Sony VAIO VPCEA24FM/W Laptop / Intel Core i3 Processor 2.26GHZ / 14" Display / 4GB Memory / 500GB H

I purchased this laptop from a big box store, for an amazing price.

It's super fast, doesn't come bloated with the historically bad Sony software all over it, and is a great machine for everyday use.

The pros:

Windows 7 never looked so good

The LCD is crisp and bright

The keyboard is responsive (Even without the number pad, which I'm not missing all that much)

The Blue Ray is great even if the software to run it is so-so.

With 4gb of ram, this puppy hums

The Con:

One major design flaw keeps this from being a 5 star computer. The power/sleep/hibernation button is on the right hand side of the computer, on the top, near the bezel. It is in the PERFECT place to touch it every single time you pick up the computer. In a week, I've put my computer into hibernation at least a hundred times. Not exaggerating, it is EXTREMELY annoying. None-the-less, I'm not returning the computer, not a deal breaker, just a major annoyance.

I'm really impressed with the fit and finish of this laptop. I'm not used to Sony computers being so reasonable, and so well put together.

Big win.

The computer is very beautiful and the performance is good (in terms of speed), but I am very disappointed with its overall performance... in just three months of very moderate usage one of the USB ports simply stopped working. Now the Wireless Network simply turns off without a warning from time to time (even when nobody is on the computer, so it is not caused by an accidental touch on the wifi switch). The only way to fix this is by rebooting the computer...

Finally when I tried to get in contact with Technical Support (I live in Brazil), I was told that this is an american computer and I could not get support here. Even when I tried the Sony International website, they divert the message to the useless Brazilian support... this was also very disappointing since one of the advantages the vendor used to convince me to buy this was "the worldwide support given to Sony Vaio".

After having two Toshibas for almost ten years, which never gave me any problem, I bought my first (and SURELY last) Sony computer. There is greater value on other brands on this pricetag.

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Bought the laptop during Black Friday sale, so it's been a little over 6 months and only had one issue with it which was mentioned in one of these reviews as a problem (have heard about it from other sources as well). The laptop kicks you off the internet without warning and when this happenes, the wireless button is still in the on position so there is nothing you can do about it but restart the computer.

I have experienced this problem a few times before I got fed up and called Sony tech support where I was told that the sensor which was built into the computer is an industrial strength and the usual internet signals that are used in homes are not engough for the laptop to pick up on. That is when the signal weakens a little, the lapop cannot detect it, and that is when you get kicked off the net.

Tech support also told me to talk to the company where I subscribe for the internet to do a frimware update on the router which I went ahead and done. Then Sony deinstalled an old program and reinstalled the newest one. This was around Christmas and I have not had ANY problems.

Aside from this one issue I had, I did not experience anything negative, in fact I am very satisfied with my laptop and can recommend it to others wholeheartedly.

UPDATE (2012.01.14):

I had to have the laptop set back to factory settings, (basically as I bought it) and I encountered the same problem with the wireless switch and not being able to connect to the internet. I called Sony again, but my 1 year warranty expired and tech support wasn't able to help me without me paying a fee. However, the guy who I talked to was really nice and suggested to install and updated the newest version of the Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 driver. I did just that and it worked! So if anyone is having this same issue, go to esupportDOTsonyDOTcom, type in the model of your computer (VPCEA24FM), then click on Wireless LAN, then select Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6200 Driver, then just download. Once you restart your computer you shouldn't have issues with your wireless connection again. I don't know if amazon will let me post the link, but here it goes:

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Both of my Sony Vaios have had their sound cards die within the past year! Horrible computer. Sony's not easy to work with either. I was better selling them for parts.

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I bought this laptop back in August of 2010 of my senior year in high school. I bought it specifically to last me through my last year in HS and for all four years of my undergrad. There were a few pros and cons that I found with it:

Pros:

-Chiclet style keys: I personally love this style of keys because they aren't annoying while typing and they look great on a laptop.

-Fast processor ( I had an i3, 500GB, 2.26 GHz and 4GB of RAM)

Cons:

-USB ports died one by one

-Memory card slot stopped working.

-The fan noise (this drove me crazy!) I replaced it, cleaned out the dust, and even tried lowering the amount of processes. It was just annoying.

Feels very fragile. The body isn't very durable and it feels like plastic.

I enjoyed the laptop for the first few months that I had it but I decided to move on and get a different laptop. It was fun.