My Vaio is ONE year old. I spend AT LEAST 10 hours a week trying to keeping this POS with a pulse. The wireless card has gone out which means I have to have a USB connection. Thx guys...ur the best. I can not tell u how disappointed I am with Sony. I have other Sony products but b/c of this I will definitely reconsider. BTW Sony you can also give MS a high five for letting me down (you allowed them to respresent your product).