VPCEB
Overview
The Sony VAIO VPCEB are a series of low to mid-range notebooks released by Sony between February 2010 and January 2011.
Medium range of the VPCE series, they have a 15,5" display with a 1366x768 or 1920x1080 resolution.
Sony made many variations of this notebook, ranging from Intel Pentium to i5, with different graphic cards. There were also a wide variety of colours released, from white/silver (common on low end VPCEBs) to bright colours like purple, pink and blue. Higher end VPCEBs came equipped with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 or a HD 5650, LED 1080p display as well as a Blu-Ray drive.
Made mostly of plastic, their strengths are the 1st Gen Intel Core i3 or i5 processor, their ATI GPU (only available in certain models), 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 (some rarer variants may have i3-350M, 370M, 380M, or i5-460M, 480M, 520M, or Pentium P6100, P6200)
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 or HD 5650 (some rarer variants may have ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145)
RAM: 2-4GB SDRAM DDR3 (up to 8GB)
Display: 15,5" 16:9 CCFL 1366x768 or LED 1920x1080
Storage: 2.5" SATA
Battery: 3500 mAh (model VGP-BPS22)
Weight: 2.7 kg / 95.2 oz / 5.9 pounds
Original OS: Windows 7 (64 bit)
Daily Usage Today
This device (with the i3 or i5) is still usable for basic tasks like web browsing and text editing today. It can also run non-resource-intensive games or cloud gaming. Models equipped with Radeon graphics can handle low end and retro gaming with ease, especially if equipped with the 5650.
On the other hand, the models with the Intel Pentium may suffer of lags and stuttering, that is why the use of this PC is only recommended for web browsing or text editing, or other very basic tasks.
We recommend upgrading the RAM to 8 GB and to switch the mechanical hard drive to an SSD. If equipped with ATI Radeon graphics, an i7 quad core is able to be installed (i7-720QM is currently extremely cheap on AliExpress), which speeds the VPCEB up drastically however the laptop does run a lot hotter and louder as a result, it doesn't thermal throttle though.
This device will fully work on Windows 11 with proper drivers, but it may experience lags and low stability if equipped with Intel Pentium.
Downloads
Sony VAIO VPCEB Recovery Discs
You can bypass the model checks of these discs by using SVRP.
Follow our guide to download and install the drivers (as Sony removed Windows 7 drivers and older).
Sources
NotebookCheck and Sony