![]() The biggest issue was volume: even at 100 percent, the netbook had a hard time filling a small room with sound. ![]() Three people can easily sit together to watch videos.Īudio was about what we expect from netbooks. While watching an episode of Torchwood, we had to view the display from a very oblique angle before we encountered color distortion. Due to the forward tilt from the battery, this means the screen has a limited useful vertical range. Unfortunately, it only goes back about 40 degrees past vertical. We were able to reach our normal typing speed and low error rate relatively quickly, but we still much prefer the layouts on the Toshiba mini NB305 and HP Mini 5102.Ĭlick to enlargeVertical viewing angles are decent, though users won't experience the best of the screen's bright colors and deep blacks unless they push the screen all the way back. Still, the metal keys were responsive and springy, offering good travel. Keys on the left edge of the keyboard are also smaller than we like, and may annoy frequent keyboard shortcut users. This resulted in a severely undersized right Shift key, which is crammed to the left of the Up arrow. We wish that Sony had made the keyboard larger there's half an inch of extra space on either side that serves no purpose other than to show off the deck's pattern. Though the underside's temperature is right at the cusp of our "acceptable" threshold (below 100 degrees), we were never uncomfortable using the VAIO W on our lap. After streaming a Hulu video for 15 minutes, we measured the temperature on the touchpad at 82 degrees Fahrenheit the space between the G and H keys reached 87 degrees and the middle of the underside rose to 96 degrees. ![]() The VAIO W kept its cool during our heat test. Still, the VAIO W boasts an EPEAT Gold rating of 21 out of 27, which is quite good. The Dell Inspiron Mini 10, for example, has an Efficiency Rating of 10.4. While that score is equal to the category average, it's worse than most other Pine Trail netbooks we've tested. Owing to its relatively short battery life (6:42), this netbook's LAPTOP Battery Efficiency Rating was 17.5. During this time the VAIO W used an average of 31.3 watts. Click to enlargeCharging the battery after it was fully drained took 3 hours and 45 minutes.
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