- Sony Vaio VGN-SZ1M
Sony Vaio VGN-SZ1M
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Sony Vaio VGN-SZ1M (Vaio VGN-SZ Series)Processor: Intel Core Duo T2300
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900 128 MB
Display: 13.3 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 1.9kg
Links: Sony homepage Sony notebook section
Average Score: 92.67% - very good
Average of 3 scores (from 6 reviews)
mobility: 93%, workmanship: 83%, ergonomy: 88%, emissions: - %
Reviews for the Sony Vaio VGN-SZ1M
Sony - Vaio VGN-SZ1M/B review
Source: IT Reviews 
Core Duo notebooks are coming thick and fast, one of the latest being the Vaio VGN-SZ1M/B from Sony. The Vaio SZ series sits neatly between the tiny TX series and the larger FJ series and is ideal for those people who think the TX series laptops are just too small for them. Weighing in at a respectable 1.9kg - even with its 13.3-inch, 1,280 by 800 pixel resolution, WXGA display - the Vaio VGN-SZ1M/B represents a great balance between portability, performance and battery life, with the added benefit of that large screen. Sony labels the Vaio VGN-SZ1M/B as the consumer model of the SZ range, but nothing is lacking in the build quality, with a magnesium alloy chassis and lid and a brushed aluminium wrist rest.
eher kurz gehaltener Test; online abrufbar
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/29/2006
Foreign Reviews
In der Premiumklasse vertreten: das leistungsstarke Notebook von Sony
Source: Minitechnet 
online available, Very Short, Date: 08/24/2006
Rating: performance: 95% display: 85% mobility: 85% workmanship: 85%
Schlank und schick
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy
online available, Very Short, Date: 06/01/2006
100% Immer wieder Sony...
Source: Ciao.de
online available, Very Short, Date: 05/05/2006
Rating: Total score: 100% mobility: 100% workmanship: 80% ergonomy: 80%
84% Doppelhirn
Source: Connect
online available, Very Short, Date: 04/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 84% performance: 95% features: 95% ergonomy: 95%
94% Unterwegs mit zwei Kernen
Source: PC Praxis
online available, Short, Date: 04/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 94% price: 95%
Comment
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip with shared memory on Mobile Intel 915GM chipset. It is the predecessor of Graphics Media Accelerator 950. The performance can be compared with the Mobile Radeon 9000 (with a 64 bit memory bus).
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.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core Duo: Double Core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption. The 2 MB L2 Cache are used together by the double. The maximum capacity of 31 watts is only 4 watts more than with the Pentium M (predecessor). Both cores are lowered automatically and independently of each other by speed steps down to 1 GHz. In addition it now supports also SSE3 instructions. At least it is just as fast as a equivalent Pentium M. With applications, which were designed for multi-processors, the performance can be nearly twice as fast as with the Pentium M (e.g. CineBench around 86% fast)
T2300:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
13.3": This is a frequent and the biggest display format for sub-notebooks.
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 few current, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the 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.
1.9 kg: These sub-notebooks weight less than the average of all notebooks, but represent a heavier class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 12 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.
92.67%: Indeed, this rating is very goodl There do not exist many notebook models, which are rated better.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
