SONY VGN-SZ791N REVIEW - THE LATEST ULTRAPORTABLE

When Sony launched off its SZ series of ultra portable variant notebook with the VAIO VGN-SZ170P, the company illustrated that it was the 1st to realize how important distinct graphics and an optical drive were to performance appealing world travelers. Are they really the first ones to promote the revolutionizing combo, read on to reveal that…

Design
The SZ791N has a slim, attractive look. The carbon fiber hood is beautifully crafted, Look at it intimately and you can spot the fiber strands and delicate sparkles embedded in the coffee-brown peripheral. The 13-inch LED display is amazingly slender, but the way the hood flexes hoists some disquiets about potential damage to the display screen. But Sony requires to work on the resistance of the keys if they intend to make them top-notch, like those in the flawlessly lessened keyboard of the likes of Lenovo ThinkPad X61.
Performance
The SZ791N is the 1st ultra-portable notebook to reveal on our bench with an Intel Penryn CPU, the 2.5-GHz Core 2 Duo T9300. The processor alone helped boost the SZ791N notch above the opposition, delivering exceptional benchmark test scores. Its performance is duly spirited by the 4GB of RAM. The SZ791N produced the quickest Adobe Photoshop CS3 scores compared to the competitor sores. In all when compared to the low powered notebooks of the fujitsu and the Mac-Book air it explains why the SZ791N was able to run away with high end performance in the video-encoding including 3D-rendering achieves as well.

The SZ791N stays on to be one of the few ultra-portables that run on isolated graphics. The graphics duly powered by the NVidia Geforce 8400M GS chipset that permits you to run many current 3D gaming titles. With the connectivity options vividly charted out, and the battery power doing extremely great work in keep you away from main power points is a definite benchmark from the market leader.

Overall
Since its commencement, the Sony SZ series has competed with the Lenovo ThinkPad X61 notebook and its forerunners for the top smudge as an all-around ultraportable laptop. With the VAIO VGN-SZ791N, Sony has lastly pulled its way past the X61 by being the 1st to set free a system with the new-fangled Penryn processor. Intel's most modern CPU helped the SZ791N distribute a blend of concert and battery life that heads the competitions.

Pros
+ An ultra portable that’s better than X61
+ Amazing combo of features
+ Decent graphics
+ Very good battery life
+ New updated technology of CPU

Cons
- Screen lid build too flexi
- As ever usual Sony pricing too high

Value For Money

Our Rating