Cheap Sony VAIO VPC-EE41FX/T 15.5" Notebook (2.3GHz Athlon P360 4GB RAM

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I will keep this brief, because this is not the newest technology. This is the second VAIO I have owned and both of them have performed well. I have no real complaints with the hardware at all. Sony seems to have gotten it mostly right as both of my machines have had absolutely no problems that were machine related.

I chose this machine because I was not pleased with the new Windows 8 environment...and this machine was still available with Windows 7. Windows 8 may be a real pleasure for tablet users or someone who just likes the touch screen environment, but I have had two touch screens fail and I wasn't interested in trying another one. Windows 7 is a much more stable environment than Vista which is running on my previous VAIO. Since the choice was either this machine or one running Windows 8, I chose this one....Yes, you can use Windows 8 without a touch screen, but the interface for the user is the same as the touchscreen...and I was not impressed.

Having said that, my previous VAIO has experienced some software issues after the repeated Vista updates. Vista was never a really stable environment and I grew to dislike it. I have been using Windows 7 on other machines and find it much better behaved than Vista...so it was a natural choice for me. Previous VAIO is about 7 or 8 years old and is still running in the original mechanical condition. The battery finally gave up about a year ago, so it has been necessary to keep it hooked up to the power adapter to keep it running. This new machine appears to have a slightly smaller battery...at least it seems like it. I am not certain about the run time yet, but I expect it will be okay...although not as long as some others. This machine is acceptably fast and handles graphics well with the ATI graphics adapter. The 4 GB of on-board memory is enough for almost any normal task, but is upgradeable to 8 GB if you so desire. The HDD is 500 GB and seems to seek (R/W..)faster than the previous one. The optical drive is also very efficient, fast and quiet. The boot routine is MUCH improved over Vista based routines (at least in my experience..)and much faster to completion. This is probably a function of improved BIOS as well as improved routines embedded in Windows.

Overall, my only complaints with this machine are software related....and those are the same with any modern notebook. The hardware seems to be solid.....So four stars based on acceptable performance and good value.

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This is a very good laptop at affordable price which I paid. Ideal for office work on run, internet access. sizable HD and RAM for most of your work.

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