Sony VAIO S Series

Sandy Bridge performance ; Slender body ; Long-lasting battery life

The style isn't for everyone ; Expensive ; No Blu-ray

If you’re after something that magically combines excellent performance with strong portability, and throws in a few great features for good measure, then the VAIO VPCSB1V9E is the laptop for you. Priced at just under a grand, if you can afford it, go...

The Sony VAIO S Series may seem like a mediocre all-purpose laptop, and it is one. But it's also thin, light, and quite portable, and it sports Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Intel Wireless Display technology, and optional embedded mobile broadband. In other words,...

Backlit keyboard. Switchable graphics means more battery life. Good battery life. Good price/performance ratio. Optional battery slice.

Switchable graphics aren't as elegant as Nvidia's solution.

While there may be nothing about the Vaio S that immediately jumps out at you, it seems like it sits in that perfect sweet spot of price, performance and battery life. We could easily see ourselves tucking this under our arm as a trusted companion for...

Heaps of built-in features ; Attractive design and colour ; Comfortable, backlit keyboard

Slow hard drive leads to overall sluggish perfomance ; Low screen resolution ; All USB ports are on one side and next to each other

Sony's S Series VAIO is a 13.3in notebook that packs plenty of features. It's also attractive and comfortable to use. It's mainly let down by slow performance due to a 5400rpm hard drive. We also wish it had a higher resolution screen and a better...

Given the flashes of brilliance elsewhere, it’s difficult to be too hard on Sony’s latest laptop. With the ability to configure your ideal model on Sony’s website, the VAIO S Series is capable of masquerading as anything from a basic business model to...

Our review sample sits between the two, but regardless of what specification you choose, the VAIO S is a light, powerful, feature-packed laptop that will appeal to businesses and consumers alike.

Backlit keyboard ; Switchable graphics means more battery life ; Good battery life ; Good price/performance ratio ; Optional battery slice

Switchable graphics aren't as elegant as Nvidia's solution

Será posible configurarlos con 4, 6 u 8 GB de memoria RAM DDR3, y discos duros desde 500GB o 128GB SSD. En la parte gráfica, a parte del chip integrado Intel HD 3000, encontramos una AMD Radeon HD 6630M, con 1GB de memoria DDR3. Podemos optar por...