best Sony laptops

The 15.5-inch display has a native resolution of 1,920x1,080 pixels, which is perfectly suited for Blu-ray and 1080p HD video.

The hard drive speed may be partly to blame; even though it runs at 5,400 rpm, the Z530N took 6 minutes and 9 seconds to move a 4.97GB folder of mixed media files (13.8 MBps) from one area of the hard drive to the other, nearly a full minute slower Lenovo’s X200 (16.5 MBps).

Don't be fooled, I was surprised at how fast and snappy the Pentium dual core processor is in this system.

The slightly heavier weight and size are well worth the extra power and speed over a true netbook.

I got my CB series with the 2.8GHZ I7, 8GB RAM, Blue-ray player, 1080 display, and add a Crucial SSD to the mix and you have pure excellence in every way.

Pros: light, fast, keyboard feels good, big screen, and has a built-in 10 key.

The computer is loaded with a great graphics card, excellent processor, lots of ram, enough HD space (7200 rpm), almost HD screen, good cd/dvd burner, great styling, great/fast wifi, sufficient battery life... all in a compact and durable casing.

An additional sheet battery will increase battery life to about 8 hours.