Guess . I was st....

Even after reading the reviews I bought this laptop because of "name" and "style", and loved it for few days... and then came to realize that this laptop is slower than my wifes, 899 dollar Toshiba (1.8).
Horrible performance, It was taking around 3-5 mins to re-boot. Also, key board is very noisy, makes more noise than my desktop keyboard, very annoying, especially in meetings.

But kudos to Amazon for providing 'Amazing' service and helped me return the laptop.


Thanks

Poor service and questionable hardware setup

Bought this from Amazon just because it is lightweight and has a processor and a video card tha might be powerful enough to run my graphic intensive modeling. After using it for several days, I found two things to share with you:
1. Processor: The Computer Properties has a processor information of T7700 2.4GHz(which is right for this model), but the Device Manager-Processor shows T7500 2.2GHz. I was surpsised when I first saw this, and called Sony. The tech gave me a long email address to download a new driver to solve the problem. Sony should put this in its update list.
2.Memory upgrade: I bought 2x2Gb OCZ PC2-5400 CAS-555 trying to replace 2X1Gb Hynix(original) PC2-5300 CAS-555. But the bios only gives 3Gb.( My Sony VGN-NR180 bios shows the right 4Gb memory.) The Sony tech said PC2-5400 is the wrong spec, only PC2-5300 is right. Ridiculous. They are all the same but marketing by different manufacturers. Right now I'm struggling with different memories.