Sony Vaio VGN-BZ11XN

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Reviews for the Sony Vaio VGN-BZ11XN

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Testbericht Sony VAIO VGN-BZ11XN
Source: Notebookforum.at DE→EN
User Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 02/15/2009
Rating: display: 40% workmanship: 80% emissions: 40%

80% Sony Vaio VGN-BZ11XN.G4
Source: PC Go - 10/08
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 10/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 50% mobility: 80% emissions: 80%

80% Sony Vaio VGN-BZ11XN.G4
Source: Magnus.de DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/15/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% mobility: 80% emissions: 80%

90% Sony Vaio VGN-BZ11XN.G4
Source: PC Go
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 08/15/2008
Rating: Total score: 90% performance: 70% mobility: 80% emissions: 80%

90% Sony VAIO VGN-BZ11XN
Source: Notebookjournal DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/11/2008
Rating: Total score: 90% performance: 70% features: 50% display: 50% mobility: 70% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 80%

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD: Onboard (shared Memory) GPU built in the GM45, GE45 and GS45 chipset (Montevina). Because of two more shaders and a higher core clock, much faster than the old GMA X3100. Still not advisable for gamers (DirectX 10 games not playable or only with very low settings). The integrated video processor is able to help decode HD videos (AVC/VC-2/MPEG2) , e.g., for a fluent Blu-Ray playback with slow CPUs.

» 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.

P8400:

Middle class dual core CPU with a TDP of 25 Watt. For high end gamer the performance could be not sufficient (for class 1 graphic cards).

15.4": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. 15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays. Nowadays, more and more 16:9 displays with 15.6 inch appear. 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 energy and the laptops can be kept quite compact.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

2.7 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 Corporation is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Japan. Sony is one of the leading manufacturers of electronics, video, communications, video game consoles, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Its name is derived from sonus, the Latin word for sound. The company was founded 1946 with another name and renamed in 1958. Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony Group, which is engaged in business through its five operating segments—electronics, games, entertainment (motion pictures and music), financial services and other. Sony is a notebook manufacturer of medium size according international market shares.

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85%: This rating is to be considered as average, because the amount of notebooks with better ratings is about equal like the amount with worse ratings.

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