fbpx

Sony Vaio E Review

The Sony Vaio E is among the newest line of laptops from Sony which sports the newer Intel Core i5 processors and came in a variety of colors.

The review unit that we got was this marine-blue (metallic teal, they say) one with a clear-coat layer on top of subtle patterns starting from the lid all the way to the palm rest.

This 14-inch model of the Vaio E is relatively large and heavy — not meant to be carried around a lot but really intended to be mostly on the desk. The Vaio logo somewhats floats and casts a small shadow on the lid.

There are a plethora of ports and slots peppered around the sides of the unit — 3 USB 2.0, LAN, HDMI, eSATA, VGA, SD card and HG Duo slots. Even the WiFi has its own physical switch while the DVD drive is placed on the right side of the unit.

The full-sized keyboard features chiclet-type keys, typical of a Vaio laptop, and spaced considerably apart from each other. The recessed trackpad is fairly-sized and has a textured surface (more like pimpled) in contrast with the smooth palm rest while the left and right click buttons are separated.

The 14-inch glossy display is bright and crisp with 8 levels of brightness you can set to control screen contrast and power consumption. However, the glossy display is also prone to glare in the outdoors or against bright light sources.

The speakers are lined up across the entire length of the laptop just above the keyboard. The speaker volume is somewhere between mid to high and although there’s a noticeable lack of bass on the system, it’s very usable when watching movies.

The Vaio E is powered by an Intel Core i5 520M processor (2 cores, 4 threads) running at a base clock speed of 2.4GHz but can go up to 2.93GHz via Turbo Boost.

Graphics is provided by an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 with 1GB GDDR3 which is a mid-class DirectX11 GPU that is capable of running graphics-intensive games. Add to that a 4GB DDR3 RAM and you have a pretty decent all-around workhorse for a laptop (see complete specs here).

Windows Experience Index gives it a base score of 5.7 with the CPU getting a nice high sub-score of 6.7. Battery life suffers due to the discreet graphics card and the powerful CPU — we only get just over 2 hours on a single full charge. BatteryBar gives it about 2.5 hours with the 6-cell 5600mAh Li-Ion battery. If Sony added a switchable graphics feature using at least an Intel HD, it would have helped in power-saving mode.

The unit also comes with an Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 AGN so it is capable of doing Intel Wireless Display.

The Sony Vaio E comes pre-installed with a 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium and retails for Php76,999 which puts it the the top of the heap (in terms of price point) among Core i5 laptops in the market.

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 985 other subscribers
Avatar for Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

37 Responses

  1. Avatar for javi javi says:

    there are lots of laptop brands now,, they all seem great but i cant decide which to buy…..

  2. Avatar for javi javi says:

    what about lenovo??

  3. Avatar for rjmakaSony rjmakaSony says:

    i hav my sony vaio e. e2 ung truss pattern texture. dunno kung san d2 ung mas latest,.

  4. Avatar for jon jon says:

    mas mura d2 sa saudi. i actually bought one, and it cost only less than PHP 50,000 here unlike sa pinas..

  5. Avatar for luffy luffy says:

    Ang MAHAL ni SONY sa Pilipinas 30k+ ang PATONG ng mga retailers. Pero ang presyo nito sa labas 40k lang. Check nyo sa web ng us.sony

  6. Avatar for amy amy says:

    Mine is arriving on the 17th of January from my bf abroad but the Intel Core i3 in black color, not happy cause I’ve been asking him to buy me a macbook pro. =(

  7. Avatar for rey rey says:

    here at saudi aramco they prefer Mac, Asus and Toshiba than HP, sony and other brand.. ASus is great realiable and have good quality. Sa pinas kc in lng ang tinitingnan like vaio & HP. Go to Asus, Mac & TOshiba money worth talaga cla

  8. Avatar for flowershops that deliver flowershops that deliver says:

    I was trying to come up with additional information on Philippines, Technology News & Reviews and this page has some great information in comparison to the others I went through about it. Thanks for your posts, now I recognise where to look for great content next week Speak it as you witness it – that is the reliable way.

  9. Avatar for jmg_32188 jmg_32188 says:

    mura talaga ang sony sa saudi, even bravia lcd tvs.

    vaios are very expensive and such badge carries prestige similar to that of macs. =D

  10. Avatar for rey rey says:

    4,299 riyal = (not 42,999)

  11. Avatar for rey rey says:

    what 76,999…BAT ANG MAHAL NITO PABILI KAYO D2 SA SAUDI same model and spec nito 42,999riyal converted to phl peso = 48,149 lang almost 29,000 ang difference… check nio jarir bookstore.com see nio brochure magugult kayo sa diff ng price grabe ang mahal ng mga gadget sa pinas

  12. Avatar for turboman turboman says:

    May nagsasabi pa na mahal to at mac na lang daw ang bilhin? Marunong ba kayo tumingin ng specs? Kung sa mac to eh nasa 100k na ang price neto. Mga mac fanbois nga naman mga tanga.

  13. Avatar for hersiguure hersiguure says:

    sony vaio laptop is the best u dont need any other one

  14. Avatar for Steve Steve says:

    Sony is better than Mac’s but I do agree that the Sony Customer Service sucks. They bellow around with simple details that could be easily solved with a simple phone call.

  15. Avatar for yescrank67 yescrank67 says:

    i hope that i can run street fighter 4 without problems in this laptop!

  16. Avatar for Asus G60JX Asus G60JX says:

    bought my asus g60jx in the u.s. for only 46k pesos and it performs better in terms of windows experience index than this very expensive laptop. asus rocks!

  17. Avatar for Peachy Lumcad Peachy Lumcad says:

    Sony Vaio Laptop Sucks! Got a Vaio VGN -CS215-J model and it broke down in less than a year. Tried to have it repaired in the Sony Service Center (Solid) here in Manila and they wont fix it as part of my warranty. There’s no world wide warranty for Sony. You need to go to country of origin where it was bought to have it fixed. STUPID!I would seriously think twice before buying a Sony. Sony support service in Philippines SUCKS!

Leave a Reply
JOIN OUR TELEGRAM DISCUSSION

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *