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Vaio discount. With a price tag of under 500 Euros, Sony's 11.6 inch subnotebook is entering an aggressively priced market segment. Music, mobile surfing, and high definition movies: AMD Fusion is supposed to satisfy precisely these requirements, and at the same time achieve very good battery run times.Asus 90-NED1B2100Y

Sony Vaio VPC-YB1S1E/S: The perfect consumer mini subnotebook? Is AMD Fusion instead of Intel Core the better choice?With the Intel based sister model Vaio VPC-YA1V9E/B Sony announced the beginning of its 11.6 inch subnotebook era in February of 2011. Asus 90-NWF1B2000Y A32-M50

The easy to handle device with its weak low voltage Core i3 was well put together, but only delivered usable battery run times of four hours (WLAN test). We didn't get especially excited about it though with a price of 675 Euros. For the weak Core i3-380UM (2x 1.33 GHz) CPU with integrated graphics unit this was a bit too much to ask.Asus A32-N61

Asus A32-X64 A33-M50 Sony is surely aware of this, and has provided a more affordable alternative with the AMD sister model Vaio VPC-YB1S1E/S at hand. The mini is listed in shops from a mere 475 Euros. The configuration with AMD E-350 and Radeon HD 6310 is possibly exactly the same thing that Acer, Lenovo, and Toshiba are bringing to the market in their cheaper 15.6 inch Aspire 5253, IdeaPad G575, and Satellite C655D, respectively. Our Vaio offers this in an 11.6 inch format, similarly to the HP with its Pavilion dm1.Asus L062066

We already had to witness the weak performance of the E-350 APU in the Acer Aspire 5253 and the HP dm1. What has remained however is the competent HD decoder, and the potentially long battery life of the AMD Fusion notebooks and subnotebooks. Whether this pays off with the small form factor of the Vaio YB can be discovered in this review.Asus L072051 L0790C6

Asus 70-NLF1B2000Y Detail (Power-On)The 11.6 inch Vaio comes clad in a slim chassis that becomes thicker towards the back. Optically the Vaio relation can easily be recognized by several features, such as the cylinder look with a raised palm resting area, along with many other smaller details. With the exception of the silver color the case of the YA- and the at hand YB-series is identical. Also the base plate with the large opening for the RAM and HDD hasn't changed in any way.Asus 70-NLF1B2000Z

The small case is very firm. Using two hands we were only able to bend it marginally. The haptically patterned plastic palm resting area is as firm as can be. The same is the case for the base plate, pressure doesn't cause significant denting anywhere. The battery doesn't overhang, although it does wobble by about one millimeter in its compartment. This won't lead to any problems thanks to the rolling mechanism.Asus 70NLF1B2000Y 70NLF1B2000Z

High gloss surfaces are going out of fashion. Due to this our Vaio YB is in line with the recent trend, and has foregone glossy surfaces. The matte surface of the lid repels finger prints. Together with the same surfaces on the working areas, and the structured palm resting area, the YA almost instills a sober business look.Asus 90-NLF1B2000Y

The surface of the lid could only be dented in the middle with strong pressure. Bending attempts were also restricted to a minimum. The hinges only allow a small opening angle of about 135 degrees. The hinges don't have a hard end stop at their limit, since they don't sit completely rigid in the chassis. For this reason the lid will also wobble when driving on a bumpy road.Samsung Q10 battery

Samsung Q20 battery Front: Memory Stick (Duo/Pro-HG Duo) slot & SD-Card slotThe Vaio VPC-YB1S1E/S is just as sparsely equipped as the other 11.6 inch version. Worth mentioning would be the Aspire 1830T or the Lenovo U160. As standard for this form factor are two USB 2.0 ports (3), one HDMI, and one VGA. Especially HDMI should be useful in many scenarios when HD movies are played with the Vaio via AMD Fusion, for viewing on a large television or an external TFT in full HD (inc. movie audio).Samsung Q25 battery

The location of the interfaces makes sense considering their application: VGA directly next to HDMI on the left side. These thick cables can easily be guided towards the back without disturbing a possible mouse. Samsung P30 battery

USB and audio ports in contrast are located on the sides towards the front, in this case a possible mouse could be obstructed. Worst case scenario a USB docking port could help in this respect, although there is no native docking port for the YA- or YB-series compared to the business devices in the S- or the Z-series.Samsung P35 battery

