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|  | |  | | | Sony VAIO VGN-TXN25N/W 11.1" Laptop (Intel Core Solo Processor U1500, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, DVD/RW Drive, Vista Business) White | | | | | | | |
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| | Features | Ultra-lightweight laptop for road warriors with platinum carbon fiber case, Sprint Mobile Broadband WWAN connectivity11.1-inch screen, 80 GB hard drive, 1 GB of RAM (1.5 GB maximum), 1.33 GHz Ultra Low Voltage Intel Core Solo U1500 processorTwo USB 2.0, one FireWire, one Memory Stick/SD slot; dual-layer DVD+/-RW driveTri-mode Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g), Bluetooth, 10/100 Ethernet, Intel GMA 950 (up to 224 MB of shared RAM)Pre-installed with Windows Vista Business
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| | Description | Intel Core Solo U1500 Ultra Low Voltage 1.33GHz 1024MB RAM (1536MB max) 11.1E WXGA LCD XBRITE LCD (1366x768) 80GB HDD (4200rpm) Dual-layer DVD±RW drive WWAN (Sprint Mobile Broadband service) WLAN WIFI (802.11a/b/g) Ethernet Bluetooth Fingerprint Sensor Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 Windows Vista Business (Platinum Casing) | |
| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 7.7 inches | | Product Width: | 10.7 inches | | Product Height: | 1.23 inches | | Product Weight: | 2.84 pounds | | Package Length: | 13.3 inches | | Package Width: | 9.5 inches | | Package Height: | 4.5 inches | | Package Weight: | 5.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 15 reviews |
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| | Customer Reviews | Average Customer Review: ( 15 customer reviews )
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17 of 18 found the following review helpful:
 Beautiful Hardware with Miserable Windows Vista Jun 08, 2007
By Y. Wu
The laptop has very good build: light weight, LED back-lit screen, & 4 to 5 hours battery life at one full charge. But you will be wrong if you think you will get a good laptop without tweaking the system a little bit. Windows Vista is a joke running on Sony TX series. It takes 5 minutes to boot, the fan constantly blows, and CPU is always at 60%. If you really like Sony TX series as I do, you have two options: 1) Buy the TXN15/17/19 series which run on Windows XP. 2) Buy this one and replace Vista with XP. I did the latter and feel pretty happy now. Windows Vista ruins this laptop. It is a piece of ridiculous software far below the high expectaion before it came out. Besides the slowness, a user will be promoted multiple times before he/she can do anything and Microsoft calls it security. For example, if you want to create a new folder, you will need to click ok to confirm 3 times to the questions like 1) Windows wants you to confirm the creation, 2) Windows wants you to grant permissions, 3) Windows will create the folder physically. What a joke!
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 Beautiful, but extremely slow computer Apr 10, 2007
By B. Fisher
My wife wanted an ultracompact for business travel. We had heard great things about the VAIO line. However, this computer is unbearably slow. Simple tasks, ie working in Outlook, take far too long to process. Boot time averages 5 minutes. I'm not sure if the problem lies with the processor or is related to RAM (comes with 1 GB), but Vista does not function well with these specs. The computer sounds like it's constantly in overdrive. I imagine this computer would perform much better with XP. It is a beautiful ultracompact but the poor performance is unacceptable for a $2000+ computer.
11 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Slow. Did I say Slow? May 12, 2007
By K. Rands
"Opinionated One"
As others have pointd out, this is probably due to Windows Vista being new. Those Mac versus PC commercials with the two guys are continuing to make an impression on me as well. This computer (or rather windows vista) is miserably slow even with 2 full Gig of Ram. I mean its ridiculous. Just to open control panel it took nearly 1 minute 30 seconds. I sat here and shook my head the whole time. Someone else pointed out nearly 5 minutes for a boot up. True. The computer is screaming fast im sure, but Windows Vista is just ridiculous on it. CNet reviews this product as having a slow and small hard drive and slow core processor. So maybe it is the computer. I don't know. But I am going to wipe the whole thing clean and install XP on it instead. Fingers crossed...
