Sony Vaio W Series Eco Edition

It is green, but the VGP-BPS10 too green? The VAIO W Eco Edition Sony VGP-BPS9 looking for success with a design that is partly made of plastic retired from CDs, and a bag from recycled PET bottles. The keyboard 86 percent the size, it feels a little cramped. And while we love HD screen and the browser KidZui included, designed to protect your children, parents may think twice about paying a premium of $ 80 (or more) compared to netbooks compete for VGP-BPS9 / b recent mini-notebook. The $ 480 W Eco Edition VAIO offers style, eco-friendliness, good performance and a robust set of software, but it's not the best value. Read on to see how this notebook batteries to competition.

Design

Rounded edges of 10.5 x 7.1 x 2.0 to the Samsung N130 we inchremind stone like the design. White, without lid prevents fingerprints, and contains a large chrome but tasteful embedded VAIO logo. The color of each character can be immediately apparent, and we wanted something a little 'darker to hide scuff marks.offers two other colors to choose from is the Eco-Edition, but the environmentalists have to live with Sugar, white now. Below deck, the deck is hollowed out the model and the green sea of ​​good taste that meshed well with a metallic silver keyboard. We also like the Green touchpad model interlocking silver ring.

The projection to the six-cell battery the base of the VAIO W a complete three-quarters of an inch, gives the netbook a slope forward useful, but also an appreciable thickness in the back. Although not as thin as some of our favorite netbooks, weighs 2.8 pounds standard.

Greenery

As the name suggests, the VAIO W Eco Edition is a couple of aspects of eco-friendly than most netbooks. It 'consists of 20 percent recycled CDs. Lack of a carton to throw away when you buy this netbook, it must bring bag is made from recycled PET bottles. However, we would have liked to see the green theme of the Sony package to expand the user can easily monitor and adjust the amount of energy used in the VAIO W (similar to Eco Utility Toshiba).

Charging the battery after it has been completely emptied took 3 hours and 45 minutes. Meanwhile VAIO W, an average of 31.3 watts. Because of its relatively short life of the battery (6:42), this portable netbook battery rating was 17.5. Although this score is equal to the average category, it is worse than most other Pine Trail netbooks we've tested. She, for example, has an efficiency of 10.4. Yet VAIO W has EPEAT Gold certification from 21 out of 27, which is pretty good.

Heat

W kept his cool during heat tests. Following the publication of a Hulu video for 15 minutes, we measured the temperature in the contact surface to 82 degrees Fahrenheit, the space between G and H keys reached 87 degrees, and in the center of the bottom to 96 degrees higher . Although the temperature is lower than the right at the beginning of our "acceptable" (below 100 degrees), never felt uncomfortable with the VAIO W knees.