Pros
Weighs 3 pounds with DVD drive
Outstanding battery life
Cons
Crawling performance
Optical-drive eject button is too small
At A Glance
The broadband-ready VGN-TXN15P/B is travel-ready and a battery champ, but it performed poorly and has a cramped keyboard.
Manufacturer’s Description
The sleek VAIO TXN15P/B Notebook is truly ultra-portable at 2.84 lbs with 5-11 hours of standard battery life, a built-in DVD burner and durable carbon-fiber casing. And, with integrated wireless Wide Area Network (WAN) technology, you can access Sprint Mobile Broadband services to extend your wireless coverage beyond LAN access networks and hotspots.
The Specs
Pricing Part Number VGNTXN15PB Inventory Number 25868 Processor Processor type Intel Core Solo U1400 Processor speed 1200.0 MHz Memory Memory size 1000.0 MB Memory type DDR2 SDRAM Memory speed 400.0 MHz Display Display size 11.1 inches Resolution 1366 x 768 pixels External Monitor Interface Integrated Vertical Resolution 768 Graphics Graphics Type Integrated Primary Graphics Chipset Integrated Intel GMA 950 Storage Drive size 80.0 GB Floppy Drive No
Other storage Battery Battery Type Lithium ion Standard Number of Batteries 1 Number of Included Batteries 1 Dimensions Width 10.7 inches Depth 7.7 inches Height 1.2 inches Weight with Accessories 3.6 pounds Weight 3.6 pounds Sound Speakers Stereo Storage Media SD card Yes Memory stick Memory Stick Included Software Included Software Microsoft Works 8.5 Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Business (32 bit) Other Features Docking Station Port No Devices AC Adapter Input devices Touchpad Pointing Device Touchpad Other Hardware AC adapter Hardware List Notebook Ports and Connections Ethernet Type 10/100 Mbps Microphone input Yes Firewire 1 Headphone Jack Yes
Available Interfaces
Audio - Microphone In (1/8" Mini)
USB - Universal Serial Bus Port (x2)
Audio - Headphone Out (1/8" Mini)
FireWire Port
Wireless connection 802.11 g Bluetooth Yes
Slots PC Card Slots 1
Performance
Overall Performance WorldBench 6 Score 32 WorldBench 6 Rating Poor
Battery Battery Life 6:35:06 AM (hh:mm)
Office Productivity Web Browsing 692 seconds (lower is better) Office Suite Use 670 seconds (lower is better) File Compression 866 seconds (lower is better)
Content Creation Image Editing 2063 seconds (lower is better) GPU Graphics Rendering 1105 seconds (lower is better) Video Encoding 824 seconds (lower is better) DVD Burning 2086 seconds (lower is better) Video Editing 551 seconds (lower is better)
Gaming Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 4.36 Frames per second (higher is better)
Performance World Bench 5 Multitasking 1366 Number of Included Batteries 1
