Hi Sony,
I get the hint. My cell phone and camera is too old. It's so old in fact, that my computer won't even support the M2 adaptor. Yes dear review-seekers, the E-series laptop does NOT support the older, larger Sony Memory stick size. fml. I should have checked because my beloved cell is so old it uses the M2 memory, which has an adaptor to a standard size Sony Memory stick, which is apparently too big for today's modern times.
Oh, to add insult to injury. The EA Vaios are now discontinued. The CA Vaio line looks promising thought. It changed and fixed some of the problems I experienced with the EA.
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Dear Sony pt 4
Oh my, I have a part 4 to my Dear Sony letter? Oh goodness.
Right, to my actual comment on the laptop. I've been getting stray electric shots from the USB ports Sony?! What the heck? I know it's winter and there's static electricity everywhere. But it has been consistent and pretty often. Why does the USB leak electricity?! What happened? I used to trust sony's quality and attention to detail. This is kind of really silly. It could have easily been avoided with a better case/better casing. I am so praying to every god out there that my cousin's laptop doesn't malfunction or anything stupid like that. I had to work pretty hard to convince her the superiority of Sony Vaios.
In other news, still relating to the laptops. I got a keyboard cover for both of them within days of getting the laptops and the keyboard cover for the 15 inch got here today. It's not very pretty (pink laptop with a different shade of pink for keyboard. I'm so sorry yuan yuan! If I find a prettier one, I'll send it your way. Actually, you can probably buy a prettier and cheaper one in China.), but for under five bucks, it does the trick of keeping out food, dust, and cat hair. The black keyboards REALLY show dirt well if you're wondering why I, of all people, would get a cover. I used to laugh at those people with a keyboard cover for their precious laptop, and now I'm one of them. Sony, look what you've made me become!
Sunday, March 6, 2011
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.
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.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Router
As the resident IT support at home (even though both parents work in IT....they refuse to do IT at home), I have the joy of installing routers. Now, our house has a perfectly functional wireless router downstairs, but they wanted another switch upstairs for their desktops (and dad's work laptop). The other weekend, my dad went and got another identical router, IDENTICAL to the one we have downstairs. Most routers can act as a switch as long as you plug in a lan line from the existing router into one of its lan ports (not the WAN port!). Well, except we have an identical router, which shares the same factory default IP, subnet mask...etc as the original. Joy to the world. Take a guess at how well the new router acting as a switch works.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
EA is a slight improvement
alright, so i went ahead and started using my EA laptop today. Overall, the feel of the laptop is better. it's more balanced and works better as a LAPtop because of it. the trackpad on this one seems to be more responsive and slightly smoother. (sony, are you loosing your consistent quality? i thought you'd make each and everyone the same.)
however, i would like to note the differences. the EA came as a home premium, complete with sony's collection of bloatware, whereas the for the EB, i paid extra for it to have a 'fresh start'. Now, there are a LOT of application differences between the two. I'm going to have to spend some time figureing out which to keep on the EA and which to uninstall from the system. The extra applications seriously put a damper on the startup speed though. the two cpu's differ by 0.3ghz, which isn't that big of a deal, yet the EB has a MUCH faster load time. Time to get out the pruners and do some snipping on the background applications.
Right, that's all i have to say about the laptop. I'm glad I got a EA for myself. the EB was driving me bonkers.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Dear Sony
Dear Sony,
I am a huge fan of yours, seriously, i'm a true sony fan girl. However, i'm not feeling the love right now. You see, I just got a new E-series and I'm finding design flaws. No, this isn't my first vaio; I own a CR120 as well. The CR had the problem with the wobbly battery...and you have since fixed that with the newer models. Yet this E model is driving me bonkers. I bought a EB AND an EA (one for me, and one for my cousin). I'm currently using the EB one, so maybe some of my complaints will go away with the smaller EA one. But let's allow me to list below what's annoying me about the new EB computer design:
1) Why is the trackpad on the LEFT side? it causes one of my shoulders to over extend and thus straining it when I'm using it. Now, from what I have read online, I understand it's to place the trackpad underneath the space bar so that our hands don't rest on it while we're typing. I understand and can appreciate why it's on the left side on the EB model, but why in the world prompted you to just copy and past the handrest/trackpad design onto the EA model?! The EA model has a CENTERED keyboard (the ONLY reason I bought one...so i WOULDN"T have to strain my shoulders and neck working on a lopsided screen), so why is the trackpad placed on the left side still?
2) why is the trackpad textured? a) I've read that after some usage, it becomes smooth..now, i assume this is because dirt and etc gets into the little holes that create the texture of the trackpad. So...why is it textured? just so it can become a dirt trap forever? b) the texture is making my finger NUMB and SORE. Er....not a good sign if your customer is in pain from using it. Please offer some sort of solution to this. What if i put a touch-screen film protector on it? will it still work? and take away the texture? cause i really really really really like my smoooooooooooth trackpad. like really like it.
3) why is there a distinct ledge from the trackpad to the buttons? again, are we aiming for a dirt trap? because I see one....
4) Did you downgrade your speakers or something? sounds pretty bad....i think worse than the CR model. This might change with some usage I understand, so i'll let it slide for a little while under I have further proof either way.
5) Why is this new screen design so dangerous? my fingers are getting caught when I open it.....as are my loose pj bottoms...........
