VPCEJ
Summary
The Sony VAIO VPCEJ are a series of mid-high-range notebooks (models with Intel Core) and mid-low-range (models with Intel Pentium) released by Sony between October 2011 and February 2012.
High range of the VPCE series, they have a 17.3" display with a 1600x900 resolution.
Sony made many variations of this notebook, with Intel Pentium, Core i3 or i5, with Intel or NVIDIA graphic cards, and occasionally, Blu-ray drives.
They can be easily recognised thanks to their diamond pattern, shared with the entire E series of late 2011 and early 2012, in the area near the trackpad and in the back of the screen.
These laptops were sold almost globally.
Made mostly of plastic and available in white or black, their strengths are the 2nd Gen Intel Core i3 or i5 processor, their NVIDIA GPU (only available in certain models) and the large lithium-ion battery (optional).
Detailed Specs
Processor : Intel Pentium B940, Core i3 2310M, i3 2350M, i5 2410M, i5 2430M, i5 2450M (rarer)
Graphics : Intel HD Graphics 3000 or NVIDIA GeForce 410M
RAM : 4GB SDRAM DDR3 (up to 8GB, available as optional)
Display : 17.3" 16:9 LED 1600x900
Storage : 2.5" SATA
Battery : 5300 mAh or 7950 mAh (large lithium-ion battery)
Weight : 3.1 kg / 109.3 oz / 6.8 pounds
Original OS : Windows 7 (64 bit)
Daily Usage Today
This device (if equipped with Intel Core i3 or i5) is still usable for basic tasks like web browsing and text editing today. It can also run non-resource-intensive games (models with NVIDIA graphics) or cloud gaming.
On the other hand, the versions with Intel Pentium may suffer of lags, and they're advised only for very basic tasks like text editing or basic web surfing.
We recommend upgrading the RAM to 8 GB (if not already equipped) and to switch the mechanical hard drive to an SSD.
This device will fully work on Windows 11 with proper drivers, but it may have stability and stuttering problems if equipped with Intel Pentium. Thankfully, the NVIDIA model did not feature switchable graphics, so the standard non-Sony NVIDIA drivers will work and run perfectly.
Downloads
Follow our guide to download and install the drivers (as Sony removed Windows 7 drivers and older).
Sources
NotebookCheck and Sony