Sony Vaio VGN-NS11J

I found this laptop suitably light to take back and forth to University and I am very petite person so this was actually quite a concern for me. The laptop runs very quietly and much cooler than other laptops I have used, so less fears of over-heating...

The battery takes a lot of training to get it to maximum perfomance; that is, you must charge it up and drain down the battery from max to min at least a dozen times to really get a good 3 hours out of it. Visually, I wasn't too keen on the matt...

better screen

I don't like the design.

Very ergonomic, I find it very comfortable to type on. The touch pad is responsive and easy to click. I have not yet had any problems with crashes or particularly long waits when rendering on photoshop/bryce. Films and DVDs load quickly and play nicely...

The speakers aren't amazing, but you expect that from a laptop. The boot time is quite slow for vista and your options for screen resolution are very limited and don't allow as high a resolution as I would usually want.

Proper tool - flies for digital photography.

Worried it may be fragile...