Vaio VGN-NR260E

This is my second laptop, and I've had it almost a week. My first was a Dell Inspiron 5150. It was extremely poorly made and lasted less than one year before the whole thing just broke in several ways. So it took me a long time to buy another one for fear it would happen to me again.
I bought this from Best Buy at a great deal, $699.
It came with:

-Pentium Dual Core 1.6 GHz
-200GB 5400RPM hard drive
-2 GB DDR2 Ram
-15.4" WXGA BEAUTIFUL XBRITE-ECO screen
-Vista Home Premium
-Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with up to 358MB Video Memory
-DVD±R/RW Drive with Double Layer
-Atheros 802.11b/g Wireless
-Card Reader: Memory Stick, Secure Digital (SD)
-1 ExpressCard Slot (34 Slot)
-4 USB 2.0, 1 Headphone out; 1 Microphone-in, 1 VGA, 1 IEEE 1394, 1 RJ-11, 1 RJ-45
-Weight: 6.2lbs

I was nervous about Vista, but honestly it took no time to get used to, and I've had no problems so far. I think I actually can say that I like it.

It's not a Core 2 Duo, but it is a dual core, and just about right for a laptop with what it comes with. I chose it over the VGN-NR220E(I think) because it's hard drive was 40GB larger, and had 1 more GB of ram. I can't imagine Vista with 1 GB of ram alone. Its not as fast as my dual core desktop with XP(and 3GB of ram), but not slow either. It's acceptible as far as speed goes.

Some people have said they wouldn't want a white laptop, but honestly it's not only grown on me, but I actually like it now. It definetly stands out, but in a positive way.

It doesn't have a latch when you close the top, but that doesnt matter. It stays closed as if it did have a latch.

Now onto the best features:
-The screen is amazing. It's smooth to the touch, and so much better than the typical LCD screen. I don't want to go back.
-The card readers in the front. So convenient. Next to it is the switch to turn the wireless card on or off. This is a feature I wouldn't compromise on, as well as having the internal wireless card. It's ease of use makes you wonder how you went on without it.
-It has an express card slot. I imagine I will be using it in the future.

Bad:

-The weight and size. It's thin, but still has a large screen. Getting a 14.1" screen is out of my budget, but I wish this had it. It weighs just over 6 pounds, although it feels lighter.

-It needs an actual video card that doesn't rely on the computers RAM.

*Update*
I forgot to mention the battery life. I bring my laptop to school and sometimes I don't plug it into the wall. It has three options for the power, a power saver, Vaio optimized, and one that basically doesn't care about power usage. I keep it on power saver when I'm totally free of the power cord, and I'm impressed with it's battery life. I don't use it heavily, but it lasts me a minimum of 3 hours. A neat function is that if you are not going to use the laptop for a bit, but still want it on, is you can push the power button. It puts it in sleep mode until you push the power button again, and saves a ton of battery. It's very useful for taking notes when you have breaks.