I have now owned this notebook for over a year so my evaluation is much more accurate than some that I have already been posted on this site. The notebook as it stands today with all of the software updates supplies by Sony "WORKS" and it works very well period. It does everything it is supposed to do and it does it extreemly well. The special features involving the Blue Ray DVD drive function perfectly. You are able to watch Blue Ray movies on the computer screen or on a high definition TV with HDMI inputs using the Blue Ray drive as a source for the films. The screen on this computer is nothing short of breathtaking in it's colors and clarity. The notebook is fast enough for all standard software. I cannot vouch for gamming programs since I do not use them, but I can say that as notebooks go this is no slouch as measured by different speed measuring programs. All in all a great computer that works well as a computer and as a source for Blue Ray disks. I have recorded some Blue Ray data disks with the supplied software and I had no problems. Now as to the negatives. It is a total pain in the neck to go through all of the updates this computer requires from Sony to make it work correctly. The keyboard letters are not a clear white but look like an off brown which makes them hard to see in regular non office lighting. There is no numeric key pad on this notebook even though (for the price) there is ample space if it had a good keyboard layout. The mouse pad takes a little time to get use to because of the location of the mouse buttons. That is about it. None of the above is not correctable in a new and improved succesor model.
HP has had plenty of time to fine-tune its finger-friendly TouchSmart software, and now, its newest model, the TouchSmart 610, ushers in a fresh design, highlighted by a hinge that allows the display to slide down and lie nearly flat.
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I have now owned this notebook for over a year so my evaluation is much more accurate than some that I have already been posted on this site. The notebook as it stands today with all of the software updates supplies by Sony "WORKS" and it works very well period. It does everything it is supposed to do and it does it extreemly well. The special features involving the Blue Ray DVD drive function perfectly. You are able to watch Blue Ray movies on the computer screen or on a high definition TV with HDMI inputs using the Blue Ray drive as a source for the films. The screen on this computer is nothing short of breathtaking in it's colors and clarity. The notebook is fast enough for all standard software. I cannot vouch for gamming programs since I do not use them, but I can say that as notebooks go this is no slouch as measured by different speed measuring programs. All in all a great computer that works well as a computer and as a source for Blue Ray disks. I have recorded some Blue Ray data disks with the supplied software and I had no problems.
Now as to the negatives. It is a total pain in the neck to go through all of the updates this computer requires from Sony to make it work correctly. The keyboard letters are not a clear white but look like an off brown which makes them hard to see in regular non office lighting. There is no numeric key pad on this notebook even though (for the price) there is ample space if it had a good keyboard layout.
The mouse pad takes a little time to get use to because of the location of the mouse buttons. That is about it. None of the above is not correctable in a new and improved succesor model.