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Sony Vaio Y Series

Sony Vaio Y Series
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alaScore 81

13 reviews

Jan, 2025

alaTest has collected and analyzed 13 reviews of Sony Vaio Y Series. The average rating for this product is 3.8/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Opinions about the keyboard and energy efficiency are overall positive. The size and portability also get good comments. There are some critical reviews about the touchpad and battery.

performance, portability, size, energy, keyboard

durability, price, battery, touchpad

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Sony Vaio Y Series is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 81/100 = Very good quality.

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Expert review by : Matt Smith (pcper.com)

Sony Vaio Y Series Review: Proving Fusion's Potential

 

Tech journalists are finicky beasts. A few years ago we were washing netbooks in praise, declaring that they promised a new era of accessibility and portability for the PC. But now the tables have turned – tablets have usurped the throne of “cool new...

Apr, 2011
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Expert review by : Elias Plastiras (goodgearguide.com.au)

Sony VAIO Y Series (VPCYA15FGB) notebook

 

The small and light Sony VAIO Y Series (VPCYA15FGB) is a desirable ultraportable notebook for anyone who travels a lot -- it's only about an inch and a half bigger than a typical netbook.

Light, well built, decent battery life, Core i3 CPU, tiny power adapter ;

Power LED is too bright, wireless toggle is too loose, touchpad a little too sensitive, some undersized keys, only 2GB RAM ;

We're not huge fans of the notebook's touchpad: it's a tad small, it feels a little too smooth and too sensitive, and it only supports one-finger scrolling rather than two-finger scrolling. When picking up the notebook, you have to be careful that you...

Jan, 2011
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Expert review by (channelpro.co.uk)

Sony VAIO Y Series review

 

A gorgeous, light and long-lasting ultraportable, but it's far pricier than the competition.

So the processor means as much (or more) power, with supposedly lower power consumption, but don't expect a portable revolution. We clocked the VAIO lasting for 9hrs 25mins during our light-usage test, while pushing it flat-out reduced that to 3hrs...

Jun, 2010
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Consumer review (tigerdirect.com)

Great Value for a notebook

 

I bought one a month and a half ago and it has performed very well. It is my on the go computer and I love the size and weight portability, the screen and the battery life has lived up to the 6+hour life. Knowing this was not a full fledged lap top, I...

Aug, 2011
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Consumer review (tigerdirect.com)

Totally Unreliable

 

I purchased this laptop because of the form factor performance offered. After 3 days, the hard drive failed. I returned it to the store and they replaced the computer. After 60 days the 2nd hard drive failed. The retailer sent me to the manufacturer to...

Jul, 2011
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Consumer review (tigerdirect.com)

Not a Netbook, No backlit keyboard

 

This notebook has the perfect power to size ratio. Its just big enough and provides more than enough power. After receiving this notebook, the hard drive was replaced with a solid-state drive & Kubuntu is now installed on it. I cannot say how it...

Mar, 2011
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Consumer review (tigerdirect.com)

Better then basic Netbook

 

This is a nice Netbook with better then typical Netbook graphics. The new AMD Fusion system is much more responsive then any Atom CPU based Netbook I have used. But its still not as speedy as a typical Ultralight Notebook with a i3 or even a Core 2...

Mar, 2011
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great little laptop

 

This is a solid little machine.

This thing is great. I got it for myself as a travel laptop and it pretty much became my main workstation. Very light and comfortable. I like the keyboard, keys have good spacing between them, although a tiny bit smaller than some other notebooks this...

The keyboard is NOT backlit and keys are small, so if you have big fingers you might be having problems. Fan is a little louder than my other laptop, although not bad at all, definitely not as annoying as some other laptops

Feb, 2011
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Price

 

I don't know the price per 1000 chips but I bet is not as much as intel charges for the i3.

For people who don't wan to put up with the "its good enough atom

Price why are they trying to put a i3 price on these fusion chips

Feb, 2011
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

But Oh it's so pretty....

 

Reviews are coming in and it doesn't look good for SONY:slow hard drive (5400rmp), weak battery (5-6 hrs, 2hrs less than competition like HP), weak speaker, 32 bit win7 instead of 64bit, pricey

pretty looking, lighted keyboard

slow hard drive (5400rmp), weak battery (5-6 hrs, 2hrs less than competition like HP), weak speaker, 32 bit win7 instead of 64bit

Feb, 2011
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