Sony Vaio Pro 13 Touch

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Advantage:
Lightweight at only 1kg +
+ Processor generation Intel Core i7 Wednesday
+ Full HD Touchscreen
+ Battery life and good performance

Disadvantages:
– Instant battery
– Less connectors
– Integrated Graphics
– RAM up to 8GB

Design and Features

Vaio Pro 13 Touch is only slightly larger than 11.6 inch brother of it. Both are pretty slim, compact, lightweight and basically they are the standard Ultrabook. The chassis is made of carbon fiber materials are not brought feels solid material such as aluminum, but it looks like it could withstand the rigors of the daily commute.

When you open the screen, the screen lid back of the substrate onto the table and lift against the second half of the keyboard up a bit to create a fairly comfortable typing angle. Backlit Keyboard, owns large-sized keys and uniform, so even the little ones can still typing quite fast operation and less error. Shallow keyboard tray should not sink too much keys when typing. Bent down a bit when you’re typing (clearer signs on the Pro 11), but if you type too light you will not realize this.

The touchpad is quite good quality, sensitivity and stability as well as multi-touch support. Its size is quite large, the operation by two or three fingers quite easily. Besides, the touch screen is also quite useful for you if you want to navigate.

LCD touchscreen supporting 10-point glossy touch and use display technology from Sony for Mobile Display Triluminos, similar to what you usually see in high-end Sony LCD TV. Sony also said it owned laptop technology X-Reality for Mobile improves video quality. Although equipped with technology that might be, the screen of the Pro 13 really good when watching movies and photos.

The native resolution of your monitor is 1920×1080 pixels and Pro 13 uses IPS technology, giving it a wide viewing angle, display good viewing angles from the sides, top and bottom. Text display nice and sharp, and of course the 13.3 inch screen size certainly help you work more comfortably than the size of 11.6 inch Touch Pro 11 is quite useful for a screen of this size , it makes it easy to drag windows and files around the screen.

Sony also integrated a number of display options colors: Vivid (Vivid) used to view movies and photos, Natural (Natural) for natural colors and text (Text) to make it easier than in the watching things like e-book.

Above the screen is a 1MP webcam, using Exmor R BSI CMOS sensor from Sony, help better video capture in low-light conditions. However to get the best picture quality you should still spend much light as possible for space. A webcam can also be used for features such as gesture controls to adjust the volume or turn back or forward to web pages in the browser. The reality is more complicated features that bring value, but sometimes it is still useful, for example, you can adjust the volume from a distance of approximately 1 meter.

If you like to watch movies and listen to music without headphones, Pro 13 provides you with a set of speakers is not as expected. Speaker volume slightly smaller but quite reasonable and not deformed, but we can only compliment to that. Maybe you’ll have to use a headset or speakerphone to have exciting experiences.

Naturally thin due to Pro 13 has little space for the connector, you only have two USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI port, SD card slot, and a jack microphone / headphone on the right side. Wireless connectivity options include Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11n WiFi, NFC, and WiDi latest version. In addition, Sony also incorporates a USB port in the side of the Pro 13 charger, provides you a place to charge mobile devices without taking the place of one of the two USB 3.0 ports on the laptop.

Similarly Pro LCD screen of 13, other technologies such as HDMI or standard size and WiDi support NFC are the points that make the difference between the MacBook Air Pro 13, and can help users decide to purchase or not one of these two great laptop. Similarly, the MacBook Air 2013 supports higher speed 802.11ac WiFi, but unless you already own a new 802.11ac router otherwise you still have to use 802.11g or even 802.11n WiFi.

Performance and battery life

Pro 13 Touch that Cnet rating (a sample) owns Intel Haswell processor clocked Core i7-4550U 1.5GHz, 8GB of 1600MHz DDR3 RAM, Intel HD5000 integrated graphics, and a 512GB SSD drive standard PCIe connectivity, preloaded Windows 8 Pro. A configuration that is not offered by Sony (or any other retailer in the US currently). However, Sony is offering a $ 2,300 configuration, similar to the Core i7-4500U Haswell Intel CPU clock speed 1.8GHz, 8GB of RAM, integrated Intel HD4400 graphics, and 512GB SSD drive standard PCIe connection. Large capacity SSD components is increasing prices, edition 512GB SSD owns 720 USD more expensive than the version to own 128GB SSD.

If you do not want to spend too much money for a laptop, you can select the version of Pro 13 is priced $ 1,250 (about 26.2 million) with a Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM, and 128GB SSD. Although still a little expensive but it is certainly more palatable than the $ 2,300 price. Everything else the Pro 13 price remains the standard $ 1,250 includes great display, backlit keyboard and even SSDs also use standard PCI Express connection, it is only slightly limited storage capacity and the RAM and a slower processor.

New processors from Intel, at least the processor power saving that Cnet has evaluated so far, really does not provide outstanding performance. Pro 13 shows quite well in CNET’s tests in the laboratory and tested other retail. It does not have the speed too fast, but the daily tasks it satisfies. Also, boot the machine from sleep mode takes just 3 seconds, a great thing for you if you want to work immediately. Pro 13 also takes just 10 seconds to boot from the off mode to the Start screen of Windows 8. You can view the test results below to see Cnet Pro 13 has nothing to compete with the MacBook Air 2013 . Note, the multitasking test and test iTunes using Apple’s software available.

Integrated graphics on the Pro 13 is quite good for basic photo editing and does not have a problem with cutting adjustments and 1080p video. Pro 13 can handle some demanding game in terms of graphics, but it does not bring the exciting experience, you will have to play the normal game, or reduce the resolution. In addition, the laptop will heat up when users run heavy applications.

Pro 13 can play the video continuously for 8 hours 53 minutes. Although not able to beat the record of 14 hours 25 minutes of the MacBook Air in 2013 in the same test, but Sony also sells an extra battery sole form $ 150 can be attached below the Pro 13 and increased battery life for laptops doubled.

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Sony Vaio Pro 13 Touch
Product Positioning: Ultrabook
Processor: Intel Core i5 4th generation
RAM: 4 GB
Storage Drive: 128 GB SSD
Optical drive: No
Screen: 13.3 inches, a resolution of 1920 x 1080 px
Graphics Card: Intel HD 4400
Sound Card: Intel® High Definition Audio with Clearaudio +
The connection ports: 1 USB3.0 ports, 1 HDMI port, headphone and mic combo port 1, 1 SD memory card slot
Webcam: 1.0 MP HD Web Camera
Battery: Internal Lithium Polymer; VGP-BPS38 4740mAh
Time to use about 6.5 hours
Dimensions: 322 x 215.9 x 17.2 mm
Weight: 1.06 kg
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Pro