Sony VAIO VPC-W121AX/W 10.1-Inch White Netbook – Up to 7 Hours of Battery Life
Monday, 14. December 2009. 12:57
- 1.66GHz Intel N280 Atom Processor
- 1GB DDR2 533MHz Memory
- 250GB Serial ATA 5400RPM Hard Drive, 802.11 b/g/n Wifi
- 10.1¿ (1366×768) LED-backlit LCD Display, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
- Windows 7 Starter, Up to 7 Hours of Battery Life
Product Description
Sony VAIO VPC-W121AX/W Notebook Intel Atom Processor N280 (1.66GHz) Microsoft Windows 7 Starter 32-bit 250 GB HDD 1 GB of RAMAmazon.com Product Description
Featuring an ultra-portable design, the Sony VAIO W Series mini notebook is perfect for using as a secondary PC, for surfing the web, checking e-mail, and social networking. It delivers the essential laptop experience–email, instant messaging, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter–in a size so small you can take… 
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December 14th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
There should be 4 gig of RAM. I don’t want the battery. Why not sell a notebook size without battery?
The following comment about not making any sense. Just for your benefit I will expand.
A laptop will met all my computer requirements. There is no need today for a tower and all the other parts. The computer is always used where there is power 110V, even in the car when I travel.
I repeat a laptop will do all that a desktop can do, why not lower the price and sell without the expensive battery. This would also leave more room for additional hard drives.
How is that for sense?
Rating: 2 / 5
December 14th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
En realidad la usa mi esposa pero está encantada, la definición del monitor es espectacular y todas las prestaciones son buenísimas y no pesa nada…..
Rating: 4 / 5
December 14th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Got this computer today. When I installed the battery, I noticed it sticks 1 inch below the netbook, making it look terrible and bulky. I contacted Sony and they confirmed the netbook ships with the high-capacity battery. Too bad none of the pictures on Amazon (or the Sony website) show the ugly battery!
Promptly returned it to Amazon for a refund. Will have to shop for some other netbook, I guess….
Rating: 1 / 5
December 14th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
I have been using one of these (brown finish) for about 6 weeks, and I must say that it is a mixed-bag, ultimately disappointing for the premium price level. The physical appearance is quite nice, consistent with other VAIO designs, and the screen resolution is excellent. The extended-life battery helps to tilt the keyboard when sitting on a desk, so the bulge doesn’t bother me; but the small chicklet keys and layout will bother many potential users, particularly since there are plenty of netbooks with side-to-side keyboards and larger, easier to stroke keys. The small “shift” key is particularly annoying – I frequently hit the adjacent “up” key, positioning text where I don’t want it to be. The memory-stick slot can be dedicated to ReadyBoost use while keeping the SD slot open; but there are only 2 USB connectors – many less expensive units have three. Upgrading the memory to 2 GB ($40 extra, advisable for a netbook running Windows 7) is a chore, requiring the keyboard to be removed for access to the slot. I broke a small plastic retainer when doing this, so the right side of the keyboard would not stay flat when re-positioned until I fixed the break with Gorilla Glue – and probably voided the warranty in the process. Another early problem: unless a separate “lock” tab for the battery is engaged, moving the unit or maximally tilting the screen back can move the contacts just enough to shut down the unit, requiring a cold re-boot (and losing any unsaved data). It does perform well once configured with 2 GB of memory and a 2 GB ReadyBoost drive.
If you are a Sony addict like me, this one is a better buy than the originally released W111AX models; but if I had looked at these units more critically, I would probably have purchased one of the less expensive, full-width keyboard models by Toshiba, HP, or other manufacturers.
Rating: 3 / 5
December 14th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
I wanted to like this computer, but I couldn’t. To start off, the keyboard design is bad for a number of reasons. Very small keys make typing a chore. The right Shift key is ridiculously small because Sony thought it necessary to have a second Function key on the right side of the keyboard. The Tab key is also too small.
The fan almost never stops running. Other netbooks are almost silent, so I see no reason to put up with a noisy fan.
The screen is bright, which is nice, but I didn’t care for the high resolution screen. Everything on the screen seems too small.
Beautiful design on the exterior. It’s too bad that the experience of actually using the computer was so unpleasant.
I compared it side-by-side with a Dell Mini 10; it’s not perfect, but the experience of using the Dell is much more than enjoyable than the Sony.
Rating: 2 / 5