Sony Vaio VPC-F11S1E reviews: 16.4" Laptop computer

Sony Vaio VPC-F11S1E reviews: 16.4" Laptop computer reviews

+ This laptop has no outstanding positive points. - It scores very poorly on battery life.

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8.1 out of 10 based on 60 reviews.

Sony Vaio VPC-F11S1E with Intel Core i7 i7-720QM 1.6 GHz Quad Core Processor, 6GB of Memory and 500GB Storage on Windows 7 Home Premium. Blu-ray combo, 3.2 hours of battery

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Johan, London General home user

Score 7.0/10

Good points:: Big and beautiful screen. Quality build.
Bad points:: Not as quick as I had thought and hoped.

Battery life	1.0
Design	8.0
Size and weight	5.0
Performance	7.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	7.0

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Confirmed purchase: 23 Sep 2012

Larry, Wrexham

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Speed & ease of use
Bad points:: Not Found Any yet

Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 21 Jun 2010

Elaine, Bishop's Stortford

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: can run several large memory intensive programs without crashing
Bad points:: sometimes seems slow to boot up

Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 20 May 2010

Confirmed purchaser General home user

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Everything apart from the bad point below
Bad points:: Speakers aren't loud enough when watching movies.

Battery life	4.0
Design	8.0
Size and weight	9.0
Performance	9.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 20 May 2010

Confirmed purchaser

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: An excellent machine, happily runs two Operting systems at the same time. The screen and Blueray disk are amazing.
Bad points:: Battery life is not brilliant, but when you consider that it has 8 CPU's its not surprising.

Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 20 Jun 2010

Ian, London

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Excellent screen, graphics, operating speed, boot up and shut down speeds.
Bad points:: Battery life too short,and gets a bit hot.

Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 20 Jun 2010

daniel, poole Music, gaming or video fan

Score 2.0/10

Good points:: Reviewer left no comment
Bad points:: noisy fan
overheating
terrible customer service
struggles on simple tasks

Battery life	2.0
Design	2.0
Size and weight	2.0
Performance	2.0
Value for money	2.0
Overall rating	2.0

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Confirmed purchase: 19 Dec 2011

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Product Features

Screen size (Inches)	16.4
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Operating system	Windows 7 Home Premium
Software on which the device runs
RAM (Gigabytes)	6

Number of cores	Quad
Computer processors are made up of 1 or more cores. Having multiple cores allows the computer to run two or more processes at once, improving multi-tasking and speeding things up.
Hard disk capacity (Gigabytes)	500
Hard Disk capacity is measured in GBs which stands for Gigabytes. A gigabyte is 1000 MB or megabytes. The more GB you have the more info like photos and music you can store.
Screen Resolution (pixels)	1920 x 1080 (Full HD)
The number of pixels the screen has. The more you have, the more detail the screen can display, given a high quality source. A breakdown of resolutions can be found on Wikipedia here
Processor brand	Intel
There are 2 main manufacturers of computer processors. They are Intel and AMD.
Processor series	Core i7
This is the processor model range. Different types of processor have different types of functionality. For example Centrino processors are specifically designed to increase battery life in laptops.
Processor number	i7-720QM
This is the specific processor number in the processor range.
Processor speed (Gigahertz)	1.6
The processor is the driving force of your personal computer. The higher the number in Gigahertz or Ghz the faster your computer will run. Don’t forget that other factors such as the number of cores will have an effect on speed.
Number of USB ports	2

Connections	Bluetooth

Connections	Firewire

Connections	Wireless

Built-in disc drive	DVD drive
Built-in disc drives can be used to copy data, music, documents or films from your laptop, netbook or desktop computer, onto a blank DVD. DVD writers can also copy info onto blank CDs but CDs have a lower storage capacity. Normal DVD discs can store up to 4.7GB of info. DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc.
Built-in disc drive	Blu-ray combo
Built-in disc drives can be used to copy data, music, documents or films from your laptop, netbook or desktop computer, onto a blank DVD. DVD writers can also copy info onto blank CDs but CDs have a lower storage capacity. Normal DVD discs can store up to 4.7GB of info. DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc.
Built-in disc drive	Blu-ray drive
Built-in disc drives can be used to copy data, music, documents or films from your laptop, netbook or desktop computer, onto a blank DVD. DVD writers can also copy info onto blank CDs but CDs have a lower storage capacity. Normal DVD discs can store up to 4.7GB of info. DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc.
Built-in disc drive	CD-ROM drive
Built-in disc drives can be used to copy data, music, documents or films from your laptop, netbook or desktop computer, onto a blank DVD. DVD writers can also copy info onto blank CDs but CDs have a lower storage capacity. Normal DVD discs can store up to 4.7GB of info. DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc.
Card reader	Multi Card Reader
A memory card reader allows you to connect various types of card such as SD Cards, MMC Cards or Compact Flash Cards to your laptop or desktop computer. Memory Card Readers are extremely useful for photographers as it allows you to quickly transfer your snaps from camera to machine meaning you can have them uploaded to your favourite website or printed out in a matter of minutes.
Battery life (Hours)	3.2
Battery life is important if you travel a lot. Long train journeys can be a pain if you don’t get more than 3 hours of life out of your laptop. It’s worth remembering that a lot of trains offer power sockets now so don’t be put off by a low battery life unless your lifestyle demands ultra portability.
Weight (kg)	3.1

Graphics card brand	nVidia
Graphics cards in desktop computers and graphics chips in laptops are manufactured by 3 main companies: Intel, ATI and nVidia. If you want to play modern games aim for an ATI or nVidia card or chip. Intel cards and chips work perfectly for general laptop use, video playback and older computer games.
Graphics card model number	GeForce GT 330M
This is the range and model number of the graphics card or chip in your desktop or laptop computer.
Graphics card memory (Megabytes)	1024

Type of hard drive	Hard Disk Drive

Chipset brand	Intel
Chipset series	PM55
Remote control	No
Aspect ratio	16:9
Width in cm	38.72

Depth in cm	26.3

Release date	40225
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Sony VAIO F11S1E/B, SONY VPCF11S1E

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