The Sony VAIO GRT716S was the first laptop I owned and bought some 5 years ago now and its still running fine. Overall, its fairly sturdy - desk height falls didn't do harm to it and it was also easy to keep clean. Speedwise, with optimization, it hardly ever crashed on any software for me when other people reported constant crashes on their different systems, so I would believe the components were of high quality. It also ran software (i.e. games) that had minimum requirements well outside its capabilities so that was a big plus too. Now as for downsides, it was fairly expensive when I bought it back in Germany, for almost 2000 Euros. ...  Read the complete review

I have had my Sony Vaio GRT716S for 3 months now and I thought that it is was high time I wrote a review about this marvellous notebook. Founded in 1946 Sony started out as a small company specialising in transistors radios, over the years their influence in the electronics market has grown and today they are probably the worlds most recognisable brand of electronic goods. In 1998 Sony launched their Vaio range of notebooks and these too have become the must have name in the notebook market. As with most of the Sony Vaio notebooks it has a sleek and sharp looking design intended to lure looks conscious buyers like myself. It has dimensions of (WxDxH) 35.7 cm x ...  Read the complete review