Monday, July 23, 2012

Sony VAIO PCV-F226FM / B Review

Sony VAIO PCV-F226FM / B has the same overall design as a 3D VPC-F215FX/BI equipped Sony VAIO ($ 1,799, will review forthcoming), where the laptop screen closed and form two separate layers, and the screen is surrounded by large angles that look wicked cool. The plastic construction is covered with a semi-gloss finish that is silky to the touch and hides most of the fingerprints. Under the lid, the VPC-F226FM / B of a black on black color scheme with a chassis semi-gloss and matte keyboard and wrist support. Measure 1.7 by 15.7 by 10.7 inches (DRC), the VPC-is F226FM / B is a little brighter than some of his comrades, weighs 6.54 pounds, the other desktop replacements tip the balance 7 or 8 books 7.04 - pound HP Pavilion dv7-6143cl ($ 999.99 list, 4 stars) or 8.3 pounds Acer Aspire AS8950G-9839 ($ 1,499.99 street, 4 stars).
Sony VAIO PCV-F226FM / B
Sony VAIO PCV-F226FM / B
VPC-F226FM / B is a backlit keyboard with matte black chiclet style square keys. In addition, full keyboard, you can find the numeric keypad, but also a full-sized. Integrated into the surface of the touchpad raised palm rest, covered with a textured surface of raised dots. Although there have always been scattered on the surface of the touchpad on the Sony models, the VPC-F226FM / B maintains these low points, and I barely noticed. Particular vision problems such as these can be very subjective, though, so do not recommend you try before making a purchase decision. Multi-touch touchpad gesture controls worked smoothly and the button bar is one of the few who do not leave me I used to want a separate right and left buttons.

The VPC-F226FM / B can look good even with the food, but the screen of 16.4 inch high definition wide looks even better. With a resolution of 1920 x 1080 and anti-glare coating, this screen looks good even in bright rooms. Wide viewing angle also means that image quality is good from the front or side, and several people gather to see if this is a Blu-ray movie or YouTube clip. You will have excellent audio performance and, thanks to Sony S-Force Front Surround 3D, which provides simulated surround sound 5. Combined with Dolby Home Theater, which is impressive for a sound system.

Feature

VPC-F226FM / B offers a lot of storage space, thanks to a 750GB 5400 rpm hard drive, which is larger than the drive can be found in both the Asus K53E-B1 (770 dollars worth of road, the 4 stars) ( 640), or the Dell Inspiron 17R (N7110) ($ 1,039.98 direct, 4 stars) (500GB). Blu-ray Disc optical lets you watch Blu-ray, as well as DVD and CD. It 'also planted a variety of functions: two USB 3.0 ports, a USB 2.0 port, FireWire port, and multi-format card reader (SD, MMC, MS / Pro). Connecting to an external display or HDTV is simple, thanks to the VGA and HDMI outputs, and you can connect headphones and earphones, or headphones and microphone or a wireless Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity. Options abound network, Ethernet, WiFi 802.11n and WiMAX 4G.

The VPC-F226FM / B comes pre-installed with a 60-day trial of Norton Internet Security, a similar test of Microsoft Office 2010, and a toolbar for Internet Explorer Bing. Best Buy offers PC application, you can bypass the usual load of bloatware, and select only the software you want or need. Sony covers the VPC-F226FM / B with one year warranty, but if you want a little peace, Best Buy offers two extended protection plans. Their level of protection plan for two years ($ 149.99) covers the system against wear and tear, power surge damage, and includes a "No Lemon" guarantee from Best Buy just replace the computer if repairs take longer than four during the coverage period. POINT Best Buy ($ 269.99) also covers accidental damage notebook drops and spills.

Performance

Sony does not skimp on hardware is to put the VPC-F226FM / B. The VPC-F226FM / B is equipped with a 2GHz Intel Core i7 2630QM quad-core processor and 8 GB of RAM. It is a powerful combination, which is responsible for each task you can throw at it. Our PCMark tests for seven common processor, the VPC-F226FM / B, were put on 2236 points, the right to Editors Choice ', the HP dv7-6143cl, which was placed in 2302 points. We do R11.5 Cinebench test, which measures the CPU speed, have placed the VPC-F226FM / B, 4.4 points behind the HP dv7-6143cl of 5.07 points. Although daily use is nearly identical between the two systems, these differences may occur more slowly, while the multi-tasking multi-processor-intensive.

The VPC-F226FM / B also offers high-quality images with an Nvidia GeForce 540M GT graphics card. In 3DMark 06, the graphics processing test, the Sony scored 10,017 points from 768 to 1024 by double the score systems using integrated graphics alone, like the Asus K53E-B1 (4950 points). The VPC-F226FM / B does, and crank up the resolution 1080, scoring 5149 points.

The VPC-F226FM / B really showed off its coast graphics in our game testing. In Crysis, it is pumped 58.11 frames per second (fps) at medium resolution, exceeding anything but platforms for competitive play. With a 1080p resolution, however VPC-F226FM / B produces only 7.9 fps. In Lost Planet 2, produced VPC-F226FM / B scores of 39.3 frames per second at intermediate values, and 12.9 in native resolution.

The VPC-F226FM / B also performed well in tests of multimedia. In our benchmark test video encoding handbrake, who finished the race in a major category 1 minutes 36 seconds. Other artists, such as the HP dv7-6143cl marked the same time (1:37), while the average desktop replacement lag a bit behind, as 17R Dell (N7110) (2:39). The VPC-F226FM / B showed an equally strong performance in our test Photoshop CS5, which runs through our script manipulation of images in a wonderful 3 minutes and 56 seconds, a few seconds slower than the HP dv7-6143cl (03 : 52) and K53E-B1 Asus (3:51).

The only area where improvement is really needed is the battery life. Although it has survived its 3D-capable counterpart, the VPC-F226FM / B lasted 2 hours 36 minutes on MobileMark 2007, which is far behind other desktop replacements. 54Wh Battery HP dv7-6143cl equipped 3:36 mark. Acer AS8950G-9839 (with a 87Wh battery lasted twice as long (5:22), while the HP dv7-6143cl, equipped with a battery lasted 9:13 100Wh huge. If your office will replace most of its time-related your office, this may not be much of a problem, but you can not use the VPC-F226FM / B on a cross-country flight.

Sony VAIO PCV-F226FM / B offers a combination of high-end pieces and fantastic entertainment options. While the battery life is poor, the overall performance is among the best laptops to cross our bench. If you can get rid of the Blu-ray player and want to save you about $ 400, take a look at the Editors' Choice HP Pavilion dv7-6143cl. If you are looking for a desktop replacement that offers powerful performance and all the goodies you could want, the Sony VAIO PCV-F226FM / B is a laptop, you should seriously consider.
Share on :

0 comments:

Post a Comment

◄ Newer Post Older Post ►