VPCEC

Summary

The Sony VAIO VPCEC Series is a notebook made by Sony in 2010.

Meant to be a mid-range replacement to VPCEB series, it had a 17,3" display with 1600x900 resolution (VPCEC1M1E) and a better version with a 1920x1080 display (VPCEC1S1E).

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

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.

At a glance

Processor : Intel Core i3-330M 2,13 GHz 2 cores¹ or i5-430M 2,26 GHz (up to 2,53 GHz with Turbo Boost) 2 cores²

Graphics : ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470¹ or ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5650²

RAM : 4GB SDRAM DDR3 (up to 8GB)

Display : 17.3" 16:9 LED retroilluminated 1600x900 or 1920x1080 (max external display 2048x1536)

Storage : 500 GB HDD SATA

Battery : 3500 mAh (VGP-BPS22)

Weight : 3,3 kg / 116,4 oz / 7,3 pounds

Originally shipped with : Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)

¹: VPCEC1M1E

²: VPCEC1S1E

Daily usage today

It is still usable today for a basic usage.

It is recommended to upgrade the RAM to 8 GB and switch to SSD.

It can run Windows 10 but it won't connect to Bluetooth devices.

Downloads

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

Sources

NotebookCheck and Sony website