VAIO FE 14.1 Review | PCMag

Caviar ntawm Costco? Tiffany ntawm Target? VAIO yog ib hom phau ntawv uas peb koom nrog ob yam, elegant engineering thiab hwm tus nqi. Tus tshiab VAIO FE series, txawm li cas los xij, muaj cov laptops pheej yig muag ntawm Walmart, qhov twg 14.1-nti FE pib ntawm $ 699 thiab yog $ 799 raws li pom hauv peb cov qauv sim ntawm no. Nws yog qhov tsim nyog txaus nyiam slimline nrog Intel niaj hnub processor, tab sis tag nrho tsis zoo. Cov nyiaj tib yam yuav tau txais koj zoo dua aluminium, es tsis yog yas, tsim los ntawm ntau tus neeg muag khoom.

Tib Logo, Txawv Tus Tsim 

Yog tias koj tseem xav tias VAIO laptops yog tsim los ntawm Sony, koj nyob yim xyoo tom qab lub sijhawm. Qhov kev txav mus rau Walmart sawv cev rau kev nthuav dav kev lag luam rau cov tswv lag luam tam sim no, uas nws $ 699 tus qauv qauv pab pawg Core i5-1235U CPU (ob qho kev ua tau zoo, yim cores Efficient, 12 xov) nrog 8GB ntawm lub cim xeeb, 512GB solid-state drive, thiab Full HD (1,920-by-1,080-pixel) tsis kov npo.

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Peb lub tsev tshuaj xyuas $ 799 muab ob npaug ntawm RAM thiab khaws cia rau 16GB thiab 1TB raws li, thaum sab saum toj ntawm kab - uas Walmart.com tau teev tseg, tsis meej pem, rau ob qho tib si $ 949 thiab $ 799 thaum peb kuaj - hloov lub Core i5 nti nrog Core i7-1255U . IPS zaub thiab Intel Iris Xe cov duab sib xyaw ua ke yog tib yam hauv txhua chav; tsis muaj high-res lossis OLED vaj huam sib luag. 

Ntawm 3.5 phaus, VAIO FE 14.1 yog ib nrab phaus hla cov kab ultraportable. Nws ntsuas 0.78 los ntawm 12.8 los ntawm 8.7 ntiv tes, me ntsis bulkier dua Acer Swift 3 (0.63 los ntawm 12.7 los ntawm 8.4 ntiv tes thiab 2.71 phaus). Muaj nyob rau hauv cov xim dub lossis kub kub nrog rau peb cov qauv nyiaj, VAIO yog ib qho yooj yim rau nqa tab sis nws yooj yim rau flex yog tias koj tuav lub npov kaum lossis nias lub lawj keyboard. Lub chassis tag nrho tuaj yeem siv kev nruj dua.

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Thaum koj qhib lub hau, nws sab nraub qaum folds mus rau prop lub keyboard ntawm me ntsis typing kaum. Screen bezels tsis yog nyias nyias, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau sab saum toj (tsev ntawm lub webcam nrog zawv zawg ceev ntiag tug) thiab hauv qab. Lub koob yees duab tsis muaj Windows Hello lub ntsej muag paub, tab sis muaj tus nyeem ntiv tes nyob rau hauv ib lub ces kaum ntawm lub touchpad. 

Ib qho SD daim npav qhov thiab qhov qub tsev kawm ntawv USB 2.0 chaw nres nkoj nyob ntawm lub laptop sab laug, nrog rau lub suab jack thiab lub qhov (socket) rau AC adapter plug. Peb USB 3.1 chaw nres nkoj, ob hom-A thiab ib hom-C, koom nrog Ethernet jack thiab HDMI video tso tawm ntawm txoj cai. Wi-Fi 6 thiab Bluetooth yog tus qauv nqi rau kev sib txuas wireless.

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Tsis ntau Touchpad sab laug 

Cov keyboard backlit khwv tau cov ntsiab lus kom muaj lub tsev tiag tiag, Xaus, Nplooj Ntawv, thiab Nplooj Down cov yuam sij es tsis txhob ua rau koj ua khub Fn yuam sij nrog tus cursor xub yuam sij, thiab tseem muaj cov xub hauv qhov tseeb inverted T es tsis yog qhov txawv txav, HP -style kab. Cov yuam sij saum toj kawg nkaus tswj qhov ntim thiab lub vijtsam ci tab sis tsis muaj qee qhov shortcuts feem ntau pom muaj nyob ntawd, xws li hom dav hlau thiab lub microphone mute. 

Kev xav ntawm kev ntaus ntawv yog ntiav thiab me ntsis rubbery, tab sis tsis xis nyob. Lub touchpad yuav yog midsize tab sis ob lub khawm loj chrome thiab tus ntiv tes nyeem ntawv txo qhov chaw muaj, yog li nws nyob rau sab me. Lub ncoo glides thiab kais smoothly, tab sis cov nyees khawm loj xav tias flimsy.

