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Sony Vaio VGN-FE21S
Sony Vaio VGN-FE21S

Sony Vaio VGN-FE21M

Notebook specifications

Sony Vaio VGN-FE21MNotebook: Sony Vaio VGN-FE21M
Processor: Intel Core Duo T2300 (1660 MHz)
Graphics adapter: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 (256 MB)
Display: 15.4 inch 16:10 (1280x800 pixels)
Weight: 2.8 kg
Average score: 85% - good
Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)

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Sony Vaio VGN-FE21
Source: AON.at
Date: 09/15/2006
Rating: performance: 85% ergonomy: 80%

85%Review Sony Vaio VGN-FE21M Multimedia-Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck
Date: 08/17/2006
Rating: Total score: 85% performance: 80% mobility: 79% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 85% emissions: 80%

Comment

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 is part of the most powerful third of mobile video cards. It can represent newest games well and no doubt is apt for office applications and surfing.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Core Duo: Intel Core Duo (successor of Pentium M), is a double core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption. The 2 MB L2 Cache are used common. The maximum current consumption of 31 Watts is only 4 W more then with Pentium M. Due to the low energy need is Core Duo also suited for subnotebooks. Further now it supports SSE3 orders. The performance can nearly be doubled for applications, which were designed for multiprocessors (compared with Pentium M).

T2300: The weak type T2300 is apt for office applications and for surfing.
>> 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.

 

Author: Stefan Hinum, 2006-09-27 (Update: 2008-06-14)