The eye-catching product with 1year limited hardware warranty and toll-free technical assistance through telephone from Sony is comparatively light-weight, and has many added on features.

The graphics is razor-sharp and the wide-screen with high definition and resolution of 1280 x 800-pixelWith 14.1-inch WXGA monitor in dark black color the Sony Vaio Vgn-Cr390e is relatively favorite in amongst the laptop buyers.

The system configuration is- 2 processors of 2 GHz Intel Core Duo, DDR2 SDRAM of 2000mb, Serial ATA HDD of 250 GB and lots more. The processor enables multitasking performances and the multithread architecture supports improved gaming. You can click pictures or chat through inbuilt 1.3 mega pixel web-cam and microphone watch DVD, or listen music with the help of multimedia control buttons and instant AV Mode feature.

A security feature added over here which blocks unauthorized access is the biometric fingerprint sensor and password storage for visiting web sites. But the process of enrolling the prints is tiresome. The operating system of Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium has included new search tools and through Windows Media Center enables recording of TV shows.

The lithium-ion battery can provide battery usage of up to 2-4 hours. Bluetooth facility is there and with a printer supporting Bluetooth the work of printing becomes easy.

The keyboard is different than others with gap in between the keys and easy cleaning facility. Arrow keys come in combination with Home and End; Page-up and Page-Down keys.

Some disadvantages are that the screen is not large enough, picks up dust easily; the position of the speakers and the notebook gets heated up a little early. The notebook is a bit costly; probably the prices are likely to come down.

This notebook is liked by the users. The disadvantages are not so terrible that the notebook should be discarded.

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