Although Sony's Vaio SV-E14A is not a member of ultra-thin notebooks and its installed components are at most on a midrange level, the generated waste heat has to be discharged from the case. Lenovo ASM 42T4752

Sony solves this by using a permanently running fan that does its work quietly. Nevertheless, it is always audible and comes to the fore particularly in quiet surroundings. We achieved a noise level of 40 dB (A) and more during load. Thus, it can get unpleasantly loud when playing co...

The Vaios fall a little behind in terms of performance. In fact, our model seems to have regressed. There was once a time when Intel Pentium referred to high-end processors, but now the line-up consists of low-budget models. The Pentium B960 is the representative of this series and is equipped with an integrated graphics. This processor is installed in our EH3 test model. The rest of the hardware of the notebook is also standard. Lenovo 42T4235

The 15.5 inch display is modest and there are no...