Sony Vaio VPCS13V9E/B laptop review

The Sony Vaio VPCS13V9E/B laptop combines a rather amazing array of business-friendly functions with outstanding functionality, good build-quality and tastefully understated fashion. At two.0kg, the 13.3in Sony Vaio VPCS13V9E/B weighs fairly less than almost all of the similarly-sized levels of competition. The Vaio retains the critical but bulkier parts these as being a dual-layer DVD burner and a decent-sized battery. So even though it won't quite make it into the sub-category of ?¡ãthin and light?¡À laptops, it can be pleasantly easy to carry around.
Completed in a business-like matt black the Sony Vaio VPCS13V9E/B is unlikely to slip from your fingers as you dash to the meeting-room. The built-in fingerprint reader ensures a speedy Windows sign-in and if you would like to hook up a projector then you will locate equally VGA and HDMI ports put conveniently along the lefthand-side. Neither will there is be any clumsy reaching across the back for any from the connectors which include FireWire (but no eSATA), gigabit LAN and USB two.0 ports accessible on both sides. Along the front edge with the laptop is actually a pair of memory card slots and a physical wireless on/off switch at the same time as audio jacks and an eject button for your optical drive.
The Sony Vaio VPCS13V9E/B's backlit scrabble tile-style keyboard may also make certain you are able to maintain typing together with the lights dimmed. When back at your desk, the Vaio can slot rapidly right into a docking station to make sure the minimal of plugging. On leaving the workplace, you will manage to utilize Bluetooth two.one + EDR and 3G cellular connectivity.
Driven by a two.53GHz Intel Core i5-460M, the Sony Vaio VPCS13V9E/B is actually a really rapidly laptop, attaining 111 points in WorldBench six. In addition, it comes with a capacious 500GB tough drive.
Offered the business credentials with the Sony Vaio VPCS13V9E/B laptop computer, we had been considerably surprised to seek out an nVidia GeForce 310M graphics chip inside, able to delivering appropriate gaming benefits and certainly faster than every other with this round-up in terms of 3D graphics. Sadly, nVidia's auto-switching Optimus technological innovation isn't supported, so you will have to recollect to flip it on and off manually when necessary to be able to protect battery existence. This is unfortunately the Vaio's weak match managing only 298 minutes below MobileMark 2007.