Sony VAIO E15 (SVE15116FXS)

The Sony VAIO E15 (SVE15116FXS) fits that bill nicely, sitting right at the intersection of affordability and usability. This entry-level desktop replacement laptop already had a ledger full of great features—like a selection of premium media editing programs and an advanced webcam sensor—but a new third-generation Intel Core i5 processor puts it over the top with category-leading performance.

The new VAIO line updates with a wraparound design, where the grey plastic surface of the chassis appears to be folded back upon itself to form the bottom and palm rest of the chassis. It's more cosmetic than structural, but it does make for a slick-looking design. The lid is covered in bare brushed aluminum, with a polished chrome VAIO badge in the center.

The VAIO E15 features a 15.5-inch display, with boilerplate 1,366-by-768 resolution. The widescreen display is brightly lit, and provides enough real-estate for tiling two windows side-by-side for effective multitasking.

The VAIO E15 really shines among other entry-level laptops, thanks to its Intel Core i5-3210M processor, a 2.5GHz dual-core processor that's one of the first third-generation Intel CPUs (also called Ivy Bridge) we've seen coming to market. Paired with 8GB of RAM, the new processor helped the VAIO E15 to reset the performance bar across nearly all of our tests.






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