sevenich

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Sleek, lightweight, excellent build

Feb 3, 2009

Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: Small, light, performance good enough to cut between netbook and notebook
Cons: Vista is sluggish on this config
Opinion:
i tried the sony vaio p at the sony center in sm megamall for a few minutes. the keyboard takes some getting used to, but not bad at all. after a minute or two of typing, it became easier to land my digits on the right keys. i launched a few applications, checked the windows experience rating (said 2.9 but said it needed to be refreshed) and opened a couple of browser windows. on the average, application launch speeds were good, ranging from 3-4 seconds, as against a full Core 2 Duo's 1-2 seconds, of course. the real challenge here is vista as OS. while it does aero quite well, it cannot sustain aero even when playing a short video. once its available in the market, i will install windows 7. overall, i think vista was just the wrong software for an otherwise decent-performing, delicious-looking machine. so if you're brave enough to ditch the one-year warranty, install XP or Windows 7 as soon as you get one. 2gb of memory does not help. atom is not a performance beast, and vista just saps system resources. also, i suggest u install appropriate video codecs to prevents the occasional sluggish video playback experience.