It’s easy to adjust to this, but it’s worth trying before you buy. As with many keyboards of this design, it features a very shallow keystroke, with the keys moving a minimal amount as you type. The keyboard offers good usability, with decent spacing and keys that are large and responsive. The 1.2kg weight also makes it easy to take with you wherever you go. With an isolated keyboard design, bright textured plastics and curved edges, it’s stylish and of a high quality, with robust materials used throughout. The design of the VAIO W is also highly successful, with a mini-me style that looks nearly identical to the company’s mid-range laptops. The most disappointing aspect of the VAIO W is its battery life, lasting for just under 3 hours between charges – considerably less than many of its rivals. With the now default Intel Atom N280 processor and 1024MB of memory in place, it’s simply not powerful enough to multi-task, slowing down to a crawl if you do run a couple of applications simultaneously. The extra real estate onscreen lulls you into thinking you’ll also be able to work with a couple of windows open, which can be a bad thing.
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The higher resolution great for daily use, with websites easily fitting on screen, and the widescreen aspect ratio ideally suited to movie playback. LED backlighting also offers vivid colour reproduction, although the glossy finish frustrates and reflects in bright conditions. With a 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, image quality is incredibly crisp and smooth. The best thing about the VAIO W is its 10.1-inch screen, which is without a doubt the most impressive we’ve seen on a netbook so far.
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It isn’t, but accept it for what it is – a pricey but highly portable netbook – and there’s a chance you may just get on. (Pocket-lint) - First thing’s first – if you’re expecting the Sony VAIO W-series to be a super-budget Acer Aspire One rival, you’ll be disappointed.