Sony just recently announced their first 3D laptop, the VAIO F Series, and as the laptop is just about to start becoming available on the market I was able to get a hold of a sample for a few days to do a quick review, so here you can read my first impressions. As usual the review will focus mostly on the stereo 3D capabilities of the laptop and won’t cover every aspect or provide a lot of more general benchmarks, but you are welcome to ask about things that are not covered in the review as well. Some people may say that Sony is a bit late, considering that the company is pushing for strong 3D support with their different product lines, and although they may be right, Sony did a great job with the 3D capabilities of the VAIO F Series laptop, so that can fully compensate for the delay. I’ve already tested a few 3D laptops from other companies such as Acer, Asus and HP, companies that were able to push their products on the market earlier, but I was really surprised by the level of quality I saw with the Sony 3D laptop as compared to the other solutions I’ve tested so far. It seems that Sony was able to produce a laptop with a 3D-capable screen that can provide 3D quality and performance comparable to that of a 3D HDTV. A bit more expensive of course, however for everyone wanting to get the best 3D experience, the bit higher price of the Sony VAIO is well worth as compared to the other mobile 3D solutions offered by other laptop makers that may be slightly more affordable. One more thing that is very important is to say that the VAIO F Series 3D laptops are 3D-capable multimedia solutions, they are not intended as mobile gaming solutions, although you can also play games on them…
Sony VAIO F Series 3D Laptop VPCF21Z1E/BI Specifications:
Display: 16″ VAIO Premium LCD panel, Full HD
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M GPU, 1GB VRAM
CPU: Intel Core i7-2630QM, Quad-core, 2GHz, up to 2.9GHz with Turbo Boost
Chipset: Intel HM65 Express (Sandy Bridge)
RAM: 8GB DDR3 system memory, 1333MHz
HDD: 640GB 7200rpm SATA
Optical drive: Blu-ray Disc, read/write
Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Others: 1Gbps Ethernet, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, 2x SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0), 1x USB 2.0, 1x i.Link 400 (Firewire), flash card reader Memory Stick / SD, HDMI, VGA, 1.31 Mpix webcam
RESOURCES: http://3dvision-blog.com/sony-vaio-f-series-3d-capable-multimedia-laptop-review/
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