Vertical viewing angles are tight so it's hard enough getting the right angle for the screen. The glossy finish on the screen will be fine in a darkened room, but in an environment with bright, overhead lights, such as an office, the image may be distorted by reflections. In our testing, we noticed a warm, red cast to images that will suit movies but means that colours aren't as natural.
#Sony vaio s series laptop cover series#
There's another E Series model with a Blu-ray player (VPC-EA1Z1E/B) which costs about £100 more, but it's currently only available in black. With this much processing power, the VPC-EA1S1E/L is more than capable of playing back HD video content and the 1,600x900 screen's 16:9 aspect ratio is ideal for watching movies, as you'll get less of the black bars above and below the picture. Turning the resolution down and turning anti-aliasing off gave a more playable 32.5fps, so we wouldn't expect the E Series to appeal to action gamers, but those who like to dip into casual and more sedate titles such as strategy or adventure titles will have no complaints.
Gaming isn't out of the question either, with the ATI 5-series Radeon chipset managing 19.7fps in our Call of Duty 4 benchmark. With results like these, the Vaio shows itself to be well-suited to most office applications, and it's even fairly good for multimedia tasks too. Single-threaded applications fare better, with a result of 86 in our image editing test, but multi-tasking fared less well with a result of 69.
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Under this pretty skin lies a new Intel Core i3-330M processor and 4GB of RAM, which resulted in an average benchmark score of 76 overall. Our sample came in an iridescent aquamarine that divided opinion, but certainly stood out, and the lid has such a deep gloss that the solver VAIO logo actually casts a shadow. For example the power button merges with the edge of the case - it becomes an LED that's green if the laptop is on and orange if it's in standby, so even with the lid closed you can see the status of your laptop. It comes in a choice of colours and the sturdy chassis really impressed us. Hard drive removal on this series of laptop will generally take about ten to fifteen minutes.Sony's Vaio laptops have a reputation for style and build quality, and the new 14in Vaio E Series is a good example of this. Just unscrew the four screws holding it in place, unplug the SATA cable connecting the hard drive to the main board, and the hard drive is removed. The hard drive is located in the bottom right corner of the lower part of the chassis. Just lift the top part gently, and it should come apart.ĩ. Once the four screws are removed the top part of the chassis will separate from the bottom. These screws will need to be removed before the laptop will come apart.Ĩ. There are four screws located where the keyboard would normally cover them. Use the tweezers to unplug and pull out the speaker cable connector.ħ. This cable is for the touch pad and power button.Ħ. Unplug the ribbon cable attached to the blue tab.
This will allow the keyboard to be completely removed from the chassis of the laptop.ĥ. Lift up the keyboard and flip up the brown retaining clip to remove the ribbon cable. Dislodge the keyboard from the laptop chassis by depressing the tabs at the top of the keyboard with a small Flat head screwdriver.Ĥ. Unscrew all of the screws on the bottom of the laptop, which have an arrow pointing to them.ģ.
Always remember to remove the battery before proceeding with taking the laptop apart.Ģ. You will need a small Phillips head screwdriver, small Flat head screwdriver, and a pair of tweezers.ġ. First make sure that you have the correct tools to take apart the laptop and remove the hard drive.