Sony Vaio VGN-FE31M

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Sony VAIO VGN-FE31M Review
Source: notebookforums.com Archive.org version
The Sony Vaio VGN FE31M is an entertainment notebook equipped with the Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 processor and GeForce Go 7600 Graphics Card. The VAIO FE Series is setting a new visual benchmark for mobile multimedia. With its fully converged communication, including MotionEye™ integrated camera, microphone, pre-installed Skype™ and Bluetooth® video-call on the move is a reality for every user. That's not all: Running on Intel's Core 2 Duo T5600 processor, the VAIO FE Series brings super-fast, no-compromise portable excellence to all - for business, for study, for fun.
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(von 10):Leistung 8, Display 10, Verarbeitung 8, Akkulaufzeit 5
User Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 12/01/2006
Rating: performance: 80% display: 100% workmanship: 80%

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90% Sony Vaio FE31 M Testbericht
Source: Notebookforum.at DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 10/23/2006
Rating: Total score: 90% display: 90% workmanship: 90%

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NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600: The NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 is a middle class video card of the 7000 series and suited for games of the year 2006. The performance is very similar to ATI X1600 / X1700. Compared to the desktop 7600 it is clearly slower.

Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

» 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.

T5600:

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

15.40":

15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.

2.8 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.

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.

90%: There are not very many models that are rated better. Most of the assessments are in percentage ranges below that. The tested product is not considered perfect, but the sources give a clear purchase recommendation.

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