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Lub webcam muaj qhov zoo li niaj zaus, marginal 1,280-by-720-pixel daws teeb meem nrog 16: 9 nam piv tab sis lub sharper 1,600 los ntawm 1,200 pixels yog tias koj tsis mloog ib squarer 4: 3 piv. Nws cov duab saib tsis pom thiab ntxuav tawm. Yam tsawg kawg lawv yog qhov tseeb meej, tsis muaj qhov zoo li qub. 

Yog tias koj nias koj lub pob ntseg mus rau tus hais lus grille saum cov keyboard, koj tuaj yeem ua suab nrov nrov; 100% ntim ntawm VAIO FE 14.1 suab zoo li kwv yees li 30% ntawm cov laptops feem ntau, nyuaj rau hnov ​​los ntawm ob peb taw deb. Lub suab nws tus kheej tsis phem - tsis muaj ntses bass thaj tsam, tab sis lub suab tsis yog tinny lossis hnyav, thiab koj tuaj yeem tsim tawm cov kab sib tshooj - tab sis koj yuav xav siv lub mloog pob ntseg. THX Spatial Audio software utility ua rau cov suab nrov tsawg hollow, thiab nws muaj suab paj nruag, yeeb yaj kiab, game, thiab lub suab presets thiab sib npaug. Tab sis nws yeej tsis xa cov suab symphonic lossis ib qho 3D nyhuv.

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Zoo li lub suab, FE's 1080p zaub feem ntau yog kev poob siab. Qhov sib txawv yog qhov tsim nyog, thiab cov keeb kwm dawb tsis yog dingy yog tias koj qaij lub vijtsam rov qab mus rau qhov pom qab zib. Tab sis saib cov ces kaum tsis dav npaum li peb tau siv los ntawm IPS vaj huam sib luag, thiab tag nrho cov nyhuv yog dim, nrog cov xim tsis zoo.

Kuaj VAIO FE 14.1: Tsis muaj dab tsi tshwj xeeb, Ceev-Wise

Rau peb cov qauv ntsuas ntsuas, peb tau sib tw VAIO FE tiv thaiv peb cov peev nyiaj tam sim no lub laptop Editors 'Choice honoree, $ 519 Lenovo IdeaPad 3 14, thiab Asus VivoBook S14. Ob lub 14-nti portables, Acer Swift 3 thiab Dell Inspiron 14 7415 2-in-1 convertible, sawv cev rau tus nqi siab dua ntawm $ 1,000 txhua. Koj tuaj yeem pom lawv cov specs yooj yim hauv cov lus hauv qab no.

Productivity Tests 

Lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb ntawm UL's PCMark 10 simulates ntau yam kev tsim khoom hauv ntiaj teb tiag tiag thiab cov ntsiab lus tsim ua haujlwm los ntsuas kev ua haujlwm tag nrho rau cov haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm xws li kev ua cov lus, kev nthuav dav, kev tshawb nrhiav hauv web, thiab videoconferencing. Peb kuj tseem khiav PCMark 10's Full System Drive test los ntsuas lub sijhawm thauj khoom thiab kev xa tawm ntawm lub laptop cia. 

Peb qhov ntsuas ntsuas tsom rau CPU, siv tag nrho cov cores thiab xov, kom ntsuas lub PC qhov tsim nyog rau cov khoom siv ua haujlwm hnyav. Maxon's Cinebench R23 siv lub tuam txhab Cinema 4D lub cav los ua ib qho chaw nyuaj, thaum Primate Labs 'Geekbench 5.4 Pro simulates nrov. apps xws li los ntawm PDF rendering thiab kev paub hais lus rau kev kawm tshuab. Thaum kawg, peb siv qhov qhib-qhov video transcoder HandBrake 1.4 los hloov 12-feeb video clip los ntawm 4K rau 1080p daws teeb meem (qis dua lub sijhawm zoo dua). 

Peb qhov kev sim ua tiav zaum kawg yog Puget Systems 'PugetBench rau Photoshop, uas siv Creative Cloud version 22 ntawm Adobe's nto moo duab editor los ntsuas lub PC qhov kev ua tau zoo rau cov ntsiab lus tsim thiab kev siv multimedia. Nws yog qhov kev txuas ntxiv uas siv tau uas ua tiav ntau yam dav dav thiab GPU-nrawm Photoshop cov haujlwm xws li qhib, tig, hloov pauv, thiab txuag cov duab rau kev siv lub qhov ncauj qhov ntswg, gradient fills, thiab lim.

