Sony Vaio VPC-Z23N9E/B
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Reviews for the Sony Vaio VPC-Z23N9E/B
Ultimate workstation with old shortcomings? Sony refreshes its Z range and now offers its new EUR 3000 flagship with a non-glare, 13.1 inch Full HD screen under the product name VPCZ23N9E/B. Can the external graphics solution convince this time around?
Source: Gadgetmix
Archive.org versionAs part of the update to its notebook portfolio, Sony has launched the 13.1-inch Z-range flagship Vaio VPCZ23 – ‘the ultimate workstation’ according to the makers. The Z23 subnotebook weighs under 1.2kg yet sports a matte full HD 1920 x 1080p display. Overall, gaming aside, Sony Vaio Z23 notebook is one of the the best machines out there.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/17/2012
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Source: Notebookjournal
DE→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 04/01/2012
Rating: performance: 70% features: 70% display: 70% mobility: 70% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 30%
Source: Notebookcheck
DE→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/29/2012
Rating: Total score: 88% performance: 87% display: 88% mobility: 90% workmanship: 88% ergonomy: 86% emissions: 86%
Source: Notebookinfo
DE→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/23/2012
Rating: Total score: 88% performance: 100% display: 90% mobility: 90% ergonomy: 80% emissions: 78%
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AMD Radeon HD 6650M: Successor of the Mobility Radeon HD 5650 with more cores, UVD3 processor and Eyefinity+. Due to the same codename, the 6650M should be a HD 6750M with slow DDR3 memory.
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.
2640M: Very fast dual-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture with an integrated graphics card and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller. » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
