- Sony Vaio VGN-FE
Sony Vaio VGN-FE
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Sony Vaio VGN-FEProcessor: Intel Core Duo T2300
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 128 MB
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2.8kg
Links: Sony homepage Sony notebook section
mobility: - %, workmanship: 85%, ergonomy: - %, emissions: - %
Reviews for the Sony Vaio VGN-FE
Sony VAIO FE Review
Source: Notebookreview.com 
In this review I tried to be very critical, listing all the negative points I noticed that might influence buyer decision. Even though, according to this review, the FE might come across as having lots of issues I have to emphasize that I really like this notebook. As far as I am concerned there simply is no "perfect" laptop out there as everybody defines "perfect" different. The FE590 the way I configured it, is everything I need in a notebook and maybe a little more. It satisfies my computing needs, while at the same time offering the possibility of light gaming. It is really quiet and has a beautiful screen. It doesn't get scorching hot and on top of that will turn heads wherever you take it. Being the son of an industrial designer, the form factor always factors into my decisions when buying consumer products. With this notebook I notice myself closing it more often than really necessary, just so that I can look at it and open it when I come back.
ausführlicher Test mit Geräteaufbau und Testwerten und Bildern; online abrufbar
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 03/07/2006
Rating: performance: 95% display: 95%
Foreign Reviews
Bezahlbares Designer-Notebook mit Doppelherz
Source: Netzwelt 
, Length Unknown, Date: 02/01/2006
Rating: performance: 95% features: 85% workmanship: 85%
Comment
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400: The NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 the competitor to the ATI Mobility Radeon X1400. Caution there are some versions with reduced momry bus available.
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.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core Duo: Double Core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption. The 2 MB L2 Cache are used together by the double. The maximum capacity of 31 watts is only 4 watts more than with the Pentium M (predecessor). Both cores are lowered automatically and independently of each other by speed steps down to 1 GHz. In addition it now supports also SSE3 instructions. At least it is just as fast as a equivalent Pentium M. With applications, which were designed for multi-processors, the performance can be nearly twice as fast as with the Pentium M (e.g. CineBench around 86% fast)
T2300:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
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.
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.
2.8 kg: This weight is average for notebooks. Therefore the numerous mass of laptops with 15 inch display fits in 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.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