Large amounts of data can quickly be transferred around the home network with the Atheros Atheros AR8131 PCI-E Gigabit adapter (cable: RJ45). The Draft-N module Atheros AR9285 provides for a fast wireless connection with the router. The wireless module also provides Bluetooth 2.1+EDR. Partners for Chat still have to make due with a maximum resolution of 640 x 480 pixels from the 0.3 MP webcam.Samsung P40 battery

The Assist button right above the keyboard launches Vaio Care. Via the Admin-Tool users can update or burn recovery media. The new owners of the YB should also do this, since there are no recovery media included.Samsung NP-Q70 battery

The manufacturers warranty has a period of 24 months. This consists of a 1 year basic warranty, plus a 1 year additional warranty. Depending on the purchase location registration might be necessary.Samsung NP-Q35 battery

The keys have a big distance between each other. Compared to notebooks, or even desktop keyboards, they do however have a very small surface. Big hands will therefore have to practice for a while in order to achieve smooth typing. A bit of upset is caused by the tiny right shift key. This had to be scaled down in favor of the arrow keys, which is why we constantly missed it, and landed on the up arrow instead.Samsung NV5000 battery

All the keys are firmly supported - this has improved since the YA sister model. The pressure point can be described as clear, and the short key travel makes typing a bit short-winded. The end stop is firm but not hard.Samsung X10 battery

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The keyboard basically made a good impression. Packard Bell has finally departed from the spongy keys of its prior models (e.g. see EasyNote LX86) and now relies on the popular chiclet design with detached keys. Samsung NP-N310-KA04UK battery

Both pressure point and stroke are good and the layout is also pleasant. The keys aren't exactly generously sized with a dimension of 15x15 mm, but working is well possible due to the large gap anyway. In any case, we quickly got used to it.Samsung NP-N310-KA04US battery

We merely have to clearly reproach the small “°/^” key and the extremely tiny arrow keys. They could be noticed adversely especially in race games. Many will likely be annoyed by the fairly loud and clattery key noise. Samsung NP-N310-KA05 battery

They will definitely attract the attention of fellow men particularly in quiet surroundings. Incidentally, unlike most notebooks, the special functions (e.g. display brightness, etc.) aren't opened via the FN key, but via the normal F keys. This property can easily be altered in the BIOS.Samsung NP-N310-KA05UK battery

The 85x45 mm sized and slightly submerged touchpad lags a bit in comparison. Especially the dedicated vertical scroll bar can be mentioned on the pro side. It's been noticeably marked and always worked reliably in our test. The touchpad can collect additional plus points with its support for multi-finger inputting and various gestures (for example, scrolling & zooming).Samsung NP-N310-KA05US battery

Samsung NP-N310-KA06ES battery On the other hand, the mediocre gliding traits are on the con side. Packard Bell uses the same material and same surface that the wrist-rest is made of. Beyond that, both mouse keys prove to be fairly unclear. We would have liked to see a clearer trigger behavior. The touchpad shows itself as adequate in terms of accuracy. In order to not accidentally activate the touchpad, you should definitely make use of the optional deactivation during gaming.Samsung NP-N310-KA06US battery

The EasyNote LS11 is equipped with a 17.3 inch glare display. It's not much of a surprise that Packard Bell has opted for a cinematic friendly 16:9 aspect ratio. Albeit many 17 inchers can serve with a FullHD resolution (1920x1080) in the meantime, we believe the HD+ resolution (1600x900) has been chosen cleverly. Samsung NP-N310-KA07US battery

For one thing, there is still enough room available for effectively working with two simultaneously opened windows. For another, the graphics card (Radeon HD 6650M) can still cope with the requirements demanded by games fairly well.Samsung NP-N310-KAO1FR battery

If you expect a high picture quality, you'll be extremely disappointed by the EasyNote LS11. Dark contents massively drift off into gray due to the high black value (1.2 cd/m2). The user doesn't come in delight of a saturated black. The contrast of 200:1 is equally below average, whereas the glossy display surface knows how to hide this weakness. The color intensity is quite acceptable.Samsung NP-NC310 battery

Nevertheless, the EasyNote LS11 is hardly suitable for professional users. The sRGB color spectrum isn't completely covered, not to speak of the Adobe sRGB color space. A positive aspect of the display is its good brightness. 237 cd/m2 excels most competitors of this price range. The illumination is also impressive: 92% stand for an even picture.Fujitsu Stylistic ST4000P Battery

