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Sony VAIO VGN-AW120J/H 18.4-Inch Laptop (2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive, Blu-ray Drive, Vista Premiu

Sony VAIO VGN-AW120J/H 18.4-Inch Laptop (2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive, Blu-ray Drive, Vista Premiu

37 reviews

Jan, 2025

Positive
screen (23)
usability (20)
price (17)
performance (13)
size (11)

Negative
portability (19)
battery (2)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 37 reviews of Sony VAIO VGN-AW120J/H 18.4-Inch Laptop (2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive, Blu-ray Drive, Vista Premiu. The average rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Views about the performance and size are overall positive. The price and screen are also appreciated, whereas the battery and portability get less positive reviews.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Sony VAIO VGN-AW120J/H 18.4-Inch Laptop (2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive, Blu-ray Drive, Vista Premiu is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 75/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Sony VAIO VGN-AW120J/H 18.4-Inch Laptop (2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive, Blu-ray Drive, Vista Premiu

alaTest has collected and analyzed 33 user reviews of Sony VAIO VGN-AW120J/H 18.4-Inch Laptop (2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive, Blu-ray Drive, Vista Premiu from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Reviewers are impressed by the performance and price. The reliability and screen are also appreciated. Opinions are divided on the portability, and some have doubts about the battery.

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battery

82% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Jan, 2025

Consumer review (newegg.com)

"Terminator"

Great value for the price, if I were to build it on sony it came out to over $2300 vs $1,299.

18.4" is just amaizing. Yes, its a big laptop, I use it for movies, school, work and somepraphics, im very satisfied so far

due to its size its harder to carry. thats the price for the 18.4" screen

Apr, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Awesome machine

USB hub nullifies lack of ports. Realize that if you want longer battery life you'll need to set it to lower power usage levels which will sacrifice picture quality that you probably bought the machine for.

18.4" of digital love. Amazing XBR picture. Much better than ANY laptop I've had. Heck, it's a better picture than my ViewSonic 24" desktop panel. Blu-Ray and HiDef is truly fantastic. I really use a numpad a lot so a full size keyboard with numpad is...

Only 3 USB ports. Looks like they had to give up a port to have the HDMI output, so that's a worthwhile sacrifice, I guess. Additional batteries are prohibitively expensive ($215 or more) and runtime is as low as 1 hour, which considering the size of...

Mar, 2009

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Consumer review (ciao.com)

a good Laptop

Excellent monitor you should watch your DVD with thi smonitor to beleive it . when its on docking and you are using your docking and side speakers it works like small home theater system . very fast ,loads the window in blink of an eye . i read reviews...

Wonderful Screen

Rather heavy to take to the office

Dec, 2008

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Consumer review (ciao.com)

Sony VAIO AW120J/H Laptop

I really love my Sony laptop. It is much better than my old Toshiba. I purchased it a month ago as I had an accident with my old laptop and some water, so I decided on this one as it had a really good write up about it from other users and it had...

Excellent in every way.

None

Dec, 2008

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