Battery life is just over 1 hour The VAIO takes around 4 long minutes to boot up and hangs up frequently. the battery lasts 1 to 1.5 hours Hard disk crashed within 3 months. This has happened to a few other people I know who bot this Sony line recently.
The service center person also acknowledged issue with hard drives of Sony laptops. The service center took about 8 days just to change a hard drive.