Dear Sony pt 3

Alright, I've been consistantly using the sony laptops for over a month now. I've mainly been using the EB laptop, so please note my comments are in regards to the EB laptop. However, i suspect the EA is going to be very similar to the EB in every aspect. (Dear ThePurpleOne, you are welcome to surprise me and kick your sibling EB's ass).

First off, the speakers are horrendous on the thing. I know i mentioned it in my original post about the sony laptop and i thought maybe it'll improve with some usage. No. no improvement at all. I watched three movies on it this week, (from dvd if you're wondering) and was sorely disappointed. the speakers are really quiet and lack depth. The speakers on the CR laptop is definitely better. Maybe it's because the CR was marketed as a media laptop? Don't know, but I wish sony didn't cheap out on the EB and put in decent speakers instead. One of the movies I watched was Chicago, and I had to bring out my dell portable speakers to make it watchable on the laptop. Truly disappointing, especially considering the dell portable speakers are WORSE than the CR speakers, but still beat out the EB speakers. I'm almost tempted to keep the CR as my laptop when I go to school. The problems/faults the E series have are really piling up. However, I do need a laptop with a battery.....so the E series win for now. But seriously not impressed. Sony, you have disappointed me. Maybe next time I'll go for a Mac (*gasp!*).

Another thing to note, the dvd drive........not super sturdy. if you tilt the computer while it's running, you hear this horrible and scary scratching sound from the optical drive. I first noticed this when i was making backup cd's, but didn't think too much of it. but it is consistently doing that, so it's something worth watching out for.

The EB also heated up quite a bit while I was watching the movies. Not as badly as my CR does (if it did....wow. that's bad. i KNOW my CR has a cooling problem.) But still noticeable. I wonder if it will get worse with use. I hope not. I pray not actually, since one of them (the EB) is going to my cousin as a gift.

Alrighty then. Just wanted to say the speakers are crap on these new laptops and I'm very sad about that. If you're looking for a media laptop, unfortunately, please skip the EB and EA laptops. They are not going to meet your expectations.