SONY VGN-NR21Z 2 good 2 b true?

Does any one have this laptop or know much about it? for the spec it seems to be very cheap. I am not very clued up on these things but i was just wondering if i was missing a catch?!

for 600 pounds you get...

Screen size: 15 inches Memory
(RAM): 3072 MB Storage
(hard drive): 250 GB
Operating system: Windows Vista Home Premium
Dedicated graphics: NVIDIAGF 8400 895 MB
Intel Core 2 Duo processor T8100
Processor speed 2.10 GHz
Processor bus 800 MHz
Processor cache 3 MB

 

This was one of the laptops on sale in the US during Black Friday, but it worse specs. Compared to the FZ, the screen might not be as nice, and it is heavier, but for that price is a good buy.

Here is a review with the T5250: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4075

 

Wow. For a VAIO, thats good. I dont think to good to be true, because you can find some great deals out there. Im also in the US, but VAIOs are expensive here at least. Make sure the seller has a few people behind them, like C|Net seller or SHopping.com authorized. "Hacker Safe", Mcaffe, etc.

 

thanx for that .. they seem very similar, but this one says it has an X-black lcd screen. is that a good thing? ..

 

yea thats the weird thing .. its actually in one of the uk's biggest retailers so i thought with overheads and all that it would be alot more .. i guess i should stop being so pecemistic,lol

 

From Sony UK site:

X-black LCD™
The Sony X-black LCD™ is powerfully lit by two specially designed lamps rather than the usual one. The screen surface is finished with a reflection-reduction layer. This provides vivid and lifelike colours with a wide range of contrast.

Yes it is good, this is the same type of screen on the Premium FZ models.

 

ah good .. im using it mainly for photoshop so i guess a good screen is a plus!

 

Yeah. If you aver see them announce it like "X-Brite" or "TrueBright", you know its a good thing. They wouldnt announce something bad like "DingyBright Technology" or something, lol.

 

lol exactly! well, the dirty deed is done, i just bought it .. i will report back coz i havent seen any other reviews of this exact model.. fingers crossed ..

 

This isnt on sony.co.uk as a model? is it newer than the site, its the exact type of machine i wanted.. Also can you tell me if the keyboard as uk pound symbol on it? i would want to use it in New zealand and would want a std US keyboard, i guess they could be swapped.

i saw it as cheap as 650UK GBP damn good price.. id snap one up for myself if they had them here, but they never bring in the decent models. just the lowest spec NR model.. The US doesnt seem to have a model with this spec either..

How do you like it so far?

 

hi their .. i also had trouble finding it on sonys website but it is there, its just hidden if you go to the NR series section in the 'shop' bit, as if you were going to buy one, then it will show up .. hold on il get the link ......................... https://shop.sonystyle-europe.com/S...080002BC29B8647186D1D586D0075020000002BC29B74

Comet have this for £617, a great price!!.. i havent recieved it yet as i had to specify thursday as a delivery day because it was the soonest i was free to stay in to get it ..

 

How are u finding your new laptop mate? I'd love to know!

revmatt

 

I bought one on Saturday (had to buy retail as I can't get anything delivered right now).
Opinion so far:-
Screen : very happy with the brightness and contrast.
Keyboard : I wouldn't recommend it. It's adequate, but not for typists.
Touchpad : Maybe I need to adjust the sensitivity, but it will only recognise input if I use my whole fingerprint pad rather than just the tip.
CPU/Memory/HD - good for the price I paid (£600).
Case : I'm actually quite impressed with the case - it's a textured surface that's easy grip and doesn't hold fingerprints. Rigidity is very good.
Weight : Adequate. Could be a bit lighter IMO.
Battery : not used long enough to judge. I note that it does take a couple of hours to charge while in use.
Vista : It's my first Vista personal machine. It's a bit of a learning curve. Spent a couple of hours trying to get the wireless working because it just doesn't give any useful error messages. Turned out that the WAP needed to advertise SSID - just refused to connect otherwise.

Overall : unlike most other vaios, this isn't overpriced. It's mid-low end, but you do get what you are paying for. My main gripe is the keyboard - it wouldn't have cost that much to use a better one and would let down someone who does a lot of typing.

 

wow i got the bargain of all time i got and ex display model for £489 from john lewis