Sony Vaio VGN NR Series Review – Widescreen & Portable Laptops From Sony

The Sony Vaio NR Series is a midrange laptop with a reasonable price and performance specs. The main highlight of the NR Series is having a widescreen display and still keeping the size very sleek and portable. The NR range comes in different variants VGN-NR32Z/T, VGN-NR32Z/S, VGN-NR32S/S, VGN-NR32M/S and the VGN-NR31J/S with varied processor speed specifications from the 1.46GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor T2310 to the 1.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5450.

Sony Vaio VGN NR Series

Vaio NR’s Design

The exterior body finish looks like a solid steel casing but is actually made with plastic with detailed lining and texture all over which makes it look a Sci-Fi machine. The top lid embodies a 15.4-inch screen WXGA (1280 x 800) with XBRITE-ECO and has a nice glossy finish.

Sony Vaio VGN NR Series

Vaio NR’s Connectivity Multimedia Specs

The Vaio NR features Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 for graphic acceleration. It has all the necessary connectivity features such as WIFI, Lan, Card readers, USB slots and even a Firewirre port. From the specs of this machine we can clearly predict that Sony has tried to deliver a budget package with all commonly needed essential features.

It also has a set of very impressive stereo speakers under the screen and sound really clear and crisp when compared to ordinary laptop speakers.

Sony Vaio VGN NR Series

Vaio NR’s Full Specfifications

Processor: 1.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5250
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium
Dimensions: 14.2 x 10.6 x 1.5 inches
Screen: 15.4-inch screen WXGA with XBRITE-ECO
Hard Drive: 160 GB hard drive
Memory: 1GB RAM which can be extended up to 4GB
Optical Drive: DVD+-R Double layer / DVD+-RW Drive
Ports and Slots: Four USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 400 port, ExpressCard 34 port, VGA port, MemoryStick Pro reader, SD card reader
Wireless: Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g)
Graphics: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with up to 251MB of shared RAM
Weight: 6.2 pound