[sio06]

Hi. Is this sony vaio (VPCEB1MOE) any good, seeing as other people have on this forum have said that a Sony for £600 wouldn't be very good.

[ma2k5]

Give specs

[ritchie888]

I've always just seen Sony vaio's as toys. Get a Thinkpad for same price and an awesome spec. Check them out on pc world business (pcwb).

[Keoje]

I'm pretty sure that is Sony Vaio E series. It's pretty good from what I've seen on the customisable options on sonystyle.co.uk and seems very cheap for what you get imo.

[sio06]

(Original post by ma2k5)
Give specs

These are the specs...

Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-330M Processor
2.13 GHz
3 MB L3 cache
Operating System: Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
RAM : 4GB
DDR3
Graphics card: Intel® HD Graphics
Screen type: Widescreen LCD/TFT
Screen resolution: 1366 x 768
Screen size : 15.5"
Screen features: LED backlight
Hard drive: 500 GB
Optical disk drive: Dual Layer DVD Rewriter
USB: 3
FireWire: No
Modem/Ethernet: Ethernet RJ-45 port
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth No
Video interface HDMI output, VGA output
Audio interface 1 x headphones
1 x microphone
TV output: HDMI output, VGA output
Extension card slot No
Sound: Built-in loudspeakers
Webcam : Yes
Battery : Lithium-ion
Up to 2 hours battery life
Accessories included Mains adapter, battery, user manual
Software included Adobe® Reader® 9, Microsoft® Office Home&Student (60 days Try & Buy)
Size 248.2 x 369.8 x 31.1 mm
Weight 2.7 kg

[ma2k5]

(Original post by sio06)
These are the specs...

Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-330M Processor
2.13 GHz
3 MB L3 cache
Operating System: Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
RAM : 4GB
DDR3
Graphics card: Intel® HD Graphics
Screen type: Widescreen LCD/TFT
Screen resolution: 1366 x 768
Screen size : 15.5"
Screen features: LED backlight
Hard drive: 500 GB
Optical disk drive: Dual Layer DVD Rewriter
USB: 3
FireWire: No
Modem/Ethernet: Ethernet RJ-45 port
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth No
Video interface HDMI output, VGA output
Audio interface 1 x headphones
1 x microphone
TV output: HDMI output, VGA output
Extension card slot No
Sound: Built-in loudspeakers
Webcam : Yes
Battery : Lithium-ion
Up to 2 hours battery life
Accessories included Mains adapter, battery, user manual
Software included Adobe® Reader® 9, Microsoft® Office Home&Student (60 days Try & Buy)
Size 248.2 x 369.8 x 31.1 mm
Weight 2.7 kg

Ripoff imo, you can get much better specs/£ with Dell for example.

[G8D]

£100 more gets you the better i5, 512MB ATI GFX and 1920*1080 resolution.

[sio06]

(Original post by ma2k5)
Ripoff imo, you can get much better specs/£ with Dell for example.

What would the better specs be in? I'm not that good with computers, but I thought the 500GB memory and 4GB RAM are pretty good...

[Keoje]

You need to go on the site and configure it yourself.

[ma2k5]

(Original post by sio06)
What would the better specs be in? I'm not that good with computers, but I thought the 500GB memory and 4GB RAM are pretty good...

Check out http://www.dmxdimension.com for some dell deals. You can usually get 5-10% off the quoted price, and an additional 6-10% if you are student by going through the dell student web page.

For an idea of which graphics card/processor are better use the following as a rough guide.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-...st.2436.0.html

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-...ist.844.0.html

The main factors affecting price are graphics card and processors. Hard drive make near no difference, unless it is a solid state drive (google about it). You should get 4gb and you don't really need more than that. Make sure the Windows is 64 bit.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/

This forum is good to see what people have to say about laptops. You will find pretty much something said about every laptop.

[sio06]

Also is 2.7 Kg heavy for a 15.5 inch laptop?

[ma2k5]

No.