Premium laptop maker Sony updates their 2011 line-up for the Fall season
Posted on 02. Oct, 2011 by LaptopMan in Laptops, Laptops
The Sony VAIO S Series is composed of some of Sony's highest performance mobile laptops ever. Image: Sony
Japan’s Sony Electronics Inc. unveiled their new updates to their VAIO laptop line for the Fall months. All the newly announced changes and additions affect the Sony VAIO C, E, F, and premium S Series’ of laptops.
The new changes include new mobile Intel processors for the existing 13.3-inch Sony VAIO SA and SB models as well as 14-inch VAIO C and E series models; there is a new Red color option for the VAIO SB; the VAIO SA now starts at $999 and the VAIO SB now starts at $799; the VAIO F Series will come pre-installed with Acid Music Studio, Imagination Studio Multimedia Edition, Sound Forge Audio Studio and Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum from now on; the 15.5-inch Sony VAIO SE has been released for purchase on the online Sony Style store.
The Sony VAIO C, E, F and S Series laptops feature second-generation Intel Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 mobile processors.
Now the new 15.5-inch Sony VAIO SE laptop is a new model that offers a larger 15.5-inch screen size for potential VAIO S customers. With its larger screen the VAIO SE is capable of having a full HD 1080p resolution display, and the base model that’s $999.99 offers. Other than the bigger higher-resolution display the new VAIO SE also features a different crop of discrete AMD Radeon HD mobility graphics (the 6490M w/ 512MB of VRAM is what you get in the base model) compared to the VAIO SA and SB models.
The Sony VAIO SE Series in its Jet Black color option. Image: Sony
Where styling is considered the VAIO SE doesn’t veer away from the styling you can find on the VAIO SA and SB models. Also the VAIO SE like the other VAIO SA and SB models for 2011 can be equipped with a battery slice that adds more hours to your mobile computing experience for $149.
In a recent review of the 15.5-inch Sony VAIO SE CNET editor Dan Ackerman concluded, “Sony knocks out another stylish system with the 15-inch Vaio SE, with some extra appeal for business users”. Ackerman was able to find weak spots in the graphics switching system that VAIO SE (and all other AMD Radeon HD based VAIO laptops) uses and he said battery life was only OK without the optional battery slice.
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