Sony Vaio VGN-FW31ZJ
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Average of 3 scores (from 3 reviews)
Reviews for the Sony Vaio VGN-FW31ZJ
Source: vnunet.com
Archive.org version
Sony’s Vaio FW31ZJ entertainment notebook has a 16:9 aspect screen,
full HD support, and a built-in Blu-ray drive. The stylish magnesium
chassis is finished in silver with a mesh grille above the keyboard
housing the speakers and media centre control buttons; this is matched
by the mesh-like finish to the touchpad. However, at 3.2kg it’s at the
higher limit of what you’d want to lug around. Sony’s FW31ZJ is a very
good, if pricey, full HD entertainment notebook with an excellent screen.
80, Preis 60, Leistung 60, Ausstattung 80
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/17/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 60% performance: 60% features: 80%
Foreign Reviews
Source: PC Magazin - 6/09
Comparison, , Long, Date: 06/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 72% price: 70%
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 04/22/2009
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 70% performance: 70% features: 70% display: 70% mobility: 50% workmanship: 80% ergonomy: 70%
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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650: The Hd 3650 is a middle class graphics card (in 2008) and compareable to an 8600M GT GPU from Nvidia. It is fabricated in 55nm process and due to Avivo video engine the graphic card can support the processor with several video operations (HD video too).
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.
T9550:
The T9550 is a middle class dual-core CPU of the Core 2 Duo line and similar to the P9600 (except for the higher TDP of the T9550 - 35 vs 25 W). The performance of the T9550 should be sufficient for most applications and games of 2009.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.16.40":
This range for display formats was and is a rarity. It is larger than the general standard of 15 inches, but not yet in the range of large workstations. One usually has higher screen resolutions available, but portability suffers from that.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.3.1 kg:
A laptop with this weight is comparatively heavy and less designed for mobility than for use at the desk. Therefore, the devices tend to shine less with battery life than with a large screen and higher performance.
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.
80.67%: 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.
