VPCEC: Difference between revisions

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Image of a white VPCEC

Summary

The Sony VAIO VPCEC Series are a range of mid-range notebooks released by Sony in 2010.

It is the successsor of the VPCEB series. It had a 17,3" display with a 1600x900 or 1920x1080 resolution.

They were made mostly of plastic and were available in white or black.

Their strengths were the 1st Gen Intel Core i3 or i5 processor, their ATI GPU, their multi-touch touchpad, and built-in Dolby Home Theater v3 audio.

Detailed Specs

Processor : Intel Core i3-330M 2.13 GHz 2C/4T or i5-430M 2.53GHz 2C/4T

Graphics : ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 or HD 5650

RAM : 4GB SDRAM DDR3 (up to 8GB)

Display : 17.3" 16:9 LED 1600x900 or 1920x1080

Storage : 2.5" SATA

Battery : 3500 mAh (model VGP-BPS22)

Weight : 3.3 kg / 116.4 oz / 7.3 pounds

Original OS : Windows 7 (64 bit)

Daily usage today

This device is still usable for basic tasks like web browsing and text editing today. It can also run non-ressource-intensive games.

We recommended upgrading the RAM to 8 GB and to switch the mechanical hard drive to an SSD.

This device will fully work on Windows 11 with proper drivers.

Downloads

Follow our guide to download and install the drivers (as Sony removed Windows 7 drivers and older).

Sources

NotebookCheck and Sony

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 [[File:VPCEC1M1E image.jpg|thumb|Image of a white VPCEC]]
 ==Summary==
+The Sony VAIO VPCEC Series are a range of mid-range notebooks released by Sony in 2010.
+It is the successsor of the [[EDIT THIS|VPCEB]] series. It had a 17,3" display with a 1600x900 or 1920x1080 resolution.
-The Sony VAIO VPCEC Series are notebooks made by Sony in 2010.
+They were made mostly of plastic and were available in white or black.
-Meant to be a mid-range replacement to the [[EDIT THIS|VPCEB]] series, it had a 17,3" display with 1600x900 resolution and a better version with a 1920x1080 display.
+Their strengths were the 1st Gen Intel Core i3 or i5 processor, their ATI GPU, their multi-touch touchpad, and built-in Dolby Home Theater v3 audio.
-They were made of plastic and available in white or black.
+==Detailed Specs==
-Their strengths were the 1st-gen Intel Core i3 or i5, their ATI (now AMD) GPU, their multi-touch touchpad and the built-in Dolby Home Theater v3 audio.
+'''Processor''' : Intel Core i3-330M 2.13 GHz 2C/4T or i5-430M 2.53GHz 2C/4T
-==Detailed Specs==
-'''Processor''' : Intel Core i3-330M 2,13 GHz 2 cores or i5-430M 2,26 GHz (up to 2,53 GHz with Turbo Boost) 2 cores
 '''Graphics''' : ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 or HD 5650
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 '''RAM''' : 4GB SDRAM DDR3 (up to 8GB)
-'''Display''' : 17.3" 16:9 LED retroilluminated 1600x900 or 1920x1080 (max external display resolution 2048x1536)
+'''Display''' : 17.3" 16:9 LED 1600x900 or 1920x1080
-'''Storage''' : 500 GB HDD SATA
+'''Storage''' : 2.5" SATA
 '''Battery''' : 3500 mAh (model VGP-BPS22)
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 '''Weight''' : 3.3 kg / 116.4 oz / 7.3 pounds
-'''Originally shipped with''' : Windows 7 (64 bit)
+'''Original OS''' : Windows 7 (64 bit)
 ==Daily usage today==
-It is still usable today for a basic usage.
+This device is still usable for basic tasks like web browsing and text editing today. It can also run non-ressource-intensive games.
-It is recommended to upgrade the RAM to 8 GB and switch to an SSD.
+We recommended upgrading the RAM to 8 GB and to switch the mechanical hard drive to an SSD.
-It can run Windows 10 but it won't connect to Bluetooth devices.
+This device will fully work on Windows 11 with proper drivers.
 ==Downloads==
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 ==Sources==
-[https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sony-Vaio-VPC-EC1M1E.29774.0.html NotebookCheck] and [https://sony.com Sony website]
+[https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sony-Vaio-VPC-EC1M1E.29774.0.html NotebookCheck] and [https://sony.com Sony]