Sony VAIO E Series

       The Sony VAIO E Series 15.5-inch offers an attractive design, Ivy Bridge power and powerful multimedia software.  The lid of the VAIO E15 is made from brushed aluminum, giving the notebook an elegant yet modern look and feel. The touchpad is slightly submerged with a slim, delicat e chrome border. The 15.5-inch, 1366 x 768 LED backlit display on the E15 delivered rich colors. The E15 offers a large, island-style, LED backlit keyboard. They have Three USB 2.0 ports line the VAIO E15's right side, along with a tray-loading DVD burner and a secure lock slot.  The 1.3 megapixel camera captures images in 2560 x 2048 and video in 1280 x 1024 using the ArcSoft Web Cam Companion. The Sony VAIO E Series 15.5-inch delivers solid, but not spectacular performance by way of its 2.5-GHz Intel Core i5-3210M (Ivy Bridge) processor, 6GB of RAM, 750 GB 5,400-rpm hard drive, and Intel HD Graphics 4000 GPU. Although the VAIO E 15 is equipped with the more powerful Intel HD Graphics 4000 GPU. During the LAPTOP Battery Test (continuous Web surfing over Wi-Fi), the Sony VAIO E Series 15.5-inch lasted 4 hours and 24 minutes.

       This laptop’s weight of nearly six pounds and thickness of 1.4 inches puts it solidly in the multimedia laptop category. Users can pack this laptop, but doing so can be difficult with a messenger bag. A backpack with a laptop compartment is a better match. Key feel is decent, and the layout is wonderfully spacious.Sony uses a strange connectivity configuration, which places one USB 3.0 port on the left flank and three USB 2.0 ports on the right. This gives the Sony one less USB 3.0 port relative to most competitors. Video output comes courtesy of HDMI and VGA, and individual headphone and microphone jacks are available. Both jacks are near the front of the laptop, making them easy to use. The Sony Vaio E Series has never been the most popular mainstream notebook, but it’s long been a good choice.