Sony Vaio VGN-G11XN

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Reviews for the Sony Vaio VGN-G11XN

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%

Foreign Reviews

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%

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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.

Sony reviews

90%: There do not exist many models, which are rated better. The most ratings get ratings, which are a bit worse.

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