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It doesn't have dedicated Home, End, Page Up and Page Down keys for one.


Neither does my Vaio SRX87. You get used to the Fn+key mappings remarkably quickly.

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The fan hardly ever turns off as well


I don't suffer from that, but I've only got a P3-850 in my laptop.

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Both HDs are easily accessible


Only got a single HD in mine, but it was under an easily removable panel, so I swapped it out. It was a 4200rpm 20Gb; it's now a 7200rpm 60Gb, which is plenty for what I'm using it for.
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-- roger