Sony Vaio VGN-FZ38M

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Reviews for the Sony Vaio VGN-FZ38M

80% Sony VAIO VGN-FZ38M
Source: Techradar Archive.org version
In nearly all ways, the Sony VAIO VGN-FZ38M is an excellent laptop at a great price. Only the poor performance is a problem, but for most home users this is a great family laptop with everything you'll need to get started.
4 von 5, Display sehr gut, Leistung schlecht
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/31/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 40% display: 90%

80% Sony VAIO VGN-FZ38M
Source: Techradar Archive.org version
Stylish, affordable and well-specified, but performance fails to impress. Sony's VAIO range is one of the world's best known laptop brands. The VAIO VGN-FZ38M (£849 inc. VAT) is a stylish and impressively specified laptop ideal for most home users. Performance is a mixed bag, however, and this may deter more power-hungry users. The 2.6kg chassis is slim, lightweight and resilient enough for travel use. Its stylish design looks just as good in the home as the office. While the 171-minute battery life provides strong mobility, it is bettered by many of its rivals.
4 von 5, Display sehr gut, Leistung schlecht
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 05/04/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 40% display: 90%

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79% Klassengesellschaft
Source: Connect
Comparison, , Long, Date: 06/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 79% performance: 97% features: 77% mobility: 62% ergonomy: 81%

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NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT: NVidia GeForce 8400M GT is the DirectX 10 capable successor of the GeForce Go 7400 for laptops and technologically a slower 8600M GS video card. Not suited for DX 10 games in high details.

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.

T8100: Former mid-range Core 2 Duo based on the Penryn core that features FSB800 and VT-x virtualization functions.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

15.40":

15-16 inch is a standard display size for laptops and offers the biggest variety of products.

2.8 kg:

In former years, this weight was representative for laptops with a 14-16 inch display-diagonal. Nowadays, 17 inch laptops weigh less than that.

Sony: Sony Corporation is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Japan. Sony is one of the leading manufacturers of electronics, video, communications, video game consoles, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Its name is derived from sonus, the Latin word for sound. The company was founded 1946 with another name and renamed in 1958. Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony Group, which is engaged in business through its five operating segments—electronics, games, entertainment (motion pictures and music), financial services and other. Sony is a notebook manufacturer of medium size according international market shares.

From 2014, Sony has reduced the production of Vaio laptops and finally discontinued them. Sony is still present in the smartphone and tablet market, yet not among the Top 5 manufacturers.

79.67%: This rating is not convincing. The laptop is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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