Sony Vaio VGN-G11VN/T

Notebook Specifications

Reviews for the Sony Vaio VGN-G11VN/T

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%

Foreign Reviews

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%

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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).

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 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).

U1500:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

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.

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.

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73.5%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.

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