The Most Affordable Sony Vaio Laptop: Sony VAIO CR120

Its shiny finish, with touches of chrome and decorative LEDs, the Sony VAIO CR120 certainly looks more expensive than its actual price. It has a sleek design and glossy finish with LEDs that you can program to glow even when the laptop is switched off. It measures 13.1 x 10 x 1.3 inches, weighs just 6.1 pounds and sells for $1000. The laptop comes in four colors with silver interiors. The keyboard is well designed with spacious keys that are concave and make typing easy. The touch pad is wide enough and facilitates easy navigation. The media control keys for playback, pause, stop, forward and rewind are at the base of the touch pad and you can use them even when the lid is closed. There is a set of buttons above the keyboard to regulate the volume, to start the media player even without booting the laptop, a webcam and a button to switch off the display when the laptop is not in use. The VAIO CR120's memory card reader only recognizes MemoryStick and MemoryStick Pro formats. Sony has branched out and incorporated a separate SD card reader. The included ExpressCard and 802.11a/g/n Wi-Fi radio are welcome additions that should help the VAIO CR120 age well as these new technologies become more widespread. As regards performance, The CR 120 is ahead of its competitors when it comes to multitasking and encoding iTunes. However image processing using Adobe Photoshop takes a long time due to the small capacity 1 GB RAM. It is also loaded with bloatware. The Sony VAIO is a good buy for home users who appreciate good looks and don't bother with minimized performance. Specifications: ·         Platform Technology: Intel Centrino Duo ·         System Type: Notebook ·         Built-in Devices: Wireless LAN antenna ·         Width: 13.1 in ·         Depth: 10 in ·         Height: 1.3 in ·         Weight: 5.3 lbs ·         Installed RAM Size: 1 GB / 4 GB (max) ·         RAM Technology: DDR II SDRAM - 667 MHz ·         Hard Drive: 120 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm ·         Display Type: 14.1 in TFT active matrix ·         Max Resolution: 1280 x 800 ( WXGA ) ·         Graphics Processor / Vendor: Intel GMA X3100 ·         Video Memory: Dynamic Video Memory Technology 4.0 - 128 MB