Saturday, March 22, 2008

Pink Laptop: Sony VAIO CR Series

The CR series from Sony VAIO has a very stylish and colorful outfit that will certainly appears attractive to the the style-concious laptop users. There are several colors available for the Sony VAIO CR series, and the cosmopolitan pink is one of them (VGN-CR490EBP). Combining the sleek design, eye-catching colors and custom engraving that is offered by the CR series, college students who look for a fun and functional laptop will find it a perfect laptop for them.

Pink Laptop: Sony VAIO CR Series

With a 14.1 inch display, the Sony VAIO CR series have 1.67 inch of thickness and weight 5.5 pounds. Sony has officially catogarized the CR laptop into the thin-and-light class. It is however find to be slightly heavier and thicker than the standard size of thin-and-light laptop. But this shouldn't be a major issue since the the CR series laptop will most probably serve as a popular multimedia device for college students who don't really find size and weight an issue.

In terms of performance, the Sony VAIO CR series is available with the latest generation Core 2 Duo processor with Centrino Pro platform, and up to 4 GB of RAM which gives it a really good performance. Here's the detail specification for the Sony VAIO CR series laptop:

~ Processor: 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7100
~ Hard Drive: Up to 200 GB (SATA, 5400RPM)
~ Memory: Up to 4GB of 667 MHz
~ Graphic Card: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 (965 Express chipset with up to 358MB of shared RAM)
~ Optical Drive: DVD+-R Double layer / DVD+-RW Drive
~ Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium

One of the great features for the VAIO CR series, is the AV mode that allows us to directly view pictures and movies without having to start up Windows. So when you get a Sony CR series, you are getting not just a stylish laptop, but also a portable multimedia device.

The battery life of the Sony VAIO CR series is between 2 to 3.5 hours, which is acceptable, but one issue with the battery is it can easily get loose when you forget to lock it. Watch this video for the demonstration of the battery issue.


In conclusion, the Sony VAIO CR pink laptop is nice looking, and the performance is great. There's a slight issue known for its battery, but it can be avoided as long as you remember to always lock it.

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