Packard Bell EasyNote LS11 vs. MacBook Pro 17 (grid)The EasyNote LS11 hasn't really been made for outdoor use. Despite its fairly high brightness, the notebook doesn't provide much fun outdoors. The reason for this is the high-gloss display surface that leads to disagreeable reflections in direct light and sunlight. They can even turn up indoors in certain conditions.Fujitsu Stylistic ST4110 Battery

Fujitsu Stylistic ST4110P Battery Ultimately, the viewing angle stability complies with the standard. The picture first starts to falsify in larger angles horizontally. In return, color and illumination deviations turn up sooner vertically. In summary, the display quality is on an average level. In view of the moderate price and the given performance, the manufacturer naturally has to make cutbacks in the one or other area. However, saving just on the display is suboptimal in a multimedia notebook.Fujitsu Stylistic ST4120 Battery

After Intel had fixed the reason for its faulty Sandy Bridge chipsets (we reported), there's nothing standing in the way of a mass launch of the new processor generation. Packard Bell uses the Core i5-2410M in its LS11-HR-050GE. It is a dual core CPU with a clock rate of 2.30 GHz. The clock rate is automatically increased up to 2.90 GHz by the Turbo Boost function, provided that the temperature conditions allow it and only one core is loaded.Fujitsu Stylistic ST4120P Battery

Beyond that, certain application benefit from the Hyper Threading technology. It simulates two virtual cores. With the two physical cores, the Core i5-2410M can thus process up to four threads at the same time. The dual core CPU is located in the upper midrange in terms of performance. 624 million transistors and a three MB L3 cache underline this claim.Fujitsu Stylistic ST4121 Battery

Theoretically, the Core i5-2410M also has an incorporated DirectX 10 capable graphics chip, called HD Graphics 3000. Since Packard Bell has forgone on manual graphic units switching, merely the dedicated graphics card is enabled practically. The Core i5-2410M is manufactured in a cutting edge 32nm process. It only has a power consumption of up to 35 watts.Fujitsu Stylistic ST4121P Battery

Intel's latest Sandy Bridge processors not only excel AMD competition, but its previous models as well. The Core Core i5-450M (Packard Bell EasyNote LX86), a dual core from the first Core i-generation, doesn't stand a chance, for example. Fujitsu Stylistic ST5010 Battery

The Core i5-2410M can surpass the Core i5-450M by a remarkable 27% in Cinebench R10 (64bit) with 4640 to 3662 points. This advantage lessens a bit in the Multi Core rendering (64bit): 9625 to 8081 points is still a plus of 19%.Fujitsu Stylistic ST5010D Battery

The good results are continued in Cinebench R11.5 (64bit), where the Core i5-2410M again takes the lead by 19% (2.58 to 2.16 points). All in all, the CPU performance is more than sufficient for a multimedia notebook. The Core i5-2410M is a perfect match for the Radeon HD 6650M.Fujitsu Stylistic ST5011 Battery

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15.6 inch: 1366 x 768 pixelsThe matt 15.6 inch display has a relatively low native resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels and a 16:9 format. A look at the portfolio of the Chinese manufacturer reveals that the ThinkPad Edge E520 lies at the same level as the budget L520 laptop. Toshiba PABAS213 Battery

The ThinkPad T520 offers a higher resolution and more performance, but it is far more expensive and lies in a completely different category. A simpler alternative is the use of the VGA or HDMI interface which can both provide really good output up to the tested 1920 x 1080 pixels (1080p, Full HD) resolution.Toshiba PABAS227 PABAS228 Battery

The measured values we received from our Gossen Mavo Monitor tool reveal that the display (Type AUO23EC) has a maximum brightness of 196.4 cd/m2. This brightness level is lower than that of the previously tested ThinkPad Edge E420s and ThinkPad Edge 15. The display has a good illumination of 88% which is thanks to the very slight brightness fluctuations.Toshiba PABAS117 Battery

Additional measurements confirmed our suspicion: the E520 uses a cheap TN panel to keep costs low. The measured black value is quite high, which means that the screen can not properly display black areas. Due to the high black value, the contrast is also very poor. High values would have been desirable especially for users who want to use the laptop outdoors or for the playback of films.Toshiba PABAS178 Battery

ThinkPad E520 vs. sRGBDespite the fact that it is cheap, the screen can display a lot of the color space. The sRGB color space (transparent) is the foundation of many applications, and the screen covers most of it. Toshiba PA3535U-1BRS Battery

