Sony VAIO CA1 review
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Verdict
Hugely powerful for such a small and stylish laptop, although the display is a weak point
Review Date: 21 Feb 2011
Reviewed By: Luke Sampson
Price when reviewed: £625 (£750 inc VAT)
Overall Rating
Features & Design
Value for Money
Performance
A performance laptop with a sorry excuse for a screen
All that money and a 720p screen. While Sandy Bridge is good, WSXGA+ is better in a performance laptop.
As was reported in the article about Chrome's redesign. Screen space is extremely limited on such a laptop.
Still like cameras with USB charging and phones with roaming in the UK, we can but dream.
By tirons1 on 22 Feb 2011 
Bought a Sony VPCEB2C5E instead
Sony website had a better package with free upgrade to blu-ray writer and 1080p screen with core i5, ATI5650, 320GB hard disk and 2GB RAM. Much better performance and value!
By subseb on 24 Feb 2011
Bought a Sony VPCEB2C5E instead
Sony website had a better package with free upgrade to blu-ray writer and 1080p screen with core i5, ATI5650, 320GB hard disk and 2GB RAM. Much better performance and value!
By subseb on 24 Feb 2011
Shame the high res screen wasn't reviewed
I was looking forward to this laptop... the biggest attraction being the 14" screen (so rare now a days). I'm used to high res screens on laptops and the version with 1600x900 resolution is what I was hoping would get reviewed. Shame that the stock model with the minimum spec was. Oh well...
By MaxPayne on 21 Mar 2011
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