I’m bringing this up early in the review, because I am really not happy with the battery.
#SONY VAIO S SERIES REVIEW 2012 CNET PC#
I can swap between them with ease (unless of course Outlook is synchronizing, in which case it absolutely brings this, and all other, PC to its knees), and rarely notice any delay in launching applications. I am a constant multi-tasker, and at present have 4 IE browser windows open, Windows explorer, Outlook 2003, Outlook Express, AIM, Flickr, MSN Messenger, Word 2003, and Photoshop CS. Thanks for the clever naming there, Intel). It’s a zippy dual-core Centrino laptop, and easily outperforms my last one, which sported a Pentium-M chip (The good kind that came out 2 years ago, not the crappy one from 3-4 years back. Read on if you want to know the details of why I think so. Cutting to the chase: if you can afford it, it’s probably one of the best laptops on the market at present. It’s been a few months, and I like it quite a bit. I set out to replace it, and settled on the Sony Vaio VGN-SZ160P. I went through two more Tecras over the years, then somehow managed to migrate through an HP, a Gateway (it wasn’t bad, really!), and settled on a Dell Latitude for a few years until it died (a bit young in my opinion). It weighed about 15 pounds and was a total desktop replacement (meaning it had about all the power of a desktop PC, and virtually all the weight as well), which was perfect for my needs. So I’ve been hooked on laptops since 1996, when I got my first Toshiba Tecra.