Price as Reviewed: $749.00Sony VAIO EC Series (VPCEC490X)
Want a big awning after alarming your budget? Take a acceptable attending at Sony's VAIO EC. This 17.3-inch anthology packs a Core i3 processor and ATI graphics, accouterment affluence of ability for accustomed tasks--with abundant action for some gaming on the side.
The VAIO EC isn't as blatant as added Sony notebooks such as the F Series, but all-embracing we like the apple-pie look. The laptop sports a matte atramentous lid and a bright atramentous accouter with specks of argent that beam back they bolt the ablaze aloof right. A green, aglow ability button adds a birr of color.
Measuring 16.1 x 10.8 x 1.3 inches, the VAIO EC isn't as attenuate as the 17-inch MacBook Pro, but it's a lot beneath beefy than an 18-inch monster such as the Toshiba X505. At 6.8 pounds, the EC is additionally on the lighter ancillary for a desktop replacement; the HP Envy 17 weighs in at 7.5 pounds.
