Sony VAIO VGN-T140P/L 10.6" Laptop (U/L/V Intel Pentium M Processor 733 (Centrino), 512 MB RAM, 40 GB Hard Drive, DVD-ROM/CD-RW Drive)

I have taken great care in making sure my laptop has been treated w/kid gloves. 16 months in and its toast. The motherboard is fried and it powers off by itself without any warning....and no information that you are working on is saved. Junk...and 700 to repair. it.

I broguth VGN-140P from Amazon last March, but it alreay have broken twice already. The first time, 3 months after I brought it, when I was on a trip to asia, the LCD broke without warning (cracked), since I was outside of the US, I had to pay for the repair on my own for over $600 to replace the LCD. Now it broke again. This time, the computer will be freezen whenever I move the computer. I reformat the disk and install the system several time, no help. I had a Vaio SK notebook for over 4 years, it is still worked very well, heavily used, not easy to break at all. But this VGN-140P is so easy to break, I like the size, but I don't like the quality and the reliability. I have 3 notebooks all of them are sony, but not anymore, I am going to get a new one, not SONY for sure. Maybe Panasonic Roughbook should be better than Vaio.

I have had my little VAIO for over a year and I love it. It is light, small and super portable. The built in router works great. The screen is very bright. And, the battery life, Wow! I have used many other laptops that I rarely even unplugged because the battery never lasted to do anything. But, Sony seems to know that and these lovely VAIO's can roam free without there cords for longer than you will probably need. The DVD buttons above the keyboard turn it from a great laptop to an easy very portable DVD player.
Comes with plenty of ports (USB, Ethernet, etc.)
Some people may not like the fact that Sony is partial to their own stuff and only has their memory stick drive and doesn't include the standard one. I haven't found it a problem cause I have other sony products with their sticks. But, I am sure some may only have the standard ones and prefer that option.
Overall I think it is a great laptop and I highly recommend it! It was just what I was looking for. I hope anyone who decides to get one loves it as much as I love mine!

I would say this laptop looked good and felt good, was very light and all... but it is very fragile. there is no lcd cover lock and if anything gets in between while in bag etc .. like a pen it will break the lcd. also the lcd cover is very thin, fragile and u can bend it and break the lcd even if u press it a little on the top.

The lcd broke in by bag( dont know how - may be something came in between due to no lock, or just pressurre from something). i had to get it repaired from sony for $800 ( had to do it, no other choice, cant thorw a $2000 laptop.

all set, and the lcd breaks again within 30 days.. carried by another person, in bag , without any physical abuse.

i am not sending it back for repair again .. coz cant afford to spend $1600 on an already expensive $2000 laptop.

highly not recommended. the money i have spent , i would have got 4 more durable and better performance laptops like dell 700m.

Stay away from this

First the good things.

The thing is small and light and fits in almost any carry-on bigger than a purse.

Battery lasts forever 6 hours playing DVD or games is routine.

No port-replicator is needed.

Wireless works well.


Now, the less good things...

The keyboard is a bit cramped for big typing jobs.

The DVD isn't the smoothest player of movies etc, but it isn't bad.

Would I buy another? Absolutely.