Pros
- Long battery life
- Excellent performance
Cons
- Poor vertical viewing angles
- Expensive
Bottom Line
We're not sure how Sony crammed so much hardware into such a thin and light laptop. If you have the money, this is one of the fastest ultraportables we've ever tested.
The Specs
| Display | |
|---|---|
| Display type | Matte LCD with LED Backlight |
| Resolution | 1366 x 768 pixels |
| Display size | 13.3 inches |
| Processor | |
| Cache size | 4.0 KB |
| Processor count | 2 |
| Processor speed | 2700.0 MHz |
| Processor type | Intel Core i7 |
| Memory | |
| Memory speed | 1333.0 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Memory size | 8000.0 MB |
| Memory max | 8.0 GB |
| Storage | |
| Drives included | 2.0 |
| Other storage |
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| Drive type | Solid-State Drive |
| Raid type | RAID 0 |
| Drive size | 256.0 GB |
| Battery | |
| Vendor Rated Battery life | 7.5 hours |
| Ports and Connections | |
| SD/MMC Card | 1 |
| Video Interfaces |
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| MultiMedia Card (MMC) or MultiMediaCard (MMC) | 1 |
| Wireless connection | 802.11 n/b/g |
| Available Interfaces | Bluetooth |
| Slots |
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| SDHC Card or Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) | 1 |
| Other Features | |
| Devices |
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| Docking Station Port | Yes |
| Input devices |
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| Sound | |
| Speakers | Stereo |
| Dimensions | |
| Weight with Accessories | 4.6 pounds |
| Height | 1.0 inches |
| Weight | 3.7 pounds |
| Depth | 8.9 inches |
| Width | 13.0 inches |
| Green | |
| Energy Star compliant | 1.0 |
| Networking | |
| Ethernet Type | 10/100/1000 Mbps |
| Included Software | |
| Included Software | Adobe: Acrobat 9 Standard, Photoshop Elements 8, Premiere Elements 8; ArcSoft Webcam Suite; CyberLink PowerDVD BD; Microsoft Office 2010 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows 7 Professional |
Performance
| Overall Performance | |
|---|---|
| WorldBench 6 Score | 144 |
| Battery | |
|---|---|
| Battery Life | 7:19 (hh:mm) |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Web Browsing | 183 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Suite Use | 324 seconds (lower is better) |
| File Compression | 155 seconds (lower is better) |
| Power Usage | |
|---|---|
| Off power usage | 0 Watt hours |
| Sleep power usage | 1.3 Watt hours |
| Idle power usage | 13.3 Watts |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| CPU Graphics Rendering | 317 seconds (lower is better) |
| DVD Burning | 185 seconds (lower is better) |
| Image Editing | 257 seconds (lower is better) |
| GPU Graphics Rendering | 286 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 171 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Editing | 162 seconds (lower is better) |
| Multitasking | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 6 Multitasking | 227 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Dirt 2, High Quality, 800x600 | 42.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, High Quality, 1024x768 | 34.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3, Medium, 800 by 600 | 148.89 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, High Quality, 1024x768 | 30.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, High Quality, 800x600 | 38.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 1024x768 | 62.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3, Highest, 800 by 600 | 109.39 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 800x600 | 75 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3, Medium, 1024 by 768 | 115.78 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3, Highest, 1024 by 768 | 91.21 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, Low Quality, 1024x768 | 79.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, Low Quality, 800x600 | 101.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
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