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Holistic Guidance - Sony VAIO VGN-NR240E/S 15.4" Laptop (Intel Pentium Dual Core T2330 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 200 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium) Granite
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List Price: $779.99
Our Price: $849.84
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Sony
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Batteries Included: 1
Binding: Personal Computers
Brand: Sony
Color: Granite
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 1.6
CPU Type: Intel Core Duo
Display Size: 15.4
EAN: 0027242732506
Feature: Stylish, affordable notebook in silvery granite for everyday computing with widescreen 15.4-inch screen
Floppy Disk Drive Description: None
Hard Disk Size: 200
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Model: VGN-NR240E/S
Modem Description: Fax / modem
Processor Count: 2
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: 2007-12-24
Studio: Sony
System Bus Speed: 533
System Memory Size: 1000
System Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Variation Description: Granite
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Features
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Stylish, affordable notebook in silvery granite for everyday computing with widescreen 15.4-inch screen
1.6 GHz Intel Pentium T2330 dual-core processor, 200 GB hard drive, 1 GB RAM (2 GB max), 8x multi-format/dual-layer DVD drive
54g Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), 10/100 Ethernet, Intel X3100 video card with up to 251 MB of shared memory
Connectivity: 4 USB, 1 FireWire, ExpressCard 34 slot, Memory Stick & SD readers
Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium (with Media Center capabilities)
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Editorial Reviews:
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With a soft and warm fabric-like texture and clear embossed VAIO logo, NR-Series stands proud as a notebook with style.The unique dimpled surface is very comfortable to hold when on the move and offers a stylish alternative to the smoothness of most laptops.Its sleek 'floating' design makes a striking first impression and enhances the natural thinness of the chassis.NR-Series perfectly complements natural elements in the home and your individuality. These highly distinctive notebooks use a dimple molding design to create a weave pattern that recalls the softness and warmth of clothing.All your favorite movies, home videos and photos are brought vividly to life through high color X-black screen technology. Pictures are more realistic and natural-looking than ever with superior brightness and exquisite detail. The pin-sharp 15.4" widescreen LCD includes an anti-glare coating to minimize reflection so you can enjoy multimedia from almost any angle.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great value laptop
Comment: The set up was easy and the laptop video display is very crisp. This unit may not be the best choice for those wanting the top of the line performance and features, but it does provide a great value for performance ratio for anyone who needs a laptop for everyday use.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great computer once you take off half the built-in software.
Comment: Great computer at a very reasonable price. It took me a couple of days to erase everything that came 'stock' and replace it with software that worked and didn't look like a bad video-game. Everything was a 'free-trial' that would eventually quit and try to get you to buy it. Great computer polluted with garbage! Resolution is awesome. Sets up wireless network connection really easily.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Value!
Comment: Before writing a review, It is very important to keep in mind how much are you paying for a Laptop and your expectations should be based on that fact. I bought mine for $599 and I wasn't expecting the fastest or the lightest laptop in the market, I was expecting a Laptop with the essentials for my everyday needs. This Laptop by far exceeded my expectations, The display is amazing, movies and pictures look great in this computer. The overall performance is decent, I strongly recommend to increase the RAM to 2 Gb, this will make the windows vista to run faster and will make a drastic improvement in performance.
The case of this notebook is solid and scratch resistant, this baby weights around 6 pounds and is not difficult to carry around. The battery last approximately 2.45 hrs depending on the application audio and video will demand more power.
The Wi-Fi works smooth and with very good range, at the Kennedy airport I had better signal strength that other more expensive laptops. The DVD burner works pretty good also, I can burn a full DVD in less than 3 minutes.
The feature that I like most from this computer is its beauty, this is a laptop that will turn heads and eyes over you and everyone would think that you have paid a lot more money.
Bottom line, If you are looking for a great Value and for you the looks are important this is an excellent choice, however if you expect a $600 laptop to perform like a $2,000 buy something else.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Love it, but run a crapware device!
Comment: Great product - the screen is amazing, plenty fast, plenty powerful. I was also afraid of vista, but it's been better than I thought it would (I've been running Ultimate, though). Keyboard comfortable, sounds just fine (but I'm no audiophile). It does come with a crapload of crapware,however! I would recommend running a decrapifier on it before you do anything else, which takes some time. I also upgraded to 2GB RAM, also recommended for the operating system. but for the price, this can't be beat...although I think the $600 I paid for it on amazon is no longer available...too bad.
Also, note the absence of a PCMIA card slot (there is a card slot, but it's something else), and the wireless b/g access doesn't include the new standard "n" access, which I think could become a problem in the next few years.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great entry level computer for teen (non gamer)
Comment: I bought this at Best Buy for my 14 yr old. It was on sale for $349 as a closeout, marked down from $499. The only model they had was the floor model so they took even more off. I paid a total of $384 for this notebook, a neoprene bag and tax.
I am upgrading the memory to 2 gig and am also looking into downgrading to xp. I will see how it runs with more memory.
Yes it is slow, but removing all the bloatware helps quite a bit. This is a perfect entry level computer for a student to browse the internet and do homework and I couldn't pass it up at the price.
I do dislike vista. My oldest has it on his desktop and it runs like a rabbit, but this is on a supercharged gaming machine.
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