Product Description

Sony Vaio VGN-NW20EF Notebook Pentium Dual-Core (T4300) 2.1GHz 3072MB (1x2048MB 1x1024MB) 320GB 15.5 inch WXGA DVD?RW TFT LAN WLAN Windows 7 Home Premium (Intel GMA 4500) (Silver)

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #427 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Sony
• Model: VGNNW20EF/S.CEK
• Released on: 2009-10-23
• Dimensions: 5.95 pounds

Features

• Power up and surf the Internet in seconds with o
• Real-wide 16:9 X-black LCD for sharp and bright
• Easily enjoy movies and the web on a large HDTV
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Manufacturer's Description
For a lightweight notebook that puts entertainment and the internet at your fingertips, look no further than the VAIO NW Series. Weighing in at just 2.7kg and featuring WiFi connectivity and power-saving technologies for extended battery life, the NW20EF is ready to go whenever you are. Get online with one touch of the ‘WEB’ button and multi-task easily on the 15.5-inch widescreen, with X-black technology making colours true to life and details brilliantly clear. Intel® Processor technology and a 3GB DDR2 memory combine to ensure performance and power are guaranteed. With glistening silver, oyster white and gorgeous pink finishes to choose from and a design that perfectly unites aesthetics with function, the NW20EF is the perfect portable companion for everyday.

Quick buttons enable you to get online and turn your screen off in seconds View larger

Get online and stay connected
Never has getting online been so easy. Just press the ’WEB’ button on the NW Series keyboard and it’ll instantly connect you to the internet without fully booting up, saving time and battery power. Perfect for when you need to check details on the move, or want to quickly update your status on social networking sites.

Friends, colleagues and family are just a blink away, with the built-in Motion Eye camera. Integrated software makes connecting easy, and the camera includes auto focus and brightness, so you enjoy the best possible picture.

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Your entertainment, wherever you are
Whether you’re on the move or at home, the NW20EF puts you at the centre of a world of High Definition entertainment where contrasts are greater, blacks deeper and whites brighter to make images richer and gaming more immersive. The DVD Drive means you can play back movies, and record all CD and DVD formats, for storing treasured photos and home videos.

Designed for life
Central to the appeal of VAIO is its combination of sleek good looks with functional design. Take the isolation keyboard for example, which incorporates the optimum space between each key to enable the most accurate typing. The touch pad delivers additional functionality, enabling you to quickly find what you’re looking for using a variety of fingertip movements. Choose from the vibrant silver, white and pink finishes and match your VAIO to your style.

Appearing on the big screen
Beautiful images are assured, with the latest X-black technology. Colours are intense, details sharper and depth more real, whether you’re enjoying a favourite movie, browsing photos or playing a high-action game. The generous 15.5-inch screen means you’ll be able to watch movies just as the director intended in their original format, with 16:9 aspect ratio. It’s also large enough for you to view two web pages side-by-side, for moments when you need to multi-task.

X-black technology delivers deeper blacks and vibrant colours for natural-looking images View larger

Make your own movie
VAIO isn’t just about sitting back and enjoying movies, you can make your own too. Unleash your creativity with VAIO Movie Story video editing software. Just import your video and photos, choose a theme and soundtrack, and the software will do the rest, generating a finished movie complete with smooth transitions and special effects. Additional editing functions let you rearrange scenes and replace photos. Then when you’re done, it’s easy to share your movies with others on Windows® Media Player or by uploading to a website.

VAIO Movie Story can import a wide variety of video files including DVD, BD, AVCHD and Cyber-shot, and export to these formats too.

Easy access to all your media
Take all the effort out of storing and finding videos and photos with Picture Motion Browser. It automatically indexes all your media enabling you to browse by date or name. You can also click on a face and it’ll find all the other photos or clips featuring that person. The NW20EF also comes with Windows Media Player 11, which puts a world of entertainment at just a click away. Fill your library, then take your music and video anywhere with you. Play, view and sync your favourite tracks, movies and TV shows all from one place.

Powered up
When you’re watching movies, browsing the web, and gaming, you want a PC that has the power to support your activities. The VAIO NW20EF is installed with an Intel® Pentium® Processor T4300 (2.1GHz), ensuring faster performance for multi-tasking, speedy wireless connection and longer battery life. That’s complemented by the notebook’s 3GB memory and a generous data storage hard drive capacity of 320GB.

Power-saving technology extends battery life, increasing the time you have between charges and adding to the notebook’s portability. Options include being able to turn the screen off when you’re listening to music. Fully compliant with Energy Star, the international standard for energy efficient consumer products, your VAIO is designed to cut energy consumption and cost.

The NW Series comes with Windows® 7 Home Premium pre-installed and Windows® XP in the box.

Praise for the NW Series

“A fantastically priced machine with a wealth of features and a stunning screen.”
What Laptop – Autumn 2009 (NW11Z/S)

Box Contains

Notebook

Battery

AC Adapter

Power Cord

User Guide

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Customer Reviews

ok at first but beware
For the first couple of days everything worked well but after I loaded a few things on it, the start up became much slower and the Web button, which worked fine, now works intermitently and I don't use it anymore. I raised this with Sony helpdesk and they were unhelpful in the extreme. Also, I can't load images from my CF card because I can't find a reader that is compatible with the 64-bit processors and the software supplied with my camera is not compatible with Windows 7. There is a pdf of the user manual on the hard drive but ironically, you are unlikely to find it until you have learnt how the computer works first.

Stylish, ergonomic, fast and fun to use
Bought this after some tepid experiences with Toshiba laptops (6 years) and Acer (3 years). Wanted to try something new but an established brand. The laptop is everything I say in t he title: stylish, ergonomic, fast and fun to use.

I especially like...

the keyboard, which is quite mac like and very responsive
the shape and colour: nice lines
the position of the fan: stops it from getting blocked by duvet
touch pad: it is textured and feels easier to control than other laptops I have tried
the poweroff button (used as standby for quick power offs and power ups)
start up time is very short
widescreen
windows 7, which is a huge improvement in terms of multitasking

Things I do not like:

The touch pad buttons put up a lot of resistence to being pressed, and in general do not inspire me with much confidence
Why do manufacturers clog up your brand new system with such crappy software? Did I really need microsoft works for example?

FANTASTIC at first
Initially, i had a little trouble with the order of this product, it went missing in transit. however a quick call to amazon and 24 hours later it turned up. its fantastic. speedy, nice finish, good memory size, long lasting battery, easy keyboard, they keys are raised and seperated so its easy to type. the only bad thing is lack of information inside initial unit. eg i still can not find where the camera is and how to work it even though its integrated. overall im very very happy and wlll worth the money.

EDITED REVIEW -- After writing the above review i have decided to edit my comments. this laptop had a scratch on the screenand, after having this laptop for around 2 days i am experiencing some problems, some of the programmes are not working, error upon error, i have contacted amazon who want me to send it back to them (what a fuss) they wont send a new one out as the already sent two (the first one being lost in transit somewhere) i have contacted sony and various windows experts which whom are all unavailable, amazon cant help except offer a refund, well i need a laptop and no one is itching to help. i am left thoroughly dissapointed, generally it was good, i may ust have a dud machine but the experience has put me off from ordering expensive items online, however all in all it wouldve been easier to pay an extra 10 pounds go to a store and be able to return it and get a replacement the same day should there be a problem.