Sony Vaio VGN-AR21S

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Reviews for the Sony Vaio VGN-AR21S

80% Sony VAIO VGN-AR21S laptop Review
Source: Pocket Lint Archive.org version
Sony may be best known for its ultraportable notebooks but it isn’t afraid to take a few chances at the other end of the scale, as this 3.8kg desktop replacement can attest to. If you must have a desktop replacement with all the latest bells and whistles in place, and have the money to support your demands, this is a great notebook. True, you’re not interested in its portability, as that’s rather limited, but everything else you want from a high-end notebook is here – enjoy!
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8 von 10, Preis/Leistung mangelhaft, Leistung sehr gut, Akkulaufzeit zufriedenstellend
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/20/2006
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 50% performance: 90%

Foreign Reviews

90% Dicke aber stylisch - Sony Vaio VGN-AR21S / AR31S
Source: Notebookjournal DE→EN Archive.org version
Comparison, online available, Very Short, Date: 04/03/2007
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 40% performance: 75% features: 70% display: 50% mobility: 50%

82% Edel-Notebooks
Source: PC Professionell DE→EN Archive.org version
Comparison, online available, Very Short, Date: 03/05/2007
Rating: Total score: 82% performance: 81% features: 87% ergonomy: 91%

Notebooks im Test
Source: PC Games Hardware DE→EN Archive.org version
Comparison, online available, Very Short, Date: 02/20/2007
performance: 90%

Sony VAIO AR-21S
Source: AON.at DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 02/02/2007
Rating: price: 50% performance: 80% features: 90% display: 80% ergonomy: 60%

Sony VGN-AR21S
Source: c't DE→EN Archive.org version
Comparison, online available, Very Short, Date: 01/20/2007
Rating: performance: 80% features: 90% display: 70% ergonomy: 70%

84% Sony VAIO VGN-AR21S
Source: PC Welt DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 01/05/2007
Rating: Total score: 84% performance: 81%

80% Erstes Notebook mit Blu-Ray-Brenner
Source: Chip.de DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/20/2006
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 60% performance: 72% features: 91% display: 82% mobility: 50% workmanship: 80% ergonomy: 84%

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NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600: The NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 is a middle class video card of the 7000 series and suited for games of the year 2006. The performance is very similar to ATI X1600 / X1700. Compared to the desktop 7600 it is clearly slower.

Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

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.

T7200: Mid-range (at the time of annoucement) dual core processor based on the Merom core. » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.