Sony VAIO VGN-FZ140E/B 15.4" Notebook PC

Customer review : Solid, lighter & faster than my desktop!!

I own it only for a week now. Yet to explore several features. First impression is very good. Build quality is very good. No drag, faster, lighter. Wireless connection is good. Screen quality is good. Best thing is the video chat. Built-in camera mic are way better than my Logitech Quickcam Fusion(which is supposed to be one of the best). Played DVD quite nicely while downloading, doing other stuff. S-video works well.

Did not test DVD writer. Did not try playing media without booting OS yet. Did not stress test the system yet.

The Good:
1) Screen quality (compared to many other laptops).

2) Build quality, looks - SOLID
3) Comes with Wireless - N.
4) Intel's Newer Graphics chipset, better for Vista Aero.
5) My old sony used to have fan noise. This one is pretty good there.
6) Considering it is Sony, the price is pretty good. Got it for 1149 at Circuit City.

The Bad:
1) It is still pricey.
2) Does not have graphics card, for gamers.
3) Does not have HDMI.
4) Battery life is poor about 1.5-2 hours with power save mode on!!
5) I think the resolution for 15.4 inch should be better. It supports only 1280x800 otherwise what is the use of bigger screen, it will only reduce battery life.
6) Does not come with remote for media play. Play, pause, volume control buttons cannot be accessed with display closed.
7) Speaker quality is below average.

Update:
1)Battery life is poor.
2)Below average speaker quality.
3)No bluetooth.
4)Not had any problems with Vista(yet).
5)Graphics performance is good for a laptop with integrated graphics w/shared memory(Good job, Intel).
6)Lots of pre-installed junk.
7)Many websites with streaming videos won't work with opera/Firefox. I think it is Windows Media player issue.
8)IE stops accepting mouse input sometimes, only way out is to restart IE.
9)Mouse key is hard and noisy.
10) No built-in bluetooth support.

With all these I would say it is still excellent overall, barring battery life.