Following Apple's release of an 11inch edition of the MacBook Air, Sony has slightly gone higher with its 11.6inch edition Vaio Y series. Powered by an innovative AMD E350 Fusion dual core processor, the Vaio Y appears very snappy and for multitasking environment, this is a great bet. And where the E350 processor is advanced compared to an Atom is graphics performance. In fact, its on-board graphics chip that shares system memory is way quicker at providing 3D graphics, managing nearly 12fps in a 3D game.
Even though the Vaio Y bears 4GB of RAM, it only accompanies a 32-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium, thus limiting the offered space to merely 3.5GB of RAM. Of course this should be seen as a disadvantage, since the OS can't be exchanged out for a 64-bit edition or Windows 7 Professional in that regard, when ordering. Not really recommended for strenuous work in a GPGPU-geared program, but it's also competent enough to playing 720p high definition video – so you can't just disregard it yet.
Earlier AMD laptop and netbook versions have been power greedy, resulting in reduced battery life, and produced a lot of excess heat – which leads to laptops with noisy cooling fans unproductively attempting to trim down lap-scorching temperatures. Appreciatively, the base of the Vaio Y is never clumsily warm. Its fun is a bit audible though, but at manageable levels.
Source: CNET UK
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Sony Vaio Y Series (AMD E350) Revealed
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