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	Sony VAIO S470P/S Notebook

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S470P/S Notebook

A bona fide thin-and-light laptop, the attractive silver VAIO VGN-S470P runs 12.3 inches wide, a hair over 9 inches deep, and about 1.5 inches thick--about the size of a double issue of Vanity Fair. Weighing 4.3 pounds, it's certainly portable enough for regular travel, even with the blackboard-eraser-size two-prong AC adapter that adds an extra pound to the package.

The keyboard is less than full size, but it's comfortable enough even for extended typing sessions. Though the touch pad and the mouse buttons are small, we found them adequate to work with; the touch pad has a side strip for vertical scrolling. There aren't many multimedia controls here; besides two tiny programmable buttons that sit above the keyboard, the VAIO VGN-S470P makes do with key-combination shortcuts for volume and brightness adjustments. It runs relatively quietly and coolly, and although we noticed warm spots on the right palm rest and the underside of the unit, they weren't a deterrent to working for long stretches at a time.

We really like the VAIO VGN-S470P's 13-inch wide-aspect display; it has excellent contrast, and its 1,280x800 native resolution offers the perfect amount of detail for the size of the display. Two small stereo speakers sit just above the keyboard; they lack the low-end boom you miss without a subwoofer but otherwise sounded loud and clear.