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Summary
Review summaries for Sony VGN-BX from expert notebook reviewers.
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long-life battery"
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Poor battery life."
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The touchpad is nice and large with a very usable and responsive surface."
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The keyboard on the VAIO FZ is quite nice if you don't"
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From the matte black and silver plastics to the flat keyboard keys the FZ is a design that lacks the flashiness of the glossy, multi-colored notebooks that have become so popular in recent years."
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Screen has excellent horizontal viewing angles."
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The 15.4" glossy screen is a WXGA 1280 x 800 beauty with rich color and excellent contrast."
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brilliant, 15.4” widescreen display"
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nice display and long battery life"
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The display is amazing and all of the controls are easy to use."
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The rated battery life of 2.5 to 5.5 hours is good but not amazing."
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the battery life is good."
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The keyboard is comfortable and the touchpad is very responsive."
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our typing experience was still very pleasant, thanks in part to the comfortable palm rests."
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The UX180P is perfect for tasks such as answering short e-mails and navigating through the Web, especially when combined with the keyboard's blue-LED backlight, which I found extremely handy for late-night browsing."
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fabulous 10.6-inch XBrite widescreen display"
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The XBrite 17-inch widescreen display is fantastic, with high resolution (1,920-by-1,200)."
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gorgeous screen"
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1 year of 24-hour, 7-day-a-week, free support for hardware issues. 90 days of free support for software and operating system issues."
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awesome new XBRITE screen"
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The A170 fixes my biggest complaints about 17" wide screen notebooks that have came before; low screen resolution."
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long battery life"
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Additional batteries are available from Sony for $199, but there's no extended-life battery."
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poor battery life"
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comfortable keyboard and touch pad"
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comfortable keyboard"
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compact keyboard"
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excellent 17-inch 1080p display"
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superb 17-inch-diagonal wide-screen display"
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screen resolution is great for watching movies."
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very impressive battery life"
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incredible battery life"
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truly staggering battery life"
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Below the keyboard is a solid, brushed aluminium wrist rest that looks and feels fantastic."
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good keyboard"
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The keyboard itself is very good indeed."
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The screen is superb for general Windows work as well as watching movies though - 1,920 x 1,200 is a great resolution to work at, giving you masses of desktop space and allowing you to have multiple windows visible at all times."
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excellent 17in internal screen"
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The Onyx Black screen is superb, and although it doesn't have as high a resolution as some notebook displays it's amazingly clear and bright."
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possibly the best battery life we have seen for any laptop"
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Battery life and performance proved impressive."
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superb battery life"
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the C1XN's keyboard is excellent despite its diminutive dimensions."
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The keyboard is equally good, especially given the shallow dimensions of the casing."
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Despite the low weight of 1.9kg it feels strong and rigid, and the keyboard has a precise action."
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The screen is excellent, with even lighting and vibrant colours."
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excellent 14.1in screen"
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excellent thin-film transistor display"
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The UX's battery life is impressive given its small size, lasting 3.5 hours on a charge; that's an hour and a half longer than the OQO."
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decent battery life"
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short battery life"
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excellent full-sized keyboard"
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The keyboard looks flatter than those on other systems in this class, but it felt comfortable when typing."
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we found it comfortable and responsive."
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Powerful graphics"
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Gorgeous display"
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Good graphics"
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Five small round buttons at the top of the keyboard control volume and launch your favorite applications"
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adequate battery life"
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It's true that Core Duo-based ultraportables, such as the Asus S6F, offer more raw power, but the Sony VAIO VGN-TXN15P/W is the better choice for business users who can trade some performance for a great mix of features, thorough connectivity, and unparalleled battery life in an attractive, compact case."
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Additional batteries are available from Sony for $199, but there's no extended-life battery."
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comfortable keyboard and touch pad"
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comfortable keyboard"
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It's nice that the VAIO VGN-FS570 has two programmable quick-launch buttons and a Wi-Fi on/off switch, but all of them are tiny."
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excellent 17-inch 1080p display"
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superb 17-inch-diagonal wide-screen display"
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The display is nice and bright, thanks to new LED backlight technology, and displays video and image files nicely."
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good battery life"
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there are factors additional to Bluetooth and battery life that make the PCG-C1VFK desirable"
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The keyboard is pretty standard, but the touchpad is supplemented by a Jog Dial wheel and tiny Back button that provides quick access to applications."
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The display is superb in quality"
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The 10.4-inch display may be clear, but it's cramped and limited to a resolution of 1024x768 pixels, the Touchpoint mouse is fiddly to use, while the thin keyboard has all the responsiveness and long-term comfort of a garden paving slab."
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battery life is less impressive and we managed to get just 1h 41m of power from its Lithium-ion battery using VeriTest's Business Winstone 2004 BatteryMark 1.0.1 with full screen brightness and no power saving options activated."
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fantastic screen"
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its keyboard is fairly responsive, and the trackpad and mouse buttons are functional."
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relatively spacious keyboard"
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such a short battery life"
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It looks superb and has a decent keyboard and a clear, bright, colourful screen."
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usable keyboard"
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Vista just simply wasn't designed to run in such constrained headroom - you can't display all the Start menu items, for example, and OK buttons are frequently below the task bar on many system dialogs."
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impressive widescreen"
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at this price point we expect something that is far more serious and ideally has a larger screen."
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poor graphics performance"
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excellent battery life"
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We tested the battery life by running MobileMark 2005's productivity test and the result of 407 minutes was outstanding."
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The BX168GP battery life is a little short (especially considering that the notebook weighs 3kg), only 1hr 38min under worst-case conditions."
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The battery life was timed in Mobile Mark 2002 at 145 minutes which is fairly good and should be enough to watch the average DVD on the train."
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poor battery life"
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comfortable keyboard"
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great keyboard"
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The touchpad and mouse buttons were comfortable to use and responsive in our tests."
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comfortable keyboard and touchpad"
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The touchpad buttons were easy to press and fine to use with both hands."
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The keyboard is a thoughtful addition and it is certainly useful if you are on the move, but the keys are not raised enough."
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The display looks fantastic."
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The screen is quite good for most uses, including watching DVD movies and it has an excellent viewing angle."
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The VAIO has an 11.1in LCD and the screen is quite good for most uses, including watching DVD movies and performing basic office and productivity tasks, but its viewing angle could have been improved."
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Our 3DMark testing indicated the system is perfect as an upper mid-range gaming machine, thanks largely to the impressive video processor."
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The display is crisp and clear and has a fairly good viewing angle as well."
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Most hardcore gamers will feel right at home at this resolution, and our tests indicated the screen was of a very high quality."
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Its battery life is good but not outstanding at only 3 hours and it feels dainty."
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spacious full-size keyboard"
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tiny keyboard"
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We found the front-mounted mouse buttons tricky at first, especially as the keyboard is pushed so far up."
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The hardware feature set on this unit is incredible, with a NVIDIA's FX GO5600 graphics returning seven and a half thousand 3DMarks, this is a comfortable gaming platform."
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It's compatible with Vista's Aero effects too, thanks to Intel's GMA 950 graphics."
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huge screen"
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