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Sony VAIO Y Series Ultraportable Laptop Review

Available in with a silver body with a pink or silver cover, the VAIO Y series looks great. Like most of Sony’s laptops, it’s well made too. The system has no flex and it seems hardy too, yet it manages to weigh just 3.23lbs. This is a laptop that not only looks good, but you can also carry it around in your bag the whole day without feeling it much at all. The pink option is not an overly girl pink either, it’s more of a fuchsia color and being that its complimented by the silver and black accents, it isn’t overkill like so any other pink laptops can be. The circular power button that is located on the right side of the device also pimps out the device by glowing, which is a nice touch in a budget laptop. We also like that the included AC adapter is quite petite and that it comes with a long extension chord. Otherwise the laptop comes with a standard set of ports including ethernet, and two USB ports on the right side, and a front-mounted card reader.

The VAIO Y series sports a full size keyboard. Th black chicklet style keys are super comfortable to type on and provide great tactile feedback without being squishy.  The keys are also well-spaced. We’re really enjoying the keyboard on this laptop.  The black keys also serve as a attractive Macbook Pro-like contrast to the silver colored chassis.  The mouse trackpad could really be bigger though in order to take advantage of Windows 7 gestures, but that isn’t a deal breaker.

Unfortunately, the display might just be the poorest component on this system. The display is sharp and packs in a great 1366×768 resolution, and it does get adequaetly bright. And while it is superior too many other netbook displays, the colors are a washed out and they definitely don’t pop. The display’s viewing angles aren’t that great either.

The VAIO Y Series is running on an AMD Fusion APU with AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics. An APU combines the CPU and GPU (graphics processing unit) onto a single low power chip. That means that the system is powerful enough for some moderately serious gaming and it is even powerful enough to play DirectX 11 games. The APU enables the CPU and GPU to work hand-in hand, so that the CPU can off load multimedia intensive tasks to the GPU as needed. As a result, the APU ends up being powerful enough for gaming, serious multimedia tasks, and even HD video playback and video editing. In particular AMD fusion offers some other “bonuses” like the ability to accelerate apps lie Powerpoint, it can serve to auto-enhance Flash 10.1 video so that the video looks and plays better, it can dynamically help improve contrast and anti-aliasing on video, and it can also speed up photo and video tagging.

Targus Compact Laptop Charger (AC) for Dell, Toshiba, Sony, Lenovo ...

Targus AC replacement adapter for Lenovo T-series laptops works quite well. The replacement is designed in three parts: the main transformer/power brick; the cord that connects to the power brick, and the Targus adapter. This particular package includes a total of five Targus adapters or tips. The cord between the tip and the power brick also has an adjoining mini-USB plug to charge a cell phone, or any other mini-USB type device. Two complaints: cord is short -roughyl 6′ in length, and the design of the power brick. The power brick is rectangular, as shown in the picture. The power brick kind of “hangs” if used on a wall-mounted, outlet. The power brick is an excellent design if used on a crowded powerstrip that’s lying flat on a floor. I think Targus designed the power brick with form over function in mind.

Update – 10/30/2010: Design – both for the actual power transformer and the physical Targus adapter or tip. The connection between the tip and the cord is fragile at best. The cheap plastic on the tip broke and thus making an unsecure connection where the tip becomes disconnected from the cord. I use electrical tape to secure the binding. Go elsewhere for a power replacement, until Targus comes up with a better designed power supply replacement.

The idea is awesome. I love the smaller “brick.” My Sony came with something closely resembling the size of an Acme product. This little beauty is much thinner, but about the same weight. I like the charger, but it is a lot slower than the one that came with the computer. It takes about 1/3 longer to charge and gets VERY warm. However, you can fit it into tiny spaces and it doesn’t have to take up all the room on the power strip (if the strip is arrayed in the right direction). It also has a plug that swivels which is very beneficial.

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