review Sony VAIO VPC-EA3S1R

Date: 2012.01.06 | Category: Plasma TV | Tags:

Design

Notebook VAIO VPC-EA3S1R is fairly compact, but very productive, device. Its dimensions mm 239h345h27.3 not too large, the laptop could not take with you. And the weight of “cars” 2.35 kg is not as a burden to give up part of transportation.

Design of the notebook’s traditional Sony VAIO: glossy surface with the same chrome star VAIO, slightly rounded corners, sloping gently to the edges of the panel. But as far as design, there was no fancy design limit of 6 different colors (pink, purple, white, black, light green and blue), enliven the lives of both young girls who love to stand out, and the serious guys.

It is also interesting to look original radial pattern on the outer surface. By the way on the inside of the same kind is observed pattern, consisting of Punctate pattern.

Laptop lid is securely fixed by two small hinges, gaps between parts is not observed, there is no backlash. So, in general, the level of assembly Sony VAIO VPC-EA3S1R at altitude.

The display and sound

For comfortable viewing video or for everyday use is ideal for widescreen LCD display with a diagonal size of 14 inches. Screen WXGA + + 1600×900 pixel resolution with LED backlight and equipped with a fairly high level of brightness and contrast. In addition, the notebook display has a durable coating that resists scratches.

The laptop Sony VAIO VPC-EA3S1R a web camera. Its resolution is not too large, only 0.3 megapixel, however, this will be enough to communicate via Skype, execution photos with a resolution of 640×480 pixels and a video.

With regard to acoustics can say that the two built-in stereo speakers give out sound with sufficient volume, provided that you are in a small room. In audio there is a significant plus – Support for Dolby Home Theater v3. This technology allows to enjoy music and movies, feeling as if in a movie theater. This volume is achieved through a profound effect superior transmission quality, as high frequency and low.

Keyboard and Touchpad

Feature of the keyboard, installed in VAIO VPC-EA3S1R can be considered a special protective coating. Fans of Sony VAIO accustomed to seeing on the operating panel keypad with separated keys, and this model is no exception: the tradition is preserved – the keys are large and square, and even block pointer is not disadvantaged in size, the gaps between the buttons are located at an optimum distance and quick to type texts, not getting on a nearby key. On the layout is not nampad likely to install a separate number pad not find enough space.

Three important function keys are located above the keyboard. This WEB, VAIO and Assist. Assist button immediately will diagnose the system and resolve the problem, if there was a failure. And when Windows will not boot, you can also solve the problem by pressing the Assist. With regard to the last button VAIO worth noting that all musical gallery with photos, movies and other files downloaded instantly with just one click.

The touchpad is almost merges with the ground for the palms. Nevertheless, it is slightly recessed surface makes itself felt. Sensitivity touchpad allows you to freely control the cursor, as to any touch or gesture performed sensory area immediately responds. User incredibly overjoyed touchpad support multitouch functions, as able to perform various gestures, such as rotation, zooming, scrolling.

Processor and equipment

The notebook comes pre-installed 64-bit operating system, Windows 7 Home Premium.
Model Sony VAIO VPC-EA3S1R / V is equipped with dual-core Core i3 370M with a frequency of 2.4 GHz and cache second level in a volume of 3 MB. Despite the fact that the processor does not support TurboBoost, the clock frequency will be sufficient for a certain level of productivity and performance of the system.

The notebook provides 4 GB of RAM, which can solve complex computational operations, and if the owner will expand the capacity up to 8GB, the gaming performance will be at altitude.

By the way, speaking of games, we note that to fully play modern games the user can fail, because in the notebook is equipped discrete graphics ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 with 1GB of internal memory. Built on 40-nanometer process technology, and supports DirectX 11 graphics card can show a good performance. It is clear that the latest “toys” with high detail will not go, but most modern games will be enough medium settings. Mobility HD 5650 video controller has other advantages, such as video decoding with support Avivo HD, audio transmission in HD, support for multiple monitors with a resolution of 1920×1200 pixels acceptable, work with complex graphics and relatively low power consumption.

Games, media files, applications and more can easily be stored on the hard disk of 500 GB. This hard drive is connected via a Serial ATA interface and can operate at 5,400 revolutions per minute.

The optical drive, ports, card reader

Interfaces Sony VAIO VPC-EA3S1R located mainly at the sides and front.
The left side of the notebook is filled with more as opposed to the right. In fact, there are not only VGA video output port and a digital HDMI, allowing the TV to watch high-definition video, but port USB, combined with eSATA, to accelerate data transfer up to 6 times. But the collection does not stop there, because the left still hold power jack, card reader 5-in-1 card reader formats, MS PRO Duo, MS Pro-HG Duo, SD, SDHC, SDXC slot, and NIC RJ-45 data rate 54 Mbit / sec.

At the front end is a slot for cards SD, compatible with the formats SDHC, SDXC, and two line connector for connecting a microphone and headphones.

On the right edge of the notebook are three located in a row for USB 2.0, built-in optical drive, DVD SuperMulti, write to the disk, as well as freely reproducing conventional and dual-layer discs. Also on the right an opening Kensington lock.

To work on the Internet is convenient to use a wireless module Wi-Fi standard 802.11b / g. And if you’re on the go and need to see, for example, e-mail, then using a special button WEB, the browser can be accessed in seconds without booting the main operating system. Thus it is possible to reduce energy consumption and the laptop battery will last longer. Also help in the adapter Bluetooth version 2.1 + EDR, because thanks to him you can transfer data from one device to another with a rate of 3 Mbit / s, we need only be within a radius of 10 meters.

Battery

The laptop comes with a lithium-ion battery. The battery has a relatively small capacity of 3500 mAh and is able to provide 3 hours continuous operation without recharging. True, in the case of fully depleted battery will be charged for a long time – up to 4 hours.

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