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MagyarSony Vaio VGN-BZ Series
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8400, Intel Core 2 Duo P8600, Intel Core 2 Duo T7250Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Display: 15.40 inch
Weight: 2.62kg, 2.7kg
Price: 699, 900, 1100, 1300 euro
Average of 12 scores (from 14 reviews)
Sony Vaio VGN-BZ11VN
Specifications
Notebook: Sony Vaio VGN-BZ11VNProcessor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Display: 15.40 inch, 16:10, 1440 x 900 pixels
Weight: 2.7kg
Price: 1300 euro
Links: Sony homepage Sony notebook section Vaio VGN-BZ (Series) Vaio VGN-BZ11VN (Model)
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Foreign Reviews
Source: Chip.de - 10/08
Single Review, , Very Short, Date: 10/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 90% performance: 80% features: 90%
Source: Chip.de
DE→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/30/2008
Rating: Total score: 78% performance: 71% features: 95% display: 93% mobility: 64% workmanship: 80% ergonomy: 70%
Sony Vaio VGN-BZ11XN
Specifications
Notebook: Sony Vaio VGN-BZ11XNProcessor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8400
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Display: 15.40 inch, 16:10, 1440 x 900 pixels
Weight: 2.7kg
Price: 1100 euro
Links: Sony homepage Sony notebook section Vaio VGN-BZ (Series) Vaio VGN-BZ11XN (Model)
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Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebookforum.at
DE→EN Archive.org versionUser Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 02/15/2009
Rating: display: 40% workmanship: 80% emissions: 40%
Source: PC Go - 10/08
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 10/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 50% mobility: 80% emissions: 80%
Source: Magnus.de
DE→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/15/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% mobility: 80% emissions: 80%
Source: PC Go
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 08/15/2008
Rating: Total score: 90% performance: 70% mobility: 80% emissions: 80%
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/11/2008
Rating: Total score: 90% performance: 70% features: 50% display: 50% mobility: 70% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 80%
Sony Vaio VGN-BZ11MN
Specifications
Notebook: Sony Vaio VGN-BZ11MNProcessor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8400
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Display: 15.40 inch, 16:10, 1280 x 800 pixels
Weight: 2.7kg
Price: 900 euro
Links: Sony homepage Sony notebook section Vaio VGN-BZ (Series) Vaio VGN-BZ11MN (Model)
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Reviews
Source: Techradar
Archive.org versionSony's BZ-range is aimed at the corporate user, and the Sony VAIO VGN-BZ11MN (£615 inc. VAT) is an affordable, comfortable and attractive laptop. You'll find similar styling aspects to those found on the more expensive VAIO models – such as the cylindrical hinge and green LED lighting – but finished in dark grey it's more conservative than consumer models. As a business machine, few laptops comes close to the Sony VAIO VGN-BZ11MN. Its impressive blend of performance, quality and excellent battery life make it a great choice for mobile users.
4 von 5, Leistung sehr gut, Mobilität gut, Display gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 01/07/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 90% display: 80% mobility: 80%
Source: Pocket Lint
Archive.org versionA comfortable and well-made business machine offering style, quality and an impressive battery life
8 von 10, Preis gut, Mobilität gut, Leistung schlecht, Ausstattung mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 40% features: 50% mobility: 80%
Source: IT Reviews
Archive.org versionA no-nonsense, well-built business notebook with a good blend of performance and features, although it would be good if the screen had a higher resolution and the 160GB hard drive wasn't so full of pre-installed software; that may be fine on a home notebook but it's a bit of a waste on a business one.
Verarbeitung gut, Leistung gut, Ausstattung gut
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/28/2008
Rating: performance: 80% features: 80% workmanship: 80%
Source: CNet
Archive.org versionThe Vaio VGN-BZ11MN is a cost-effective workhorse of an office laptop, whose integrated webcam could prove to be a boon for professionals who like to keep in touch with a set of distributed contacts. We like the manual switch for wireless networking, and the keyboard is good enough to allow fast touch typing.
There are some definite budget elements to this laptop, however. The screen resolution is lower than we would like, for example, and there aren't enough USB ports. Build quality is solid, but the design uninspiring -- which is a surprise coming from Sony. And for a laptop aimed squarely at office use, we're puzzled by the enormous amount of preinstalled software. Some of it will be welcome, but many customers would prefer to have it on CD, available to install if it's required. If you opt for the more expensive £748 BZ11XN model, you'll get a higher-resolution LED-backlit screen, 3GB of RAM and a 200GB hard disk.
7.1 von 10, Verarbeitung gut, Display mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/25/2008
Rating: Total score: 71% display: 50% workmanship: 80%
Foreign Reviews
Source: SFT - 10/08
Comparison, , Length Unknown, Date: 10/01/2008
Rating: performance: 40% display: 80% mobility: 80%
Sony Vaio VGN-BZ26M
Specifications
Notebook: Sony Vaio VGN-BZ26MProcessor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7250
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Display: 15.40 inch, 16:10, 1280 x 800 pixels
Weight: 2.62kg
Price: 699 euro
Links: Sony homepage Sony notebook section Vaio VGN-BZ (Series)
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Reviews
The office beauty. Sony's Vaio BZ series is aimed predominantly at business users. Will professionals be convinced by the relatively affordable Vaio VGN-BZ26M, with its magnesium bodywork, dual-core processor, matt screen and DVD burner? And is it also suitable for the home office and a game or two? We put the machine through its paces.
Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebookcheck
DE→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/12/2009
Rating: Total score: 86% performance: 67% display: 78% mobility: 83% workmanship: 95% ergonomy: 85% emissions: 91%
Source: Notebookcheck
DE→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/12/2009
Rating: Total score: 86% performance: 67% display: 78% mobility: 83% workmanship: 95% ergonomy: 85% emissions: 91%
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Sony: Sony Corporation is one of the largest Japanese electronics companies. The company was founded in 1946 under a different name and initially produced rice stoves. The company launched the first transistor radio. In 1958, the company was renamed Sony. Sony is a combination of the Latin word sonus (sound) and the English word sonny (little boy). Today, its core business is consumer electronics. The company is engaged in the development, design, manufacture and sale of electronic equipment, instruments, devices, game consoles and software. Sony operates in the following segments: Gaming and Network Services, Music, Images, Home Entertainment and Sound, Imaging Products and Solutions, Mobile Communications, Semiconductors, Financial Services and Others.
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD: Onboard (shared Memory) GPU built in the GM45, GE45 and GS45 chipset (Montevina). Because of two more shaders and a higher core clock, much faster than the old GMA X3100. Still not advisable for gamers (DirectX 10 games not playable or only with very low settings). The integrated video processor is able to help decode HD videos (AVC/VC-2/MPEG2) , e.g., for a fluent Blu-Ray playback with slow CPUs.
» 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.
P8600:
Fast but still not overpriced dual core CPU. For most games and multimedia applications sufficient and due to the 25W TDP even for smaller notebooks useable.
P8400:
Middle class dual core CPU with a TDP of 25 Watt. For high end gamer the performance could be not sufficient (for class 1 graphic cards).
T7250: Mid-range (at the time of annoucement) dual core processor based on the Merom core.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.62 kg:
With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.
2.7 kg:
82.25%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