17 of 21 found the following review helpful:
Underpowered nightmare; avoid at all costs. May 20, 2007
By kbuc87
Some background to judge my comments against: I have owned 7 laptops over the years, all from the high end of what was available at the time of purchase. I was looking to replace my travel computer, a 5-year old Fujitsu Lifebook with 256k RAM and a 20 GB hard drive--nice in its time, but now slow, with a hard drive too small to hold my Itunes library, no built-in wireless capability, and a dead battery.
This VAIO seemed perfect--same size as the Lifebook, very lightweight, long battery life, nice screen for watching DVDs in my hotel room, and enough hard drive capacity for Itunes, ebooks, and work-related programs and documents. I was a little concerned that a Core Solo with 1 GB RAM wouldn't be enough for Vista, but as a customer of Sony for over 25 years, I believed they stood for quality, and would not sell a product that did not perform adequately.
Unfortunately, while the Vaio looks beautiful, it performs abysmally. FOUR MINUTES to boot up and open the Control Panel or Internet Explorer. And this was before installing Norton, or any programs or files. The Lifebook accomplished the same tasks in half that time--I was comparing them side-by-side, along with my 13-inch HP laptop, which was the best performer of all.
While I was explaining my reason for return at the Sony Style store, another salesman overheard and said "Well you know 1GB isn't enough to operate a TX proficiently." Yes, I just found that out. Unfortunately, it cost me a $300 restocking fee, and I am now a former Sony customer.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 VAIO TXN25N RUNNING WINDOWS XP PRO--A POWERFUL ULTRAPORTABLE Dec 12, 2007
By RJS
"RJS"
The Sony Vaio TXN25N ultraportable notebook running any version of Vista was a huge mistake. Windows Vista, in my opinion, is simply not ready for "prime time" and consumers are being offered no other viable alternatives except to purchase a Mac.
This ultraportable had tremendous potential as the successor to the Vaio T350 series until Windows XP was phased out in favor of Vista. I was provided a Vista version of the TXN25N when my T350P (XP Pro) laptop was broken during repair by the vendor's technical support and had to be replaced as part of my extended warranty. Unfortunately, the XP Pro versions had been phased out. The TXN25N with 1GB is perfectly spec'd for Windows XP Pro and is drastically underspec'd for any version of Vista; the operating system simply requires too many resources. In my experience, Core Solo ultraportables can't run any version of Vista without causing owners major frustration. I'd never felt as "hamstrung" by Microsoft as I did being forced to use Vista on a machine that didn't have the resources to run it. Reading Vista reviews painted a rather bleak picture that confirmed my experience.
The new laptop ended up unused on my desk for months after continuous frustration with Vista even after I disabled all the Vista security features and graphics features. In truth, if I had wanted all the features that make Vista such a graphically beautiful interface, I would have purchased a Mac. My main bones of contention included 10 hours to back up 30-40G of data, and the computer's inability to run more than one program at once; Windows Explorer froze constantly requiring closure of the running program.
I decided to give the laptop one more chance but the last straw occurred when a 6G backup took 4 hours and configuration of Windows updates took over 2 hours. Fortunately by this time Sony saw the light--it now provides Windows XP drivers for download on its website, with the usual disclaimers (although the XP recovery disc is no longer available for purchase) along with truly excellent telephone support to revert the TXN25N to Windows XP provided the user has a legally obtained copy of Windows XP Pro.
I purchased Windows XP Pro, backed up my Vista-based system on an external hard drive (in case I had to put it back to factory settings), installed Windows XP Pro, installed the drivers, got Sony phone support with a Bluetooth glitch. The glitch was the result of having installed some of the drivers out of order. A week later, my Sony Vaio TXN25N notebook runs the way I believe Sony had intended it too--at least it operates as advertised on the Sony datasheet for the TXN25N. It's fast, it has more than sufficient resources to run almost anything I have to. It's an amazing ultraportable. It weighs 2.7 pounds, runs 4-5 hours on a single charge thanks to what appears to be a high capacity battery, has an integrated DVD burner,a sharp, crisp display and many upgrades from the T350P that make it a pleasure to use. My only complaint is that it runs hot underneath the left side so I do daily backups of my PCMCIA-adapted 8G CF card to keep my data safe.
Data backups, transfers and downloads of books, music, movies and data take literally no time thanks to 1G of RAM. I haven't compared it to the newer TZ model running Intel Core 2 Duo but even if I do, I think I'll still keep my TX25N.
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