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Review: Sony Vaio Y-series 11.6-inch ultraportable – powered by AMD Fusion
Review of Sony Vaio Y-series 11.6-inch netbook (model number VPCYB15AG):
Introduction: Earlier this year, when Sony released this netbook, it was advertised as the Vaio YB series and had an MRP of INR 26,990. Recently, this line has been refreshed as simply the Y-series and the portfolio has been extended to include a 15.5 inch notebook as well. The new MRP is 22,900 and you can almost certainly get it for lesser from many outlets. The new model isn’t any different from the older series – all the hardware spec and bundled accessories are exactly the same. The 11.6 inch variant comes in 4 colors – Black, silver, green and pink. The last digit of the model number reflects the color of that model (In my case VPCYB15AG = green). The fresh 15.5 inch model is identical in hardware as compared to its puny cousins, except for the larger display diagonal and the in-built DVD drive.
Why you should go for an AMD Llano based Fusion Laptop
Before you dwell on the title, let me fling a backdrop of my personal computing experience. My teenage-hood was bombarded with an “Unknown PC” from an Alien Planet which was inferior than our Planet Earth. Hence i asked DAD for a real pc and my uncompromising argument yielded me my first PC with an Intel Pentium 4 chip clocked @1.7GHz on an Intel 850MV motherboard with 2*128MB RD Ram and nVidia Geforce MX2 video card. Yes i was more than happy with the configuration as it was way better than what my friends had back then. Honestly speaking i had no clue about AMD processors and how they fared against Intel chips until i was enlightened about the AMD Athlon 64 processors in early 2004. As it was high time i needed an upgrade i went for AMD Athlon-X2 4200+ on ASUS M2N VM-DH, previously i had seen the advantage of going for AMD processors (socket 939) as Athlon X2 was totally compatible with older motherboards that came with Athlon64 cpu’s and i was impressed with that unlike the Blue team forcing you to upgrade the motherboard if you wanted a new CPU from their turf. So it was sealed and my first AMD A$$ kicking Athlon X2 was chosen for my next PC.
