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Stuck in the Middle With VAIO: The Sony NR |
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Sony is
making some serious forays into the mid to lower consumer price
range with its laptops. Its latest addition to this mix-the VAIO
NR-is genuine value in the $700s to $800s range. For your Joe
Soap notebook consumer-say, a college kid, a recent graduate, or
some other member of the "Millennial" generation-the VAIO NR's
top feature could be its customizability. |
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We don't refer here to
the amount of RAM you can load into the NR's 6.2 pound chassis,
or your choice of graphics processor. No, we're talking colors.
And not to denigrate your basic laptop buyer, but the ability to
buy one's own chassis color and personalize a product really
could top lists here. In the case of the VAIO NR, users can pick from white, brown, or silver. And
though the chassis is made from plastic and not some light, slick
metal, reports have this VAIO looking good (and well put
together) nonetheless. Not to say that you can't customize other features of this Sony VAIO. You have your choice of Intel processors, from the semi-antiquated 1.46 GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core T2310 to the 1.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5450. You can pack in as much as 4GB of RAM as well. The choices at this price level, though, stop there. The VAIO NR comes with a 15.4-inch display and that's it. (It comes with XBRITE-ECO glossy finish, still, so it's not a bad thing.) The graphics chip is an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100-no Alienware gamer's delight is the VAIO NR. And you get Windows Vista operating system with all its accompanying software that you'll either have to ignore or delete yourself. Unlike Asus's new Eee PC, a linux operating system is not a starting option. One other downside note as well, Notebook Review reports have the NR supposedly having some design flaws, such as a battery that wiggles inside the chassis even when locked in, and an AV mode switch (that would allow you to use a media player without booting Windows) that failed to work. Sure, you can order your VAIO laptop in brown to match your leather handbag. But those issues are worth considering as well. By Matthew Brodsky - Laptopical Tuesday, November 13, 2007 |
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