Sony VAIO VGN-FS850P/W 15.4" Notebook PC (Intel Pentium M Processor 750, 512 MB RAM, 100 GB Hard Drive, DVD+R Dbl Layer /DVD+/-RW Drive)

Sony describes its wide-ranging "FS" series of VAIO notebooks as "well-balanced", and few could argue the point. Unlike some portable computers, the FS series is sensibly designed from top to bottom with well-matched components and an eye on important facets such as portability, ease of use, and price. Sitting in the midst of the FS series lineup is this model, the VAIO VGN-FS850P/W 15.4" Notebook PC, an affordable machine that features the business-oriented Windows XP Professional operating system and delivers many of the attributes the modern notebook user requires but does not go overboard in any one area. Serious gamers may want better 3D graphic capabilities than the unit can provide, and its battery efficiency figures aren't quite as strong as other notebooks using Intel Pentium M processors, but the VAIO VGN-FS850/W should otherwise appeal to most.