Beware Sony/vista
Tradewind. Just a precautionary word regarding Vaio's and Vista. I put vista on my sony t1xp which was supplied by sony with xp as an os. Immediately I had problems ranging from wireless utility, bluetooth, hotkeys non functioning and more. Sony refused to assist so I took a look at the club viao forum and discovered that my plight was nothing compared to many others who were supplied units with vista pre-installed. They had similar problems and sony have washed their hands of them stating that it was microsofts problem....... Despite having a liking for all things sony this has made me very wary of them.
I'm sure there are others who are delighted with sony but for the money I would have expected a little better service.