6) which bring me to my next complaint. the dc plug is on the side. i figure it must have been placed there to to keep the back devoid of ports so that the screen can open. However, this design interferes with my habit of holding my computer between my legs...odd i know, but it keeps the computer cool and in my lap.
7) which again brings me to another point. The screen no longer bends flat. You might not realize the benefits of it, but there are plenty. For example, I can lie in bed and read stuff.....while holding it up with one hand. The viewing angle on the laptop isn't good enough to do so without the screen bending a whole 170 degrees or so. So you see my dilemma, no more movies or novels in bed then. (so what's the point of having a laptop again if i must sit at my desk and work on it?!)
8) why does pressing vaio...the 'one touch access' buton...only bring up mute/un-mute. where's my camera access? do i now have to launch the application myself whenever i want to take a quick picture? or see how my hair is? also, my volume keys are also missing.....which again greatly inconviences me. i now have to press two buttons to change the volume? My CR has all the regular playback controls as well.....but i understand if you do away with them. but please bring back volume control. it's a true hassel to have to use fn keys to change volume. Sony, the laptops are after all called VAIO's.......you know....audio IS in the title...
Alright, the end of my letter has come. My last question to you is, is there a way I can exchange the internal components of the two computers? the CR and EA? Because then it'd be a pretty prefect combination. If it's possible (and you see this letter), please tell me how to do it. I'm willing to pay a decent sum of money to get the above mentioned 8 issues resolved.
Thanks, and have a good day. Please stop making idiotic design decisions. (and I haven't even started on the colours and the doted graphic design yet. *sigh* at least i don't have to see it when i'm using hte computer...)
Yours Sincerly,
Mary
I am a huge fan of yours, seriously, i'm a true sony fan girl. However, i'm not feeling the love right now. You see, I just got a new E-series and I'm finding design flaws. No, this isn't my first vaio; I own a CR120 as well. The CR had the problem with the wobbly battery...and you have since fixed that with the newer models. Yet this E model is driving me bonkers. I bought a EB AND an EA (one for me, and one for my cousin). I'm currently using the EB one, so maybe some of my complaints will go away with the smaller EA one. But let's allow me to list below what's annoying me about the new EB computer design:
1) Why is the trackpad on the LEFT side? it causes one of my shoulders to over extend and thus straining it when I'm using it. Now, from what I have read online, I understand it's to place the trackpad underneath the space bar so that our hands don't rest on it while we're typing. I understand and can appreciate why it's on the left side on the EB model, but why in the world prompted you to just copy and past the handrest/trackpad design onto the EA model?! The EA model has a CENTERED keyboard (the ONLY reason I bought one...so i WOULDN"T have to strain my shoulders and neck working on a lopsided screen), so why is the trackpad placed on the left side still?
2) why is the trackpad textured? a) I've read that after some usage, it becomes smooth..now, i assume this is because dirt and etc gets into the little holes that create the texture of the trackpad. So...why is it textured? just so it can become a dirt trap forever? b) the texture is making my finger NUMB and SORE. Er....not a good sign if your customer is in pain from using it. Please offer some sort of solution to this. What if i put a touch-screen film protector on it? will it still work? and take away the texture? cause i really really really really like my smoooooooooooth trackpad. like really like it.
3) why is there a distinct ledge from the trackpad to the buttons? again, are we aiming for a dirt trap? because I see one....
4) Did you downgrade your speakers or something? sounds pretty bad....i think worse than the CR model. This might change with some usage I understand, so i'll let it slide for a little while under I have further proof either way.
5) Why is this new screen design so dangerous? my fingers are getting caught when I open it.....as are my loose pj bottoms...........
6) which bring me to my next complaint. the dc plug is on the side. i figure it must have been placed there to to keep the back devoid of ports so that the screen can open. However, this design interferes with my habit of holding my computer between my legs...odd i know, but it keeps the computer cool and in my lap.
7) which again brings me to another point. The screen no longer bends flat. You might not realize the benefits of it, but there are plenty. For example, I can lie in bed and read stuff.....while holding it up with one hand. The viewing angle on the laptop isn't good enough to do so without the screen bending a whole 170 degrees or so. So you see my dilemma, no more movies or novels in bed then. (so what's the point of having a laptop again if i must sit at my desk and work on it?!)
8) why does pressing vaio...the 'one touch access' buton...only bring up mute/un-mute. where's my camera access? do i now have to launch the application myself whenever i want to take a quick picture? or see how my hair is? also, my volume keys are also missing.....which again greatly inconviences me. i now have to press two buttons to change the volume? My CR has all the regular playback controls as well.....but i understand if you do away with them. but please bring back volume control. it's a true hassel to have to use fn keys to change volume. Sony, the laptops are after all called VAIO's.......you know....audio IS in the title...
Alright, the end of my letter has come. My last question to you is, is there a way I can exchange the internal components of the two computers? the CR and EA? Because then it'd be a pretty prefect combination. If it's possible (and you see this letter), please tell me how to do it. I'm willing to pay a decent sum of money to get the above mentioned 8 issues resolved.
Thanks, and have a good day. Please stop making idiotic design decisions. (and I haven't even started on the colours and the doted graphic design yet. *sigh* at least i don't have to see it when i'm using hte computer...)
Yours Sincerly,
Mary
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