E/S

- Introduction - Anyone who saw my review of my last laptop, my Toshiba Equium, will know that I had alot of problems with it, of different types. In September I gave up on it and agreed to let my dad have it at a decent price, since he seemed pretty sure he'd still be able to use it. So I went back to looking at what was on the market, laptop wise and when I spotted that you could get a Sony Vaio for under £400, I was quite tempted. Having read through the laptops specification and knowing that Vaios in general are sturdy, well built laptops of a decent quality and having always liked Sony branded items (I know, its bad to be tempted by name alone ...  Read the complete review

I purchased this laptop in the Argos clearance sale in the last week of December, 2008, as my previous laptop would not power up any longer, after around 2 years use. I've always wanted a Sony Vaio laptop, as they look sophisticated and rather fashionable. They look smart and slick, but do the job they were intended to do. It's not just another poor laptop with fancy casing to make it look like something extraordinary. With Windows Vista Home Premium, it's easier than ever to find everything and anything. It has increased security, performance and productivity, but yet still allows easy use of a complicated piece of electronics. The powerful Pentium Dual Core processor ...  Read the complete review

I have been using one of these laptops for a while now, and I think I've been converted to a Sony Vaio person, after my previous spree of Dells. The Vaio is attractive, stylish, modern, fast, has great specifications, and I got mine at a good price too. I won't spend this review ranting about Windows vista etc, I will review specifically this laptop. Firstly, the exterior. It's quite difficult to find a range of laptops, other than those released by Apple, which all feature a similar shape and design, come in different colours, and have an exceptionally well thought of and recognisable logo on the back of the screen. Sony however seem to have ...  Read the complete review

I've only ever bought Vaio laptops myself so can't really be a great authority. However, after using friends' laptops I can safely say that Sony really are the best. The laptop just oozes quality and well builtness! It also works really well and is quite fast I think. The screen is as big as you'd possibly want and the keyboard has buttons that are big, easy to press and have special bits that stop bit and bobs (hair, crumbs, ants) from getting stuck underneath. It also has really handy short cut buttons for AV mode and one personalisable button which I use for mute. It comes with Windows Vista which itself is great but the really beauty of this product is its effortless ...  Read the complete review