Sony has made themselves for extremely nice laptops, along with the price tag. The Sony Vaio Y series laptop computer offers portability, ideal for travelers and the on the go users with a smaller price tag.
The Y series weighs only 3.8 pounds making it easy to handle and carry around. With that, the screen size is substantially smaller, only a 13 inch screen size, but it is a backlit LED screen, making it bright and crystal clear. The keyboard has the usual Vaio keys on it, with spacing in between which makes typing a bit easier. It also have an oversize touch-pad, which is extremely useful and convenient. Because of its size, the Y series doesn’t have a DVD drive. It has USB ports on the sides of the laptop, along with an Ethernet port and SD card slots, which is also convenient. There is a webcam in the front which takes high quality images and video, useful for Skype or other video messaging programs.
The performance on this laptop is exceptional. The Y series brings along a dual core processor and 4 GB of RAM memory, giving Windows and running programs a boost. The dual core processor and 4 GB allows users maximum productivity while using this laptop. A 320 GB hard drive is also featured in the Y series. A 320 GB offers tremendous space for programs, files, music, and videos; most users won’t run out of room. The Y series holds its own compared to other models in the same category when graphics is compared. For the price, the Y series gives exceedingly good graphics at 26 frames per second at 1024 by 720 resolution. One area lacking is battery life, where is can last up to around six hours, which falls short of some of the other models, such as the HP dm3, which lasts around nine hours.
Overall, the Sony Y series offers many great features in a portable, small laptop. The battery life is the only feature that lacks on this model but with a price tag of $799, many users will live with the shorter battery life.
