Sony VAIO NR21 Notebook
Sony VAIO NR21 Notebook, Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor T2330, 1.60GHz, 15.4" TFT, 2048MB Memory, 200GB Hard-drive, DVD±RW, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, Vista Home Premium
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With a soft and warm fabric-like texture and clear embossed VAIO logo, NR-Series stands proud as a notebook with style. The unique dimpled surface is very comfortable to hold when on the move and offers a stylish alternative to the smoothness of most laptops. Its sleek 'floating' design makes a striking first impression and enhances the natural thinness of the chassis. All your favourite movies, home videos and photos are brought vividly to life through high colour X-black screen technology. Pictures are more realistic and natural-looking than ever with superior brightness and exquisite detail. The pin-sharp 15.4" widescreen LCD includes an anti-glare coating to minimize reflection so you can enjoy multimedia from almost any angle. On board is the latest multi-purpose DVD drive for playing films and music, a fast and efficient mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 and up to 200GB of hard disc space for storing downloads and games. Here's a notebook that lets you get the best out of your entertainment, wherever you are in the world.
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2008-01-23
Great all round machine
Great all round machine, solid built, solid performance, decent looking and a great price for a Sony.
I saw someone comented regarding boot up time being slow, never had anys uch problem with mine although it does come with 2 months Norton anti virus, this is what slows it down, so just get a decent anti virus program, I use use Nod32 on mine and its boots up and runs fine. 
Close but no cigar!
First the good points: This is a well made machine, clean & simple without the clutter of so many laptops.
Now the bad news: This machine is incredibly slow to boot and often hangs in the process. I think in fairness some of the issues might be down to Vista (Home Premium is best avoided!). However I've spent ages on the Vista forums resolving many Vista issues and the machine is still pretty rubbish. Sony are also hopeless, to the point that it's hardly worth registering the laptop with them. I spent an age deleting Sony software/clutter as well as the usual Norton rubbish.
I find the best thing to do with this machine is to leave it for about 10 minutes whilst booting (other than to enter a password) and not to expect it to be capable of anything until it has finally decided everything is loaded. Even then, it can be temperamental!
I bought this machine based on a brief experience with a friends Vaio, I was impressed with the quality and all seemed to work ok. Sadly my own experience of owning a Vaio is disappointing.
I've always had HP laptops in the past (apart from one VERY disappointing experience -never to be repeated- with Acer) and would suggest you look at the HP laptops rather than this one.
Excellent
Have researched various laptops although Sony was always my favorite. Decided on buying this one recently and was really impressed, excellent build quality, easy to use and great value, can not fault it at all. Would recommend it to anyone.
Sony Vaio NR21 Notebook
This notebook is built to a high quality and works great with Vista, I am very pleased with the performance and can highly recommend it
Hooray for Vaio
Fantastic, quality laptop delivered top speed. Very easy to use. I would happily recomend this item and Amazon to anyone. Top notch. My first laptop and couldn't be happier.
