Sony Vaio VGN-SZ61WN/C

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Reviews for the Sony Vaio VGN-SZ61WN/C

Sony VAIO SZ6 User Review
Source: Notebookreview.com
Back in 2006, the SZ1 set the standard for power in a small package in the 13" notebook segment. Recently (in October 2007), the Sony VAIO SZ61 was introduced in Europe – two months after it became available as the VAIO SZ6xx in the United States. As the new high end of the SZ line, the SZ6 series is packed with power features. The VAIO SZ61WN is a good blend of portability without sacrificing on power and comes in a stylish and well built package. Its serious speed and processing power is hard to beat. The notebook has an excellent display and the resolution suits the screen dimensions well.
For me as an artist, speaking of technical equipment is always about versatile tools and means for expression and productivity I have to rely on. The SZ61WN is no exception and offers good value for money.
Leistung gut, Display gut, Mobilität sehr gut, Verarbeitung gut
User Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/03/2007
Rating: performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 90% workmanship: 80%

Foreign Reviews

72% Sony Vaio SZ61WN/C (Notebook)
Source: Chip.de DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/03/2008
Rating: Total score: 72% performance: 79% features: 80% display: 95% mobility: 51% workmanship: 80% ergonomy: 85%

Schlank, leicht und leistungsfähig
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy - 5-6/08
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 04/18/2008
Rating: display: 80% mobility: 80%

Sony Vaio VGN-SZ61WN/C
Source: Tom's Hardware DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/20/2008
performance: 90%

88% Test Sony Vaio VGN-SZ61WN/C Subnotebook
Source: Notebookcheck DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 01/28/2008
Rating: Total score: 88% price: 40% performance: 84% display: 96% mobility: 88% workmanship: 78% ergonomy: 85% emissions: 80%

80% Sony Vaio VGN-SZ61WN/C
Source: Chip.de - 1/08
Single Review, , Very Short, Date: 12/29/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 60%

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NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS: NVidia GeForce 8400M GS is the DirectX 10 capable successor of the GeForce Go 7400 for laptops and technologically a slower 8400M GT video card (because of the smaller 64 Bit memory bus).

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.

T7500:

The Core 2 Duo T7500 is a Merom based Core 2 Duo with 4MB Level 2 Cache. It is positioned in the middle class (in 2009) and performs on par with a modern P7550 or Turion II Ultra M640/M660.

13.30":

Above all, this display size is used for subnotebooks, ultrabooks and convertibles. For all three types, this size is quite large. The biggest variety of subnotebooks is represented with this size.

Large display-sizes allow higher resolutions. So, details like letters are bigger. On the other hand, the power consumption is lower with small screen diagonals and the devices are smaller, more lightweight and cheaper.

1.8 kg:

This weight is typical for very big tablets, subnotebooks, ultrabooks and convertibles with a 11-13 inch display-diagonal.

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.

81.5%: This rating should be considered to be average. This is because the proportion of notebooks which have a higher rating is approximately equal to the proportion which have a lower rating.

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