Sony VAIO VGN-NR220E

by **Admin** Mon Apr 29, 2019 9:37 pm

Another old lapop.

PROS: 1. Hey under $20 shipped is cheap anymore.
2. 1.6Ghz 2 core 64bit computer Think its a Pentium T2330, pre-core2duo. Can be upgraded to a 2.1Ghz cpu though not sure worth the bother. Ubuntu 18.10 ran with no lag.
3. Promised 1GB RAM, came maxed out with 2GB. Unofficially people running 64bit system on these old 2 core computers have no problem with 4GB RAM.
4. Its as fast as the old Dell 131L Latitude Turion II laptop I have mounted on wall and use as my daily driver desktop substitute.
5. Oh the screen has very nice looking display, apparently reading the Sony laptops had rep for this.
6. Came with power supply.

CONS: 1. Left click button under trackpad doesnt work well, have to press very hard. But easily solved using a wireless mouse. Otherwise seems Sony tended to have the microswitches
mounted to motherboard so cant just replace the switch least not easily.
2. Battery doesnt hold or accept a charge. Neither Ubuntu, Lubuntu, nor Puppy linux could tell there was a battery. Its no doubt dead, dead, dead....
3. No hard drive included.
4. Time had to be reset so suspect this old of a computer needs cmos battery. Its VISTA era computer.