Lub VAIO tshem tawm 4,000-point teeb meem uas qhia tau hais tias muaj txiaj ntsig zoo txhua hnub hauv PCMark 10, yog li Lo Lus, Excel, email, thiab tshawb xyuas yuav tsis muaj teeb meem, tab sis nws yog qhov ua tsis tau zoo hauv peb lwm qhov kev sim, ze rau sab nraum qab ntawm CPU ntsuas. Nws tau tswj hwm qhov khoom plig nyiaj hauv peb qhov kev sim Photoshop, tab sis nws lub vijtsam tsis zoo cuam tshuam nws los ntawm kev kho duab loj lossis tsim cov ntsiab lus digital. 

Graphics Tests

Peb sim Windows PCs 'graphic nrog ob DirectX 12 gaming simulations los ntawm UL's 3DMark, Hmo Raid (ntau tus qauv, haum rau lub laptops nrog cov duab sib xyaw) thiab Lub Sijhawm Spy (ntau xav tau, haum rau gaming rigs nrog discrete GPUs). 

Peb kuj tseem khiav ob qhov kev xeem los ntawm tus ntoo khaub lig-platform GPU benchmark GFXBench 5, uas nyuaj rau ob qho tib si theem qis xws li texturing thiab qib siab, game-zoo li cov duab rendering. 1440p Aztec Ruins thiab 1080p Kev Sib Tw Tsheb Sib Tw, ua rau offscreen kom haum rau cov kev daws teeb meem sib txawv, cov duab kos duab thiab suav cov duab ntxoov ntxoo siv OpenGL programming interface thiab hardware tessellation feem. Qhov ntau thav duab ib ob (fps), qhov zoo dua.

Core i7-powered Acer yog tib lub laptop ua kom nws tawm ntawm lub cellar hauv cov kev sim no; kev lag luam phau ntawv sau cov duab sib xyaw ua ke ntau dua lossis tsawg dua lav tsis tuaj yeem ua si xav tau kev ua si lossis muaj kev lom zem ntau dua li solitaire thiab streaming video. Lub VAIO khiav nrog pob, tab sis nws yog ib pob qeeb heev. 

Roj teeb thiab Zaub Tests 

Peb sim lub laptops lub roj teeb lub neej los ntawm kev ua si hauv zos khaws cia 720p video file (qhov qhib-qhov Blender movie Kua muag ntawm hlau(Qhib lub qhov rais tshiab)) nrog zaub brightness ntawm 50% thiab lub ntim ntawm 100%. Peb xyuas kom meej tias lub roj teeb tau them tag nrho ua ntej kev sim, nrog Wi-Fi thiab keyboard backlighting tua. 

Peb kuj tseem siv Datacolor SpyderX Cov Neeg Tseem Ceeb saib ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas thiab nws lub Windows software los ntsuas lub khoos phis tawj lub vijtsam xim xim - pes tsawg feem pua ​​​​ntawm sRGB, Adobe RGB, thiab DCI-P3 xim gamuts lossis palettes cov zaub tuaj yeem pom - thiab nws 50% thiab ncov. brightness nyob rau hauv nits (candelas ib square meter).

Nws tsuas yog qhov zoo txaus rau qhov thib plaub hauv peb txoj kev sib tw tsib txoj kev, tab sis VAIO FE lub 11.5 teev ntawm lub neej tsis muaj teeb meem yog qhov txaus kom tau txais los ntawm ib hnub ua haujlwm lossis tsev kawm ntawv. Nws cov xim zoo nkauj yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws, txawm hais tias tsuas yog Acer ua tau zoo dua, tab sis nws qhov siab tshaj plaws ntsuas qhov ci ntawm 265 nits poob rau hauv kev sib tham-Chromebook thaj chaw - peb tsis zoo siab nrog ib lub laptop uas tsis tuaj yeem khaws 300 nits, thiab tsis yog. txaus siab tiag tiag nrog tsawg dua 400.

Kev Txiav Txim Siab: Ib qho yooj yim Passable Portable 

Peb txhua tus rau kev ywj pheej thiab zoo siab pom ntau txoj kev xaiv rau cov neeg yuav khoom Walmart, tab sis VAIO FE 14.1 koom nrog lub khw muag khoom loj-chav kawm Gateway thiab EVOO lub tsev hom es tsis txhob hem Dell, Lenovo, lossis Acer. Tsis muaj dab tsi hais txog nws yog qhov tsis zoo txaus los cuam tshuam nws los ntawm kev xav txog nyiaj txiag, tab sis nws yog tawm tsam qee qhov kev ua tau zoo dua, kev ua tau zoo dua cov neeg sib tw, nrog rau qee tus qauv sib sib zog nqus, xws li Lenovo IdeaPad 3 14.