Sony Vaio VGN-FZ38M
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Sony Vaio VGN-FZ38M (Vaio VGN-FZ Series)Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T8100
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2.8kg
Price: 1100 euro
Links: Sony homepage Sony notebook section Vaio VGN-FZ38M (Model)
Average Score: 79.67% - good
Average of 3 scores (from 3 reviews)
mobility: 62%, workmanship: - %, ergonomy: 81%, emissions: - %
Reviews for the Sony Vaio VGN-FZ38M
80% Sony VAIO VGN-FZ38M
Source: Techradar 
In nearly all ways, the Sony VAIO VGN-FZ38M is an excellent laptop at a great price. Only the poor performance is a problem, but for most home users this is a great family laptop with everything you'll need to get started.
4 von 5, Display sehr gut, Leistung schlecht
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/31/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 40% display: 90%
80% Sony VAIO VGN-FZ38M
Source: Techradar
Stylish, affordable and well-specified, but performance fails to impress. Sony's VAIO range is one of the world's best known laptop brands. The VAIO VGN-FZ38M (£849 inc. VAT) is a stylish and impressively specified laptop ideal for most home users. Performance is a mixed bag, however, and this may deter more power-hungry users. The 2.6kg chassis is slim, lightweight and resilient enough for travel use. Its stylish design looks just as good in the home as the office. While the 171-minute battery life provides strong mobility, it is bettered by many of its rivals.
4 von 5, Display sehr gut, Leistung schlecht
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 05/04/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 40% display: 90%
Foreign Reviews
79% Klassengesellschaft
Source: Connect 
, Long, Date: 06/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 79% performance: 97% features: 77% mobility: 62% ergonomy: 81%
Comment
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT: NVidia GeForce 8400M GT is the DirectX 10 capable successor of the GeForce Go 7400 for laptops and technologically a slower 8600M GS video card. Not suited for DX 10 games in high details.
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 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.
T8100:
>> 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.
79.67%: This rating is not convincing. It must be considered, that there exist hardly any laptops, which receive a rating below 60%. This notebook is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
