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| Sony Vaio VPC-YB35KX/B | Avg watts/hour |
| Off (60%) | 0.39 |
| Sleep (10%) | 0.71 |
| Idle (25%) | 10.84 |
| Load (05%) | 22.66 |
| Raw kWh number | 36.34 |
| Annual power consumption cost | $4.12 |
The included removable battery lasted 4 hours and 52 minutes while the YB35KX/B played back a continuous video loop. That's better than the 4 hours and 23 minutes we got out of February's Vaio YB15KX/S, and it's also better than the 11-inch Apple MacBook Air's time, but the HP Pavilion dm1-4010us bests them all, at 5 hours and 18 minutes. Nearly 5 hours of battery life is still very good for an ultraportable, and should last most users the better part of a day with some battery-setting and screen-brightness adjustments.
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The Sony Vaio VPC YB35KX/B comes with a one-year standard warranty from Sony. Sony no longer sells the Vaio Y series on its own Web site, but it's still available from a variety of retailers, who offer their own extended warranty options. Sony's site offers a 24-7 toll-free phone line, Web chat, and driver downloads.
It's a shame Sony doesn't offer the Vaio Y series on its site anymore, because it's the most affordable ultraportable line in Sony's stable of laptops. The YB35KX/B is a solid but modest improvement on the YB series 11-inchers from earlier in the year; the added savings make this a very good, if not ultrasexy, ultraportable.
System configurations:
Sony Vaio VPC-YB35KX/B
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) w/ SP1; 1.65GHz AMD Fusion E-450 Dual-Core APU; 4GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,333MHz; 384MB (Dedicated) ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6320; 500GB Western Hitachi 5,400rpm
Apple MacBook Air 11.6-inch - Summer 2011
OS X 10.7 Lion; 1.6GHz Intel Core i5-2467M; 2GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,333MHz; 256MB (Shared) Intel HD 3000; 64GB Apple SSD
HP Pavilion dm1-4010us
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) w/ SP1; 1.65GHz AMD Fusion E-450 Dual-Core APU; 4GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,333MHz; 384MB (Dedicated) ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6320; 320GB Hitachi 7,200rpm
Samsung Series NP300U1A
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) w/ SP1; 1.3GHz Intel Core i3-2357M; 4GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,333MHz; 64MB (Dedicated) Intel HD 3000; 320GB Hitachi 5,400rpm
Lenovo IdeaPad S205
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit); 1.6GHz AMD Fusion E-350 Dual-Core APU; 4GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,333MHz; 384MB (Dedicated) ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6310; 500GB Western Digital 5,400rpm
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