The T graphics are nothing compared to S. The S uses a dedicated video card (ATI Mobility Radeon 9200). The S will leave the TR in the dust for graphics performance, but for mobility—the T wins.
I had a TR…. Now got a T…. In my personal opinion the T has a nicer look and feel out of the two models… after owning the T is feels a little less plasticy and “fat” than the TR… I haven’t mssed the camera one bit either…
I think the T looks better on the inside (that’s what I look at most of the time). I like the CD-ROM popping out on the side. The camera was a show-stopper for me because so many businesses just don’t permit it.
But hey, they’re both really great cmputers. Everything you need in one small package. Great build quality. What more can one want?
[quote author=“wormdrummer”]I had a TR…. Now got a T…. In my personal opinion the T has a nicer look and feel out of the two models… after owning the T is feels a little less plasticy and “fat” than the TR… I haven’t mssed the camera one bit either…
agreed. It’s a great 3rd laptop IMO. If this is going to be your primary laptop I would go for the S for better grafics…Well for a better computer all around…and yes Rahul it has less of a butt…
But, no pun intended the butt has a lot of battery life which is well worth the look…IMO
back on the question. the graphics are the same, because of the CPU speed and the memory, the video performs slightly better on the T, although the same
Excuse the dumb questions…but anyways, does the graphics card effect the quality of watching a dvd? I assume not but i don’t know. I can’t think of anything where I would want the S over the T. I pretty much will only be using it for Word/Excel stuff, browsing, watching DVDs when traveling, keeping other misc info on it…basically I want something portable and small with a good battery for when I’m runnin around. I won’t play any games on it. I may try do some video editing stuff with it like saving mini DVs onto a DVD…I assume the T will be good for that?
Yes and no. It actually depends on your hardware and software. Most DVD programs use pure software plus your CPU to do all the decoding work. In many cases, this provides the best quality picture at the expense of using a lot of CPU cycles. To offset the use of CPU cycles, some DVD programs can offload some of the decoding work onto the video chipset. Some video chipsets support more decoding features in hardware than others. In most cases, these will lower CPU usage and may affect video performance. However, know that the visual differences are probably very minimal. Most CPUs nowadays are so powerful that DVD decoding is peanuts.
Oh, the T will be more than fine for watching DVDs.
The T comes with 333 MHz memory. The graphics core is 250 MHz. But you have to run Sony Notebook setup and click on the Performance tab to use these settings. By default, the T is configured for 256 MHz memory and 200 MHz graphics. I suppose this is to save power.
