Sony Vaio F (Complete Review) – Part 3

Sony does, however, pack a decent amount of extra software into the system, and unlike previous years where Sony was well-known as a bloatware king, there are a few apps on here that are real gems. They are easiest to find through the Vaio Gate shortcut bar that floats along the top edge of the screen, and from there, you can access system tools and extras, such as Remote Play for connecting to a PlayStation 3, and a bundle containing Sony’s Vegas video-editing program, plus Sound Forge and Acid, both excellent audio apps for recording, editing, and multitracking. I used Acid for many years to arrange drum loops and samples because of its excellent time-stretching capabilities.

The 16.4-inch display has a 1,920×1,080-pixel native resolution, which is what we’d expect in a high-end laptop of this size. By way of comparison, most 15-inch laptops have a lower 1,366×768-pixel display, and even high-end ones tend to top out at 1,600×900. The advantage of having a 1080p laptop screen is that HD video, such as from a Blu-ray disc, can be displayed at its native resolution. As one would rightly expect from a Vaio laptop, the display is clear and bright, with decent off-axis viewing. While it’s not technically a matte screen, this is one of the least glare-prone ones I’ve seen on a multimedia laptop in a long time.

There are a handful of surprises to be found in the ports and connections. This is one of the first laptops I’ve seen where the USB 3.0 ports outnumber the USB 2.0 ports (two to one, in this case). Of course, USB 3.0 peripherals are still not as common as they should be. Secondly, it’s been a while since a laptop landed here with a FireWire port. Sony also calls this technology i.LINK, but it’s really only used by a handful of cameras and older peripherals. But if you’ve been looking for a FireWire-enabled laptop, you’ve found one.

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