Sony VAIO VGN-SZ460N/C 13.3" Laptop (Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 2 GHz Processor, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, DVD RW Drive, Vista Business) | List Price: $2,299.99
Discount Price: $2,175.00
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Brand: Sony
Binding: Personal Computers
Release Date: 2007-01-30
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Sleekly designed, lightweight notebook with 13.3-inch screen, 3.75-pound black carbon fiber case, and Cingular WWAN
- 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 processor 160 GB hard drive, 2 GB installed RAM (max), multi-format/dual-layer DVD drive (8x DVD+/-R)
- Connectivity: 2 USB, 1 FireWire, 1 VGA, tri-mode wireless LAN (802.11a/b/g), Bluetooth, multi-format memory card reader
- Hybrid Graphics System lets toggle between NVidia GeForce Go 7400 (up to 335 MB shared) and Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (224 MB shared)
- Pre-installed with Windows Vista Business
what happened to the beatiful computer [Posted on 2007-06-02]
on April 29 I opened the box. Since the computer was for my wife, I sat with her. After two hours of trying to understand Vista, she left. I spent the next two weeks trying to figure out how to do the things I had done on xp. I finally got to the point where I could show my wife how to try out Office which terminated in less than 30 days. She was doing her email on May 26 when she decided to visit the bathroom. She returned to a dead machine. I wrote emails, chatted and called many time to speake to the Indian spokes persons. On May 30 Fedx delivered a collapsed box though I still had the orginal. It took two hours to assemble. On May 31, I delivered it to Fedx. Sony gave instruction to follow it's progress. When I tried it, Sony web site said it could not find the "Event" and told me tocall the number which I had labored on for five days. Maybe Sony appreciates this process - all I can think of thank god I got it through American Express with their backup warranty and american speaking help.
Vista integration makes it terrible [Posted on 2007-07-12]
This is my 2nd Vaio, I bought it because of the great form factor (weight, size, etc). My first Vaio (an older model) worked very well. This one is just plain awful.
The key problem with the laptop is the _basics_ just don't work. The webcam freezes. The wireless configuration disappears. The sound output stops through multiple reboots. Don't even bother with the fingerprint sensor.
In my first 45 days I've re-installed Vista once, and have spent no less than 5 hours on the phone with tech support.
Don't buy it.
Nice laptop but be aware of the keyboard and speed of graphics card [Posted on 2007-07-23]
Pros:
-Design
-Lightweight
-Very good screen resolution
-Very good wired and wireless connection application
-Very good wireless reception
-Nice and friendly Sony software application for administration and update purposes.
-Long cord power adapter
-All features work as promised or advertised
-Wake up/start time is fast. From the time you turn it on to the time you are actually in your desktop it takes about 4 to 10 seconds.
Cons:
-The computer is very noisy. The fan and the hard drive. Mostly the fan
-It produces a lot of heat.
-Battery time (I expected to last at least 3 hours). But in certain and common conditions the battery ends very fast.
-Graphic card is not as good as expected in terms of overall performance.
-Heavy power adapter. That is a minus compare to the excellent lightweight of this laptop
-Keyboard is not as good as other computers for experienced typewriters: I am an experienced typewriter and I found my self having a hard time writing with this keyboard. From time to time the letters don't show up in the screen. All because you have to press the keyboard all the way down and it is not that sensitive compared to IBM, DELL or MAC laptops I have used. This type of keyboard makes afraid of having my hands tired after writing long documents or just a few letters. So if you have the chance to try it your self first, you should. So you can feel how comfortable you feel using this keyboard
As overall performance the laptop with Vista OS show the following windows scores based on the new windows Experience Index base score.
-Processor: Calculations per second => 4.9
-Memory (RAM): memore operations per second => 4.5
-Graphics: Desktop performance for Windows Aero => 3.6
-Gaming graphics: 3D business and gaming graphics performance => 3.3
-Primary hard disk: Disk data transfer rate => 4.7
Overall score is determined by the lowest subscore. That is 3.3.
I recommend it for those of you looking for a lightweight laptop with nice design and features. Not for gamers or extreme graphic application users. For regular Microsoft Office users is just perfect.
Be aware of the heat and the noise it produces. And also make sure you try the keyboard first to see if you feel comfortable with it.
Powerful and efficient tool [Posted on 2007-07-30]
Is a powerful tool and efficient. I am very coforms with these acquisition of this notebook sonyvaio SZ460N
My fifth Sony Vaio purchase ... and my last! [Posted on 2007-12-14]
The VGN-SZ460N was my fifth Sony Vaio laptop in the last 10 years - I frequently travel for business, constantly seek improved computing performance and like the Vaio designs. When I first received the SZ460N, I was once again impressed with the computing power, design and light weight. It took me several days to install my normal applications (Office, iTunes, Adobe, etc) and configure to my preferences. Unfortunately, I completed all of this installation and customization using an exterior USB mouse.
When I took the Vaio on my first business trip after its purchase, I noticed a peculiar phenomenon - the mouse pad motion was backwards! I.e. When I moved my finger left, the mouse moved right; down was up; vice-versa.
I initially attributed this to a one-time glitch, so I simply rebooted my computer. The problem disappeared. Over time, however, I realized that the problem actually occurred much more regularly, except that I hadn't noticed earlier due to the USB mouse.
I checked the mouse software; I downloaded and installed the latest mouse driver. None of these solved the problem. I contacted technical support. Despite my message stating that I had already re-installed the mouse driver, technical support suggested that I (once again) re-install the mouse driver. Obviously no success. I doubt whether the support technician even read my message. I wrote back and informed them that the solution was ineffective. Their response? A boilerplate message informing me that I should re-install my entire O/S.
I'm sorry, but I do not have the time/effort/patience to re-install the entire O/S, along with all of my other applications, in the "hopes" of fixing this problem. Incredible.
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