Sony VAIO VPCCW23FX/L

3 reviews

Nov, 2024

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great buy!

Buy a wireless mouse with a mini-receiver and disable the touchpad, upgrade the hard drive, and reinstall Windows 7 without the Sony bloatware and this laptop will be stunning.

When compared to the competition, this laptop stood above them all in terms of hardware and price. I really like the size. At 14" it really is portable and comfortable to use, and it has a clean look

I don't know why Sony decided to throw in a slow 5400rpm hard drive. Sure it's 500GB, but I don't plan on using this notebook to store large video, photo, or audio files. I would have preferred a 7200rpm hard drive at half the size and would have paid...

Aug, 2010

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Nice laptop

I use this for development work and find it does the trick nicely.

Nice keyboard. Nice screen. Decent speed. Solid build quality

Speakers are anemic

Aug, 2010

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Not so good

I've been using this laptop almost exclusively with Linux (kernel 2.6.34.1). Webcam and bluetooth work well in Linux. The Nvidia driver doesn't support changing the backlight at the moment, which is not so good for battery life and the eyes, I hope...

Nice keyboard design (except for lacking dedicated PgUp, PgDown, Home and End) ; Powerful video card ; VTE Virtualization Extensions are enabled (shouldn't even have to mention it, but you never know with Sony)

HUGE touchpad! I keep moving the mouse accidentally when typing, how annoying. This is my main grip against this laptop: -1 egg ; Video card is still not completely supported in Linux (see other thoughts): -1 egg ; Battery life is not good. The laptop...

Aug, 2010

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