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Sony VGM-FZ180e

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Pros
Includes a built-in Webcam
Huge hard drive
Cons
Keyboard feels uncomfortable

Performance: Good: 71
Features: Good: 74
Design: Good: 75

Find out how these scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Performance
Adobe Photoshop CS2	570
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 DirectX	543
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 Rendering	814
Battery Life (Video Playback in hh:mm)	4:28:06 AM
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	9.17
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	15.57
Firefox 2	308
Microsoft Office 2003 with SP-1	386
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0	281
Multitasking	410
Nero 7 Ultra Edition	924
Number of Included Batteries	1
Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5	264
Winzip Computing WinZip 10.0	441
WorldBench 6 Score	75
WorldBench 6 Word Score	Fair

What You Should Know about the VGM-FZ180e

Multitask and Not Bog Down

The more memory a PC has, the faster your programs run and the more windows you can work in simultaneously. Equipped with memory between 1GB and 3GB, this laptop should be able to handle just about any task you can throw at it without bogging down too much. For instance, if you're a multitasker and you'd like to burn a music CD in one window while watching your favorite DVD movie (for the umpteenth time) in another--while flipping between your inbox and your browser to work on your blog during the movie's boring parts--this laptop can manage it all without a hiccup.