List Price: $449.99
- 1.66GHz Intel N450 Atom Processor
- 1GB DDR2 667MHz Memory; Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150
- 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM); Bluetooth Technology; Wireless 802.11 b/g/n
- 10.1″ LED (1366×768) Display; Integrated MOTION EYE Camera & Microphone
- Microsoft Windows 7 Starter (32-bit); *Up to 8 Hours of Battery Life
Product Description
Well-suited for families who need an additional, handy PC. Sporting a cool white design, this good-looking and sturdy 10.1-Inch (diag.) PC has a super-crisp hi-res LCD, and a responsive keyboard and touch pad perfect for web surfing, e-mail, and light computing in any room of the house. *Actual battery life may vary based on product settings, usage patterns and environmental conditions.

May 5th, 2010
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Works well. The design looks good. I put extra memory, change the original 1 gb for 2gb but I think Windows 7 is a little “heavy”.
Rating: 4 / 5
Things we love about this netbook are:
1. It is lightweight
2. superb screen resolution
3. has enough juice to do what’s meant to do
4. keyboard is very nice to type on
5. it is NOT sluggish.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this netbook for my wife and the two deciding factors were the high-resolution screen (1366×768) and its build quality. I checked out a lot of other netbooks and most have lower resolution screens and are built with too much plastic that makes them feel cheap. This Vaio is solid – it feels like a mini version of Apple’s classic 12″ Powerbook (without the heft). The screen is also fantastic in its brightness and clarity. It’s perfect for movie viewing, web browsing and even book reading. The clarity makes reading a Kindle book a breeze even though horizontal mode isn’t the ideal way to read an electronic book. The sound is excellent when using headphones but the built-in speakers are worthless, which seems to be typical of most notebook computers.
I’m a Windows XP user so it did take me some time to get used to Windows 7 but I haven’t had any problems especially with its wireless capabilities. Connecting to my secure home network took a few minutes to set up and my connection is rock-solid. The Vaio is also quieter than other laptops I’ve used. You’ll still hear the fan but it’s more of a whooshing sound so it never really gets annoying. The bottom of the computer does warm up but it’s nothing out of the ordinary.
On the downside, the chiclet-style keyboard is a bit cumbersome to use especially if you have larger hands but I was able to adapt and my wife doesn’t have any problems with it. I do wish the right shift button was bigger and there were dedicated volume buttons (you have to use FN button + key or the on-screen slider for volume adjustment). We were not able to get the trackpad scrolling feature adjusted to our liking (scrolling was never smooth) so we ended up turning it off. This is one area that could use a major revamping especially when compared to an Apple Powerbook trackpad. The large capacity battery mars the sleek design of the machine but it’s hard to argue with 8 hours of battery life and the resulting angle does help with typing.
The Vaio W does have some minor quirks but they’re not enough to overshadow the build quality and exceptional screen that’s hard to find in other netbooks.
Rating: 4 / 5
I waited for a while to get the money to get it … and … I was shocked to see how great it was! gorgeous and the performance was amazing, I istalled ubuntu remix for the netbook, and the 2gb ddr2 667 MHZ and it runs amazing i feel like im at my desktop vaio i7, I recommend this product it was worth the money and the wait I LOVE IT !!! THANK YOU AMAZON U MADE MY DREAMS COME TRUE !!!
Rating: 5 / 5
has a very nice screen colors comparing to the same netbooks from other brands, but the sound quality is weak, looks nice and cute but it’s better if u upgrade it to 2 ram… the background screen doesn’t change with windows 7 starter.
Rating: 4 / 5