Sony VAIO EB Series VPC-EB42FX/BJ

alaTest has collected and analyzed 23 reviews from magazines and websites. People really like the design and portability. The value for money and screen also get good reviews, whereas some have doubts about the reliability and energy efficiency.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Laptops the Sony VAIO EB Series VPC-EB42FX/BJ is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 81/100 = Very good quality.

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Lower right of my touchpad is dead. Check it in store

 

A very satisfactory machine, but test the keypad before you leave the store.

I bought this machine a month ago, and love everything about it (except the touchpad; more about that below). It's light, great screen, great keypad, lotsa USBs, fast computing and storage, fits in my 15" bag, pretty good manual, wireless range not a pro

The lower right portion of my touchpad is unresponsive. When moving my finger to the right or down, occaisionally the cursor would freeze and a little rectangle with a double-headed arrow would flash on and off. This happened a lot. I'll skip the part a

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This is one of the best notebooks in its class.

 

Overall, this laptop is ideal for daily use

Good keyboard ; Nice track pad ; Quick web access and vaio care feature ; Nice screen ; Pre installed sony creativity suite

Poor quality of speaker ; Loud mouse button sound

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Great everyday computer for the price, great features

 

Many of the bad aspects of this computer are minor, or things you can fix by changing some settings. At this price range, you really can't expect too much from any laptop-especially from this brand. This laptop lacks some premium features, but it isn't...

1.Keyboard- very responsive and easy to adapt to. Hard to clean if you get dust or crumbs in it though ; 2.Express Card Slot- customizable add-ons for your computer. You can even add a more powerful sound card (or a 7.1 channel HD one!) (see cons below)

1.LAME speakers, underpowered audio card. Although the quality of the audio is good (when you attach good headphones), it's not very loud. Not good for hooking up to speakers ; 2.Battery Life. Around 2-3 hours of low power computing is not enough for no

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Amazon review summary for the Sony VAIO EB Series VPC-EB42FX/BJ

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 19 user reviews of the Sony VAIO EB Series VPC-EB42FX/BJ from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products on Amazon.com.

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58% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

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Great Laptop

 

Bought this for my wife for her birthday and it still running as strong as the first day i bought it. Excellent product would recommend to anyone.

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Great Laptop

 

Bought this for my wife for her birthday and it still running as strong as the first day i bought it. Excellent product would recommend to anyone.

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Screen died after a year of light use!

 

Sony used to make good stuff. Now I see that the screens on the VAIO computers are prone to defects and I have one of my own. Over $400 to get it fixed by a pro. I'll go back to HP from now on. Speakers on this computer are terrible. Battery life is...

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Hard-drive crashed

 

I had this laptop 2 weeks and the hard drive crashed (like 3 weeks before I deployed). I called sony and they said they would send me a replacement harddrive in a week but i never recieved it, I gave it to my brother to see if he could get sony to fix...

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Love my laptop

 

I previously owned a Toshiba laptop someone bought for me that I hated. Every time I used it there was always some issue with it until one day it finally broke after Windows was not able to start. I have been wishing for a Sony Vaio laptop ever since...

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Love my laptop

 

I previously owned a Toshiba laptop someone bought for me that I hated. Every time I used it there was always some issue with it until one day it finally broke after Windows was not able to start. I have been wishing for a Sony Vaio laptop ever since...

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