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Sony VAIO VGN-TZ31MN in Laptops

Verdict

This impressive ultraportable fills a narrow but handy niche in between the MacBook Air and Lenovo X300.

Review Date: 3 Mar 2008

Price when reviewed: £1,276 (£1,467 inc VAT)

Overall Rating
4 stars out of 6

PCPRO Recommended

Details
Part Code VGNTZ31MN/W.CEK
Review Date 3 Mar 2008
Price ex VAT £1,276
Price inc VAT £1,467
Overall rating 4 stars out of 6
Warranty
Warranty final 1 year(s) return to base
Physical specifications
Dimensions 277 x 198 x 24mm (WDH)
Weight 1.480kg
Processor and memory
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo U7600
RAM capacity 2.00GB
Memory type DDR2
Screen and video
Screen size 11.0in
Resolution screen horizontal 1,366
Resolution screen vertical 768
Resolution 1366 x 768
Graphics chipset Intel GMA 950
VGA (D-SUB) outputs 1
HDMI outputs 0
S-Video outputs 0
DVI-I outputs 0
DVI-D outputs 0
DisplayPort outputs 0
Drives
Capacity 100GB
Optical disc technology DVD writer
Replacement battery price inc VAT £0
Networking
Wired adapter speed 1,000Mbits/sec
802.11a support yes
802.11b support yes
802.11g support yes
802.11 draft-n support yes
Integrated 3G adapter no
Other Features
Wireless key-combination switch yes
ExpressCard34 slots 1
ExpressCard54 slots 0
PC Card slots 0
USB ports (downstream) 2
FireWire ports 1
PS/2 mouse port no
9-pin serial ports 0
Parallel ports 0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports 0
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports 0
SD card reader yes
Memory Stick reader yes
MMC (multimedia card) reader no
Smart Media reader no
Compact Flash reader no
xD-card reader no
Pointing device type Touchpad
Integrated microphone? yes
Integrated webcam? yes
Camera megapixel rating 0.3MP
TPM no
Fingerprint reader no
Smartcard reader no
Operating system and software
OS family Windows Vista
Recovery method Recovery partition
Battery and performance tests
Battery life, light use 490
Battery life, heavy use 231
Overall application benchmark score 0.62
Office application benchmark score 0.65
2D graphics application benchmark score 0.63
Encoding application benchmark score 0.58
Multitasking application benchmark score 0.62
3D performance (crysis) low settings N/A
3D performance setting N/A
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