-March 10, 2008-
Travelers and businessmen usually need laptop with good performance and longer battery life. Thanks to Sony, now there is a better choice than MacBook Air and other ultraportable laptops. Sony VAIO VGN-SZ791N is the perfect combination of an ultraportable laptop with good performance, nice specification, and long battery life.

With 4GB RAM memory, Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 (2.5 GHz), and nVidia GeForce 8400M GS, Sony VAIO VGN-SZ791N is probably the first ultraportable laptop that can play almost all heavy PC games. Of course you need a better graphics card to play fantastic games such as Crysis but this is the best ultraportable laptop so far. Surprisingly, VGN-SZ791N has better battery life than most VAIO laptops. With more than 5 hours battery life, VGN-SZ791N surpasses its competitors such as MacBook Air.

VGN-SZ791N also surprises the world with the integrated Sprint EV-DO Rev A cellular modem. There are not many ultraportable laptops which have broadband connectivity but Sony apparently knows what travelers need. Yep, a broadband internet access. However, VGN-SZ791N also has several weak points. For example, this laptop only has two USB ports. The price tag ($2,449-$2,800) is also another thing that you need to reconsider.

Specification:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 (2.5 GHz)
Screen Size: 13.3" (diagonal)
Graphics card: nVidia GeForce 8400M GS
Weight: 3.9 lbs.
Memory: 4GB RAM
Hard Disk Capacity: 250 Gigabytes
Ports: USB
Networking: Ethernet, Wi-Fi
Useful For: Multimedia professionals, gamers

Price: around $2,400-$2,800.

Rating: (9/10)

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