Sony Vaio VGN-CS11S/Q

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Reviews for the Sony Vaio VGN-CS11S/Q

50% Sony VAIO VGN-CS11S/W 14.1in Notebook
Source: Trusted Reviews
Style is a funny thing, especially in that functionality is often sacrificed at its altar. Case in point is the new VAIO CS Series VGN-CS11S/W notebook that's the subject of today's review. Sony has really hurt the VAIO name with its VGN-CS11S/W. Shockingly poor build quality is just one among a whole raft of other issues and given its high price you're better off looking elsewhere.
von 10: 5, Preis 5, Ausstattung 6, Leistung 8, Verarbeitung extrem schlecht
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/12/2008
Rating: Total score: 50% price: 50% performance: 80% features: 60% workmanship: 20%

80% Sony VAIO VGN-CS11S/Q review
Source: PC Advisor
The Sony VAIO VGN-CS11S/Q offers a good balance of virtues, with very good processor performance, reasonable graphics and usable battery life, all packed into a style-conscious form. With a range of accessories to match, such as cases, mice and mousemat, this should appeal to a younger audience that doesn’t want to sacrifice utility in the name of fashion.
(von 5): 4, Verarbeitung 3.5, Ausstattung 4, Preis 4
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/27/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% features: 80% workmanship: 70%

Foreign Reviews

70% Sony Vaio VGN-CS11S/Q
Source: Notebookjournal
online available, Long, Date: 10/30/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 60% performance: 40% features: 50% display: 30% mobility: 50% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 90% emissions: 40%

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NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS: Compared to the 9300M G, the GS has only 8 unified shaders but a higher clock rate. Therefore, the performance should be similar according to Nvidia. Supports 
Hybrid-SLI (GeForceBoost and HybridPower) with Nvidia 9100M G and PureVideo HD (VP3).

Lower end of Graphics Cards for users who want to play games. New games should run on these cards, but only with decreased details and mediocre resolution.

Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).

The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.

P8400:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

14.1": 14 inch display size is a mixture between the small formats of subnotebooks and the 15 inch standard display.
The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much current and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

2.6 kg: This notebook is lighter than the average of all notebooks. It is too heavy for sub-notebooks. 14 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.

Sony: Sony is a notebook manufacturer of medium size according international market shares. There exist a lot of reviews about Sony notebooks. The total ratings and price/value ratings are good above average.

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66.67%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.

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