If you have been a AMD fan, it’s been a rough ride the last few years. During the Pentium 3 and Pentium 4 era, AMD units ran cooler, faster and were first to the 64bit race. What slowly began as a transformation of hard core gamers building their new rigs with AMD units slowly began to seep into the consumer area as well. Once Intel exclusive, Dell, HP and Sony began to slowly offer AMD as well, not because it ran better but because they were also cheaper; a win win for a company. Fast forward to today and its been 5 years since Sony has used any AMD in its Vaio units and the same can go for the other big manufactures, especially when it came to the laptop arena. Once Intel had introduced its Core Duo and Core 2 Duo, AMD had nothing to offer to counter it and soon Apple came on board with Intel and AMD seemed dead in the water.

In the last year, AMD has been working on a comeback in the laptop sector as many consider desktops a dying beast. With the likes of HP, Dell, Toshiba and Lenovo bringing back AMD processors, AMD was able to woo back in Sony as well with two new models:

The Sony Vaio EE for $650:

• 15.4-inch
• AMD AthlonII X2 Processor 2.1GHz
• 4GB RAM
• 320GB Hard Drive
• Blu-ray Player (You see that, Apple?)
• Built-in wireless LAN (802.11b/g/n)
• 4 high-speed USB 2.0 ports

The Sony Vaio EF for $750:

• 17.3-inch
• AMD Athlon II X2 P320, 2.10GHz
• 4GB RAM
• 500GB Hard Drive
• Blu-ray player
• Built-in wireless LAN (802.11b/g/n)
• 4 high-speed USB 2.0 ports

So there you have it, folks. If you’re looking for a nicely sized laptop with plenty of storage and a Blu-ray drive, these units seem to fit the bill just right.