subject: Windows 7 Update Ends Chance To Revert To Xp [print this page] What exactly makes Sony's EA-Series more stylish than other laptops? The 3D-effect finish? How about the glaring colors? Has Sony taken a page from someone else's book with their "Lifestyle" branding? Find out more in our comprehensive test report!You have got to hand it to Sony VGP-BPS8 Battery: when it comes to aesthetics, they have some great ideas. If color and form came together in a device that was well suited to its purpose, such as is the case with the Vaio EA-Series, the ultimate expression of a Sony VGP-BPS8A Battery device would be realized. In this test, we wish to find out whether quality, usability and fashion can come together hand in hand.
Even as lifestyle-notebooks occupy a larger segment of the entry-level market, many potential buyers are still skeptical. They ask themselves: how much quality can I expect from an Sony VGP-BPS9 Battery? Do the splendid colors belie defects in workmanship? Will the laptop fulfill its purpose as a mobile PC? Apart from answering these questions, we won't forget the hardware side of things. After all, what is the utility of a pretty notebook when it has an undersized exhaust fan or when the Sony VGP-BPS9A/B Battery tops out at 30 minutes? Read on to find out all the need-to-know facts about the Sony VGP-BPS9/S Battery, which for simplicity's sake we will henceforth call the Vaio EA1.
The palm rest is reassuring with a high level of solidity and is unable to be depressed in any area, which also holds true for the Sony VGP-BPS10 Battery. The surface of the base plate and the area above the keyboard are very stable and do not bend at any location. The outer lid is also measurably stiff, though when we grabbed it by its edges we were able to bend it slightly. One thing that we found rather dissatisfying was that the Sony VGP-BPS13 Battery surrounding the TFT-panel was only lightly affixed. Specifically the strip with the Sony logo is able to be lifted up high enough by a fingernail that one could fit a small finger underneath.
Both legs of the display hold the outer lid somewhat wobbly in position. Because that allows for a maximum angle of about 135 degrees when open, it isn't particularly a problem. However when open this wide the Sony VGP-BPS13A/B Battery has a tendency to teeter. In this position the small legs support the display rather well.Regarding connectivity, Sony utilizes the entire length of the right side of the device. The 14.1-incher has a DVD drive though there is only a limited amount of space remaining on the right side of the drive. In this area Sony decided on three consecutive USB ports. With a large space between them,Sony VGP-BPS2A Battery sticks or angular plugs would have plenty of space.
Sony endowed the Sony VGP-BPS2B Battery with a good keyboard. The free-standing keys have a large space between them, which improves accuracy for quick typists or those not looking at the keys. The pressure point and key drop are very distinct. The key response is very firm, a typical feature of many external keyboards and for many typists a mark of overall quality. We would like to point out that the Sony VGP-BPS2C Battery does not conspicuously give way at any point, though abnormal force applied to the area above the optical drive will show some give.
The Sony Laptop Battery is made of the same material as the palm rest. The cursor is precise in its movement when we glide over the slightly pimpled surface of the large pad, which is sensitive all the way to its edges. A flat, narrow edge separates the Dell Laptop Battery from the palm rest and the pad itself , which is not able to be turned off via the Fn-key like in other models. The Toshiba Laptop Battery used here is a multi-touch Synaptics V7.4. The mouse substitute is recognized by the use of two fingers, with which users can enlarge or shrink a page as well as scroll up and down.
Despite the low electrical consumption of the Fujitsu Laptop Battery, the battery life is unfortunately not one of the better qualities of the Laptop Battery. This does not come as much of a surprise due to the weak 3500 mAh battery. Even Sony Batteries today have markedly larger battery capacities (i.e. 5200 mAh). After a paltry two and a half hours surfing via Laptop Battery is empty, which amounts to a total of 149 minutes. During this test we visited various news portals and downloaded a file from Steam. The LED-panel ran at about 150 cd/m during this time. How long could users hope to watch a DVD film for? Our copy of Lord of the Rings ended after two hours (125 minutes).
Those putting the Dell Battery to work without stressing the CPU and GPU to their fullest extent should have about four hours at their disposal (BatteryEater Classic-Test). The maximum battery life at idle is a longer four hours. This is however an unrealistic figure because the Lenovo Battery is doing absolutely nothing while the display dims itself to its lowest possible brightness and WLAN/Bluetooth would have to be turned off. While battery life would be the longest possible, productivity would also have to be at an all-time low.
