Sony VAIO F Review – Powerful and Highly Connectible

In the ever-crowded notebook market, the Sony VAIO F series stands among the best that the market has to offer. Packed with plenty of powerful features, this is the ideal laptop for gaming and graphics and should revolutionize the way you have handled demanding tasks so far.

One of the most important determinants of a PC’s power is the kind of processor fitted and you cannot go wrong with the Sony VAIO F series’ Intel Core i7 processor (Quad Core, 8 threads). To guarantee the production of powerful graphics, this notebook has Nvidia Geforce GT330M graphics while storage is massive as it can be expanded up to 8BG DDR3 SDRAM. The laptop has a Hard Drive of 500GB 7200 rpm.

Graphics and movies display with greatest clarity on the 16.4 inch HD display which has a resolution of 1920*1080. This powerful machine is also quite portable as it measures 15.3″*10.4″*1.6″ and weighs only 6.6 pounds. Despite the powerful components fitted, this laptop operates with minimum heat and should be a pleasure to place on your laps. It is also energy efficient courtesy of the light sensor which adjusts the level of illumination enabling you to save power while a Display Off function reduces consumption when you connect your laptop to external devices such as TVs.

The number of external devices you can connect this device to is also quite huge. You can use the HDMI output to connect to a TV for both video and audio. For connecting sound cards, you have an ExpressCard34 slot. The notebook also has eSATA and FireWire ports making this machine particularly useful to people working videos and pictures. Other ports include an optical drive which can be used to both write and read Blu-ray discs. In addition, there is an Ethernet port, microphone and headphone jacks as well as two USB 2.0 ports.

The Sony VAIO F comes with an island style keyboard which is backlit and, for the convenience of gamers, has a number pad and a track pad. The operating system is Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium. It also comes pre-installed with Sony’s TransferJet. This is technology that allows you to transfer data between devices. Additional software includes Media Gallery which is intended to help users in the making of movies.

For its prime features, this laptop comes at a premium price but it is possible to buy it at a discount when you have Sony discount coupons.

By: Nadav Snir

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