The devices mentioned above perform slightly worse in this area. All-in-all, the test model is barely suitable for professional picture editing. Another important factor is the outdoors use: thanks to the matt surface, the E520 can move freely outdoors. However, due to the low brightness and poor contrast, the user will have problems reading the screen sitting directly in the sunlight.Toshiba PA3816U-1BRS Battery

The viewing angle stability of the screen is the same as that of a cheap TN panel. Horizontally, the viewing angle remains stable till about 140 degrees and the only noticeable change is the drop in brightness. However, vertically, in addition to the drop in brightness, the user will notice a rapid inverting/fading of the displayed picture.Toshiba PA3817U-1BRS Battery

Toshiba PA3818U-1BRS Battery Intel Core i5-2410M Turbo Boost: 2.9 GHzWho says that office notebooks have to be slow and can only be used as mobile typewriters? Lenovo offers a variety of configurations for our test model. We picked the Intel Core i5-2410M (dual-core) as our CPU, as it is currently the fastest processor available for the E520. The CPU has a 3 MB L3 cache and runs at 2.3 to 2.9 GHz (thanks to Intel Turbo Boost). Overall, this processor is a popular choice for laptops under 1000 Euros. Toshiba PA3819U-1BRS Battery

The E520 has two graphic chips: the Intel GMA HD 3000 (integrated in the CPU) and the dedicated AMD Radeon HD 6630M GPU, which has a core speed of 485 MHz and 1 GB VRAM. Toshiba PABAS227 Battery

Thanks to AMD's PowerXpress 4.0 alias "BACON" the laptop can automatically switch between graphic chips. The software still has a few kinks: some programs are not recognized which means that the user has to manually pick the desired graphic card. The hardware of the notebook is rounded off with 4 GB RAM (max. 8 GB on two slots) and a 500 GB hard disk.Toshiba PABAS228 Battery

Intel's Core i5-2410M processor had to prove its worth many times in our reviews and once again it manages to deliver a good upper middle-class performance. A score of 9390 points in Multi-Thread Rendering from CineBench R10 (64 bit) places the device at the level of many similar configurations (such as, the Toshiba Tecra R850). Toshiba PABAS229 Battery

However, even older notebooks with an Intel Core i5-580M or a Core i7-620M can score in that region. Overall, the processor delivers good performance, even in comparison to older generations. The previously mentioned Arrandale CPUs offer a similar performance, but around a year ago they could only be found in high-priced notebooks.Toshiba PABAS230 Battery

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The AMD Radeon HD 6630M is a middle-class graphic card for Office and Multimedia notebooks. The graphic card is not aimed at gamers, as is shown by the result of the latest 3DMark 11 benchmark (DirectX 11 support): 968 points. Toshiba PA3820U-1BRS Battery

This score places the card in the lower mid-regions of our list of mobile graphic cards. Alternatives of this card include Nvidia's GeForce GT 525M and the GT 540M middle-class GPU. All-in-all, the 6630M is a good graphic card intended for those users who rarely play games on their laptops.Toshiba PA3821U-1BRS Battery

Toshiba PA3727U-1BRS Battery The PCMark benchmarks from Futuremark test all of the hardware and gives a total score. The ThinkPad Edge E520 scored 5633 points in PCMark Vantage which places the system in the middle region of our database. Laptops which delivered a similar result include the Samsung QX310 subnotebook and the Medion Akoya P6631 with the same CPU and the Nvidia GT 540M GPU. Note: a SSD could boost the score much higher.Toshiba PA3729U-1BAS Battery

BenchmarkThe storage device of our test model is a 2.5 inch Hitachi hard disk (500 GB). The Travelstar 5K500 (alias HTS545050B9A300) belongs to the mainstream products of the manufacturer and can not be classified as fast as its maximum read rate is 75 MB/s. Toshiba PA3729U-1BRS Battery

The performance of the device is further reduced by the SATA II interface despite SATA III support and an operating speed of 5400 rpm. The hard disk can be easily swapped out with a faster SSD. Possible candidates would be Intel SSD Series 510 or the OCZ Agility 3, to be exact, the Vertex 3.Toshiba PA3730U-1BAS Battery

A short look at the pure gaming performance shows that the AMD Radeon HD 6630M is intended for occasional gamers. Older and less demanding games like World of Warcraft or FIFA 11 run on the laptop without a problem even in high resolutions. Toshiba PA3730U-1BRS Battery

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