Sony VAIO VGN-SR410J/H 13.3-Inch Laptop - Gray

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 12.4 x 1.3 inches ; 4.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6.7 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0027P9BP6
• Item model number: VGN-SR410J/H
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,700 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 28, 2009

Product Description

The sleek, portable and durable VAIO SR notebook is powered by Intel Centrino 2 processor technology – the latest and greatest from Intel. Weighing just over 4 pounds (with standard battery) and less than an inch thick with long battery life and a 13.3” razor-thin LED backlit XBRITE-ECO display, the VAIO SR notebook packs a variety of advanced security and entertainment features. Protect your notebook with fingerprint security and chat with friends and family with a built-in webcam. You can even customize the on-screen look of your notebook with the new “Switch” mode, a cool new feature that lets you set up different usage “personalities” for home, work and play.

Customer Reviews

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Small Sexy Powerful, August 28, 2009

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Vidit Bhargava (Memphis, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony VAIO VGN-SR410J/B 13.3-Inch Laptop - Black (Personal Computers)

This is my second laptop, upgrading from a Toshiba Satellite. Sony has done a lot of good and bad things with this one. It is meant both for home and office. A powerful performer with a small size. As with other Sony products, it is a beauty.

PROS:
1. Speed - The laptop I got has an Intel Core2Duo P8600 which is blazing fast and coupled with ATI graphics (128mb graphics card in my laptop) it works perfectly fine. The RAM in this can be upgraded to a DDR3 (it comes with DDR2-800 standard).
2. Screen - LED backlit LCD 1280x800. The screen is awesome and vibrant, excellent colors and extremely bright (I keep the brightness to 4 out of 6 levels normally) and it very good for watching movies.
3. Keyboard - The full-size VAIO-style (or Macbook-style) chiclet keyboard is great to type on. Well-spaced keys with low errors while typing. You know this when you start using it.
4. Touchpad - Ok. This is no Macbook with multi-touch but it has a nice matte textured, large touchpad. It is very responsive and convenient.
5. Switch-Mode - This is a new feature Sony has brought up. It allows up to 3 custom settings for 5 buttons. For instance, you can have a setting for home use and specify 5 applications which can be easily accessed by 5 buttons located just above the keyboard. You can also set different wallpapers for each setting. Quite a handy feature.
6. Integrated webcam and microphone - These are pretty standard on laptops these days but the picture quality and sound quality from microphone is good.
7. Styling - The new Vaio design (tube-styling or whatever they call it) is amazing and it looks pretty good. Overall the laptop looks sexy.
8. Construction - The laptop is quite sturdy and has a solid feel to it.
9. Cooling - This machine has ample cooling vents and at the right places. I can hardly hear the fan even when I am playing games on this (yes, I do play games and they run smoothly). The bottom hardly heats up and you can keep working with this on your lap for prolonged hours.
10. Wifi and bluetooth - Well, these come standard with wifi-n and bluetooth. I find Sony's SmartWi application quite handy (don't know why people complain about this). I can turn on/off bluetooth right from window's sidebar easily and its easy to setup.
11. Battery Life - Well, don't know if its really high but it gives about 3-3.5 hours battery life with normal use, wifi on, bluetooth off and LCD brightness at 3.

CONS:
1. Sony bloatware - Well, a common problem with all the Vaio laptops/desktops - Sony's pre-loaded softwares. I find some of them handy while some of them are junk and are just taking up space.
2. Speakers - The sound from the speakers is acceptable but not loud. Come on, this is just a 13" laptop...you're not going to make it into a boombox.
3. USB ports - It has just 2 USB ports, could have had at least 3.
4. No HDMI out - Well, I think the new systems have a better graphics card and HDMI out. My machine is a SR190 model and one of the earliest. The subsequent SR290 and SR390 (and similar numbered models) have better graphics and HDMI out, but 2 USB ports still.
5. LAN port and modem-port cover - I don't know what Sony was thinking when they came out with this cheap idea of putting a flimsy, plastic cover on these ports. It would have been better if they were open. The plastic cover hangs out once in a while with the slightest of touch. Quite annoying.

P.S.: I am running Windows 7 RC dual-booted with Vista on this laptop and it works absolutely fine. The 'Switch Mode' buttons do not work as Sony has not yet made a driver for Win7. Believe me, Vista runs fine on this.

***UPDATE 02/05/2010***: I am now running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit on this sweet machine. It works flawlessly, Sony even has drivers for Windows 7 for all of the SR models on its support website.

2.0 out of 5 stars 2 STaRS - Sony VAIO VGN-SR410J/H 13.3-Inch Laptop - Gray, July 10, 2010

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xyz123 "xyz123" (U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sony VAIO VGN-SR410J/H 13.3-Inch Laptop - Gray (Personal Computers)

2 STaRS
- Sony VAIO VGN-SR410J/H 13.3-Inch Laptop.
- Gray 64bit vista home premium, 4gb ram, t6500, core2duo,

Same problems as other people have found:

problems:
1- long! startup times 2min and 45 sec. or longer.
2- audio quite low[ i must use logitech desk speakers. many times].
3- faulty registry cleaner,deletes certain system folders therefore freezes up:
[must use system restore IN SAFE mode to return to working state] .
4- creating restore point:takes about 5 minutes for system restore screen to even show up.
5- must wait for sys restore screen, for 8 minutes in safe mode!
6- my older vista 32bit model ran faster than this 64bit.


some advantages:
1- picture is super clearer than my 32bit vista home prem.
2- vaio mechanical internal fans are always super quite,no noise!
3- vaio customer support free and RESOLVES issues,even after 2years!
4- my older 32bit vaio model still great after 3 years.

should you buy THIS vaio-sr410jh -NO !!!!
should u buy ANOTHER vaio model YES !!!!

i gave up on Dell[3 DELL models-3 hard drives failed,each after a year.] !
DELL customer support does not resolve issues but they are polite.
my COMPAQ laptop from 7years ago still works,but uses a HALF!! gb ram system.-is slow.BUT WORKS!

just buy a different sony vaio model.
definitely avoid this sony sr-410jh model.!

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Slow and Hungry, November 20, 2009

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NEWTON M. CAMPOS NT "Newton Campos" (Sao Paulo, Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony VAIO VGN-SR410J/H 13.3-Inch Laptop - Gray (Personal Computers)

In my case I got pretty disappointed with this product. The system is quite slow and the battery finishes in less than 2 hours, much different than the promise. I think I will have to add extra memory and live with its minimum autonomy. I wouldn't recommend anyone buying this product with this configuration.

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