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Sony VAIO VGN-NS20E/S review

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Verdict

Its looks will divide opinion, but this VAIO exudes quality in all the right areas.

Review Date: 31 Mar 2009

Reviewed By: Sasha Muller

Price when reviewed: £417 (£480 inc VAT)

Overall Rating
5 stars out of 6

Features & Design
5 stars out of 6

Value for Money
5 stars out of 6

Performance
6 stars out of 6

PCPRO Recommended

Battery life, light use
  • VAIO VGN-NS20E/S
  • 4hr 18min
0
Full working day

The light-use test is the absolute longest you can expect the battery to last with careful power management.

Battery life, heavy use
  • VAIO VGN-NS20E/S
  • 2hr 16min
0
Full working day

The intensive-use score is the battery life during very demanding, CPU and hard disk-intensive operations with power management turned off.

Overall application benchmark score
  • VAIO VGN-NS20E/S
  • 0.95
0
3.2GHz Pentium D PC

PC Pro's application benchmarks test real-world performance in a range of applications. Click here

3D performance (crysis) low settings
  • VAIO VGN-NS20E/S
  • 5fps
0
Smoothly playable

Our 3D gaming benchmarks test gaming performance in Crysis, which remains one of the most challenging games available. Setting is 1,024 x 768 at low detail.

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