Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Sony Vaio L, first impressions

We could not pass up the opportunity, even as a first contact, to get their hands on a Sony Vaio L. The new all in one of Japan's boast, as usual, good design, and feature an interesting array of entertainment-oriented components explicitly. There are two versions of the Vaio L, the first is the Sony Vaio L 21M1 or VPCL21M1E / B, equipped with Intel Core i5 and somewhat lower performance.

The second, which is what we have ever tried is the Sony Vaio L 21S1 or VPCL21S1E / B. Whatever the version, the new Vaio L incorporates an LED display with 24 inches diagonal and 1920 x 1080 resolution in 16:9. The screen is a display VAIO Plus technology identical to that of home multimedia notebooks.

Its viewing angle is good and, without going into evidence, both color and contrast seem satisfactory for normal use of applications, video or games, although we like the finish would have been better anti-reflective matte than shiny. As in previous series, the screen is touch. The novelty of the Vaio L is the frame of the screen is also touch.

If you click, for example, the Sony logo, all frame options so they can be activated to distinguish in the dark. Vaio logo on the top left gives access to the multimedia gallery. Other regions serve to activate the browser, take a keyboard on the screen, or zoom. At first glance, the touch frame is quite unnecessary, but provides access to a handful of options that fill the glass no fingers unnecessarily.

Server has never found much meaning to the tactile desktop unless for a public information point, but we want to touch screen has an extra half cup with a framework that also touched. We screen outside. The Sony Vaio L is kept quite in the form in thickness, and weight is at 11.7 kilos.

Connections include three USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 and HDMI output, composite video, digital audio output, and a slot for SD or Memory Stick Duo. The range is completed with the usual puetros ethernet, microphone and headphones. Apart from the physical network, the Vaio L also supports WiFi N and Bluetooth 3.0.

On the screen we can find a webcam enhanced with Sony's Exmor technology to improve recording in low light and resolution of 1280 × 1024 pixels. The integrated speakers are about 5.5 + 5.5 watt Dolby Home Theater support. Sound with power, but the ideal still use the optical audio output to plug some good external speakers.

Internally, the characteristics of L pass Vaio Intel Core i7 processor 2Ghz 2630QM overclockable (as Sony) to 2.9GHz, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, 1TB SATA HDD, Blu-Ray, Nvidia GeForce GT540 with 1GB memory. As far as we could test, their behavior is good. Another positive note is that the team has been running for several hours and we have not seen a case of excessive heating.

It seems that in this respect, the VAIO L is much improved heat dissipation. Equipped with a keyboard and mouse very nice that, yes, smell like Apple design all four sides, the Sony Vaio L is a powerful and well-balanced team. Sony does not sell cheap, and the Vaio L is no exception. Its price is around 1,500 euros, a price designed for the iMac position between 21.5 and 27 inches.

It is not the cheapest in the market, but the design is also payable. As a team, it certainly is tempting.

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