Worst Computer Ever.

I have owned this computer for less than 6 months and in the past 6 months three things have broken. First the left click broke, I sent the computer into Sony and they replaced it. A few months later my computer turned off and would not power on. I sent the computer to Sony and they replaced my motherboard. A week after receiving the computer back my screen started to malfunction. There was a dotted line that would appear and blink then go away for a few seconds only to return again. I called up Sony support and as I was on the phone with them my screen began to fade completely to white then flash back to normal than fade to white again. Now I have sent it back to them again for another repair. Two major repairs in less than 6 months is ridiculous.

The pink suckered me in...

This was an impulse purchase, I spent my government refund check early. I didn't pay even half what is listed here, cause this model has been updated and mine was on clearance at Best Buy or I'd never had purchased it.

That said, my biggest complaint is the screen flicker when you scroll up and down the page. At first, I thought there was something wrong with the video card, and had an on-line chat with Sony tech support in India (funny how you can tell that even in writing) who just wanted me to reinstall the video drivers. That didn't work. I took it back to Best Buy and they said there wasn't anything wrong with it, that Windows Vista was the reason the screen flickers, and the rest of the new laptops did the same thing. He showed me a brand new Toshiba and darn if it didn't flicker too when scrolling. So I took it back home, but it really is annoying.

I'm not impressed with Vista so far, this laptop has the Home Premium. I haven't seen it do anything spectular, unless I'm missing  more

Perfect looks, great power, but not the best out there

I bought this laptop months ago, and i can't deny that it's looks made me buy it instead of a Dell or an HP, despite all the bad things i had heard about the Vaio series.I bought it from Amazon, and it came just as they advertised (time and condition of the product).
I really like this laptop, but it is not the best out there.

The good:
1- Very fast processor. I'm using kaspersky internet security 7 and it doesn't slow down the sistem. The RAM is fair.
2- The integrated webcam is quite cool
3- Very light and elegant design

The bad:
1- This laptop is supossed to have 200Gb of Hard drive, yet you can only use 178. Why?. Also, this hard drive is slow (4.2 RPM).
2- No bluetooth (almost all laptops today come with bluetooth)
3- Bad sound
4- The battey has such a short life! and the cord is too short (i don't understand why)

It's a good laptop with some absurd flaws. Sony Vaio series has convinced most buyers(me, for example)that they give more importance to looks than to technology or functional  more