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Sony Vaio VGN-SZ791N

70

Good
  • Pros
  • Clear, vibrant display
  • Hip design
  • Cons
  • Try the keyboard before you buy it
  • Poorly placed mouse buttons
  • Pricing: Very Expensive: $2500 (10/16/2008)
  • Performance: Very Good: 80
  • Features: Good: 76
  • Design: Good: 76
Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Very Expensive: $2500

Performance

Very Good: 80
WorldBench 6 Tests - Very Good: 94
WorldBench 6 Component Results (seconds)
Adobe Photoshop CS2 410 
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 DirectX 361 
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 Rendering 623 
Firefox 2 237 
Microsoft Office 2003 with SP-1 355 
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0 251 
Multitasking 377 
Nero 7 Ultra Edition 615 
Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5 217 
Winzip Computing WinZip 10.0 245 
Battery Test
Number of Included Batteries 1 
Battery Life (Video Playback in hh:mm) 03:50 
Graphics Tests (frames per second)
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 45.77 
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 63.42 

Features

Good: 76
CPU & Memory
CPU 2.5-GHz Core 2 Duo T9300 
System Memory 4096 
Type of Memory DDR2-667 SDRAM 
Video & Display
Display Size (inches) 13.3" Display 
Horizontal Resolution 1280 
Vertical Resolution 800 
Video Chip Set nVidia GeForce 8400M GS 
Video Memory 64 
External Monitor Interface Using main memory 
Wide Screen Yes 
Storage
Total HD Size (GB) 250GB Hard Drive 
Optical Drive Speed 4 
Optical Drive Type DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/-RAM 
Removable Optical Drive No 
Floppy Drive No 
Number of Media Slots 1 
Other Removable Media Drive Memory Stick 
Ports & Expansion
Serial Ports No 
Parallel Ports No 
USB Ports 2 
FireWire Ports 1 
Microphone Ports Yes 
Headphone Jacks Yes 
S-Video Ports No 
Composite Video Ports No 
Docking Station Port Yes 
Infrared Port No 
Shared Mouse/Keyboard Port No 
Mini PCI Port No 
PC Card Slots 0 
Express Card Slots 1 
Connectivity
Network Port Gigabit ethernet 
Wireless LAN Type 802.11n 
Bluetooth Yes 
Modem Type V.92 
Other
Standard Number of Batteries 1 
Type of Batteries Lithium ion 
Built-In Speakers Stereo 
Dimensions 12.5 by 9.3 by 1.5 
Min. Weight (lbs.) 4Lbs. 
Average Weight (pounds, with accessories) 4.9 
Accessories Notebook, AC adapter 
Pointing Device Touchpad 
Multipurpose Bay none 
Operating System Windows Vista Business (32 bit) 
Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years) One 
Parts Warranty (years) One 
Weekday Support Hours 24 
Toll-Free Support Yes 
Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category Sony's laptops earned average marks across the board--no change from our last R&S survey two years ago. 
Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products with core component problems Average 
Reports of products with failed components Average 
Reports of products with any significant problems Average 
Reports of products arriving with problems Average 
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category Average 
Service & Support Quality
Overall quality of vendor's phone support Average 
Reports of problems unresolved after contacting service Average 
Overall quality of service Average 

Design

Good: 76
About the Test Center

Sony VAIO VGN-SZ791N Laptop Review

by Darren Gladstone, PC World

- The 4-pound Sony VAIO VGN-SZ791N falls somewhere between a beefy ultraportable and an all-purpose laptop.

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