Sony Vaio VGN-G Series
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo U7500, Intel Core Solo U1500Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950
Display: 12.1 inch
Weight: 1.1kg, 1.2kg
1800
Average Score: 78% - good
Average of 6 scores (from 10 reviews)
mobility: 88%, workmanship: 78%, ergonomy: 67%, emissions: 53%
Sony Vaio VGN-G11VN/T
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Sony Vaio VGN-G11VN/TProcessor: Intel Core Solo U1500
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 128 MB
Display: 12.1 inch, 4:3, 1024x768 pixels
Weight: 1.1kg
Links: Sony homepage Sony notebook section
Average Score: 73.5% - average
Average of 2 scores (from 3 reviews)
80% Sony goes small, but does it still impress?
Source: Pocket Lint 
We’ve always been big fans of the Sony S Series, so we were always going to be the hardest people to please with the Sony VAIO VGN-G11VN/T. It’s a great laptop but there is a deal of compromise to be had to get it to the weight and size it is. It’s a good laptop but we’re sure by the time it gets to version three it’ll be a great laptop.
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8 von 10, Preis/Leistung mangelhaft, Leistung schlecht, Display sehr gut, Mobilität zufriedenstellend
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/02/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 50% performance: 40% display: 90% mobility: 70%
67% Sony VAIO VGN-G11VN/TC
Source: PC Pro
Sony takes its ultraportables seriously. Every potential weight saving is pursued with tigerish fervour, and the result is this: a 1.13kg notebook that not only includes a DVD writer, but also lasted for an astonishing 8hrs 30mins in our battery tests. With some incredible design and amazing battery life, the G11 is a tempting mobile option.
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4 von 6, Mobilität sehr gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/20/2007
Rating: Total score: 67% mobility: 90%
Mini-Notebook mit mattem Display und langer Laufzeit
Source: c't 
online available, Short, Date: 06/20/2007
Rating: price: 80% performance: 40% features: 40% display: 90% mobility: 80% ergonomy: 80% emissions: 80%
Sony Vaio VGN-G11XN
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Sony Vaio VGN-G11XNProcessor: Intel Core Solo U1500
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 128 MB
Display: 12.1 inch, 4:3, 1024x768 pixels
Weight: 1.1kg
Links: Sony homepage Sony notebook section
Average Score: 90% - very good
Average of 1 scores (from 3 reviews)
Sony VAIO G Series Review
Source: Notebookreview.com
The Sony Vaio G series is an exception to the trend towards widescreen notebooks and has a 12.1” XGA display. The headline features of the G11 are the 1.13kg (2.49lb) weight and 9 hour battery life. How do these seemingly incompatible features stack up in real life? This review is of the Sony Vaio VGN-G11XN/B which is the less expensive of the two G series models current in the UK at the time of this review. The G series was launched in Europe in early 2007 and a refresh (G21) with dual core CPUs was announced while this review was being prepared. If you need a lightweight notebook with easy-to-read display and all-day battery life then the G11 has to be on your shortlist. The single core CPU means that at times there is noticeable unresponsiveness. The new G21 with a dual core CPU will address this problem but at the expense or reduced battery time (the currently available information for the G21 says 7 hours).
Mobilität sehr gut, Verarbeitung gut, Display exzellent, Leistung schlecht, Emissionen mangelhaft, Preis/Leistung schlecht
User Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/22/2007
Rating: price: 40% performance: 40% display: 95% mobility: 90% workmanship: 80% emissions: 50%
90% Mobiler Geschäftspartner im 12,1" Format
Source: Notebookjournal
, Length Unknown, Date: 08/22/2007
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 40% performance: 50% features: 50% display: 30% mobility: 90% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 50% emissions: 40%
Superleichter Dauerläufer
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy
, Length Unknown, Date: 07/05/2007
Rating: mobility: 90%
Sony Vaio VGN-G21XP
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Sony Vaio VGN-G21XPProcessor: Intel Core 2 Duo U7500
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950
Display: 12.1 inch, 4:3, 1024x768 pixels
Weight: 1.2kg
Price: 1800 euro
Links: Sony homepage Sony notebook section Vaio VGN-G21XP (Model)
Average Score: 77% - good
Average of 3 scores (from 4 reviews)
Prüfstand Business-Notebooks mit 12 Zoll
Source: Tom's Hardware
online available, Long, Date: 08/11/2008
Rating: price: 50% performance: 40% display: 80% mobility: 90% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 50%
70% Sony Vaio VGN-G21XP
Source: Notebookjournal
online available, Long, Date: 05/15/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 60% performance: 30% features: 30% display: 30% mobility: 90% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 50% emissions: 40%
75% Sony Vaio VGN-G21XP (Notebook)
Source: Chip.de
online available, Medium, Date: 04/07/2008
Rating: Total score: 75% performance: 43% features: 56% display: 77% mobility: 100% ergonomy: 82%
86% Klein aber oho
Source: Connect - 5/08
, Medium, Date: 04/07/2008
Rating: Total score: 86% performance: 79% features: 82% mobility: 90% ergonomy: 90%
Comment
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.
Only older games can be played fluently with these graphics chips (if they were not too demanding). Shared memory graphic cores in this category got the advantage of less heat production and longer battery runtimes. For office, internet, image processing, and video editing tasks these graphics chips are still useable without any restrictions.
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on Mobile Intel 945GM chipset. It is a faster clocked version of the GMA 900 and supports no hardware T&L (Transform & Lightning) accelleration (which is required for some games).
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core Solo: Single core version of the Core Duo and successor of the Intel Pentium M; Because of the 65nm reduced structure width also smaller current consumption than Pentium M (maximally 27 Watts); the performance is comparable with the equivalent clocked Pentium M (somewhat faster because of a few improvements).
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.
12.1: This is the most common display format for subnotebooks and an average size for subnotebooks.
The advantage is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the tiny display has the advantage, that it needs less power, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that reading of texts is very exhausting vor the eyes. High resolutions can hardly be used.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
1.1 kg:
This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily. There exist hardly any models in this extreme class of weight. 7-9 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
1.2 kg:
78%: 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.
