Sony Reviewer's Comments
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Sony has seen the light and has take action by including 2 GBs of RAM in the VAIO VGC–LS25E, nice. In addition, to economize on space Sony packages this system in an all–in–one unit like Apple’s iMac and HP’s TouchSmart.
All in all this VAIO competes well in this review, but like all the systems that rated high, it is a bit pricey at nearly $2000. For that price, we would like to see a little better processor and a media card reader.
Processor:
This system comes with an Intel Core 2 Duo T5600, which is not bad, but others offer the E6300.
Memory:
As mentioned above, this PC comes with 2GBs of RAM, which is perfect for most uses. Its hard drive is a Serial ATA type with a 250 GB capacity.
Video/Audio:
The Sony includes a NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 graphics processing unit, which has the ability to use up to 335MB shared memory. It has integrated audio with Sony Sound Reality Audio Enhancer.
I/O Devices:
This system has an optical drive that can read and burn DVDs and CDs. It also comes with a wireless keyboard and mouse, an integrated 19–inch monitor and four open USB ports and one FireWire. Unfortunately, you have to add an external 17–in–1 media card reader for $30 if you need that option.
Multimedia Features:
The Sony VAIO comes loaded with the Windows Vista Home Premium operating system for managing media. To complete the media package it has speakers and a camera integrated into the monitor, a remote control and a TV tuner.
Price/Value:
This system is priced comparable to similar PCs offered by other manufactures.
Support/Warranty:
The VAIO comes with a one year parts and labor warranty and Sony publishes quite a bit of useful information online. You can contact them by telephone or email. We would like to see chat support and user forums as well.
Summary:
This is a decent system and we like the compact design and wireless keyboard and mouse. But Sony does not offer custom configurations, which is unfortunate because you can not choose different components if you wanted to.
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