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Benchmark Tests

PCMark05 Results
CPU

Sony Vaio M-Series

Longer bars are better

Memory

Sony Vaio M-Series

Longer bars are better

HDD

Sony Vaio M-Series

Longer bars are better

Video Loop Battery Life Test Results

Sony Vaio M-Series

Battery life in Minutes
Longer bars are better

Sony Vaio M-Series

Customer Success Testimonial: Recovery is Everything

USB ports

"Sony has opted to put all three USB ports side-by-side on the right edge of the machine...[which] appeals to my sense of order."

Well, yes.

Until you end up sitting somewhere where USB devices on the right side of the laptop are bound to be destroyed by passers-by, such as the edge of a desk or the 'C' seat on a 737. Headphone sockets on the front are not so very clever for similar reasons, but I usually have my USB headset adapter with me anyway.

e.g.: I like having USB ports in different places around the machine. It's practical.

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@ AC 10.45

Not so sir, I slotted two broadband dongles and a chunky old Xporter 32GB USB key into the M's USB ports and they all fitted with room to spare. The space between the three USB ports on the M is actually rather more than between the two adjacent USB ports on either my N140 or Dell Mini 10v.

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well out of the running

even before the first page was over I knew that the main runners are still the Dell mini10 and the samsung N220.

this Sony device brings nothing new to the table and is a quick and ill-judged plan. pity...i had high hopes that Sony could deliver a new touch to this sector

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