SONY VAIO CW Series VPCCW26FX/W NoteBook Intel Core i5 520M(2.40GHz) 14" 4GB Memory DDR3 1066 500GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

Lots of power, plenty of storage, excellent screen

This model suffers from the infamous battery drain problem. When shut completely off I lose 10-20% battery charge per day. You always have to have this near a wall outlet for fear you are going to run out of power

Sleek, glossy white, exterior ; Chiclet keyboard ; Large touchpad for a 14 ; Light and miserly according to Sony can last you a period of 3 hours 30 minutes, (I measured 3 hours 23 minutes before the battery meter went below 5%) ; Played Starcraft 2...

There's a battery drain issue as reported on the notebookreview forums. I've seen a 12% overnight loss leaving the battery in the laptop as compared to 3% overnight loss leaving the battery out. Doesn't seem like sony will issue a fix ; The screen...

Specs - one of the most powerful 14" notebooks around ; Display is gorgeous (even if 1600x900 is a bit awkward) ; Good value for price ; Keyboard and trackpad both work very well

Hard drive - 5400 RPM is painful sometimes, especially knowing the rest of your machine is so capable ; Speakers are almost nonexistent ; Requires you to burn your own recovery disc

High resolution screen, nice keyboard, great graphics card, pretty good display, blue-ray, very good warranty support. Runs everything I throw at it. Unfortunately, the motherboard failed after one month but Sony sent a tech support person to the house...

A little heavy (5.3 lbs) but not bad, especially for the price

I went through 2 of these laptops before getting this one, so giving it a five star rating says a lot about its quality. The first one I received from another vendor (initials are BB), and the hard drive crashed during initial set up. Root cause could...

I thought about giving up on this model, but I researched laptops for a LONG time and liked the specs and features for the ; In summary, I am glad I purchased this Sony model. I have 5 desktops at home, and have used at least 10 different laptops in...

Very sleek design. I personally love the black ; One of the very few notebooks out there under 17" that actually has a resolution higher than 1366x768. I was originally looking at 15" and 16" laptops, but their low resolution was a deal breaker for me...

While the black finish looks great, it sets itself up for a finger print magnet. I'm probably going to buy some kind of special cloth to keep it clean ; LOTS of proprietary Sony bloatware. Booting it up for the first time I had over 75 processes...

Good hardware package. 1600x900 screen, nice keyboard, runs cool. I had been looking for something this size with comparable specs, but this was the first notebook I found in my price range. Windows performance numbers: 6.8, 5.9, 6.4, 6.4, 5.8....

Keyboard looks elegant, because the PgUp, PgDn, Home and End keys are Fn-Arrow combos. You can learn to touch-type it, but sometimes it is too complicated, and then you're spoiled for using a normal keyboard ; Plastic shell scratches easily; wrist pad...

1. It runs most recent high end games; crysis, Arma2, Mass Effect2, MW1, MW2 and more with high option ; 2. Nice keyboard and glossy LCD ; 3. Blueray

The only problem is caused by Windows 7 and lack of 2nd hdd. The Windows 7 is lagging when it doesn't have the 2nd hdd and you're downloading some big file like game patches or demo onto your single hdd. This is also happening in the Quad core desktop...

With the new i5 processor combined with 4 gigs of DDR3 and the Nvidia 330m GT makes this laptop one hell of a deal. As far as the details goes, this laptop is well balanced for everyday work and gaming when your not at work. This is a cool, quiet...

As with all laptops, the user must protect their investment by keeping it clean, both hardware and software. Make sure you shop around for this laptop, quite a few different makes out there that add or subtract their own hardware or software. Newegg...