Comments on: Sony Vaio S series 13.3-inch 2012 refresh Review

By: GizmoFinder

GizmoFinder — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:46:00 +0000

I actually prefer 13″ form factor. I think the majority of people want their laptops to be mobile. Seriously… 15.6″ laptops are way too bulky for my liking.

By: BKK BKK

BKK BKK — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 09:10:00 +0000

I had Sony S 15’5 Inch. In reality, battery life is 1.5 hour and it crashes all the time. For me it crached total four times and it is still in the service(total 11 weeks now) Sony service told me “off the record that these models have a lots of problems..

By: Eva

Eva — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 04:22:00 +0000

After researching a dozen of ultrabooks (HP, Toshiba, Acer, Asus, Lenovo, Samsung, and Sony), I have decided to purchase this primarily because it has an optical drive and it weighs about 3 lbs. My configuration for this machine is as follows: i5-3320M processor, Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit, 8GB, and 256 SSD. It might not be as super-thin as the other ultrabooks but it will be as fast and functional!

By: Sleekniss

Sleekniss — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:15:00 +0000

Please don’t misinform others that is the powerful vaio sa obviously it has a biometric fingerprint scanner and things looks small on the screen because it’s 1600 x 900 pixels. Underselling it.

Ps. You have been using Macintosh for a while longer than you realize.

By: Kristian Bonds-Davis

Kristian Bonds-Davis — Mon, 14 May 2012 04:53:00 +0000

The 13″ models has upgradeable models to 1600×900

By: HP Laptop Parts

HP Laptop Parts — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:56:00 +0000

i think by mistake they wrote
lolzz

By: Haris Radzi

Haris Radzi — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:13:00 +0000

Thats what I’ve done, I’ve increased my DPI to read more clearly. You know what DPI is? Its not useful when you have 1080p resolution along with high DPI. It a waste of space, when I want a 1080 resolution, I’ll want more space but in 13″ case, my 1080 would be useless if most the space are taken by font and icon size. I could fit exactly that much icon with a 1366×768

By: Haris Radzi

Haris Radzi — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:10:00 +0000

I prefer the port at the sides of the laptop, i found it troublesome with my sister ol laptop, just like yours 4:3 but is 15″. USB port at the backside of it made me lazy to plug any USB flash drive

By: David Hollingshead

David Hollingshead — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:23:00 +0000

I have a 14.1″ standard screen (4:3) laptop that is less wide than any 15.6″ widescreen, has a larger resolution than most 15.6″ laptops, and only has two USB ports, stacked on top of each other, on the side; the rest of the ports (including two more USB ports) are in the back, where they belong. Why would I choose a 13.3″ that is smaller or 15.6″ laptop that is wider, has a lower resolution, and has ports all along the side that get in the way of my drink, my paperwork, and my mouse?

I’ll stick with my old outdated laptop that runs all of my development apps just fine that I don’t need to watch movies on and is fine to carry and take on an airplane.

By: First Name

First Name — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:08:00 +0000

Who uses a 13″ laptop? People that prefer them over “desktop replacements”, obviously. There are those of us that actually like traveling with their laptops, and besides sometimes it’s just nice to have a ~2lbs device that can be comfortably used on your lap from the living room couch.

And no, tablets aren’t a suitable replacement for this usage scenario because a) it’s not very comfortable to be looking /at/ your lap for 2-3 hours, and b) none of the high quality ones run useful operating systems yet.

By: First Name

First Name — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:57:00 +0000

666MHz RAM => 1333 million transactions per second (double data rate).

By: First Name

First Name — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:56:00 +0000

If you have trouble with the fonts on your 23″ display, tell Windows to scale up the UI. Start -> (type) “Make text” and select the one named “Make text and other items larger or smaller”.

As for 13.3″ displays, I’m perfectly happy with the 1080p display on my 13.3″ Sony Vaio Z12. But Sony isn’t even OFFERING a larger display on the laptop in this review.

By: Haris Radzi

Haris Radzi — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:53:00 +0000

LOL?! 13″ laptop is good for those that always need it portable, women to be precise. You cant expect them to drag their laptop 15.6″ around. I found myself rarely do that with my 15.6″. Those slot are no problems at all, unlesss you are too picky. Who would use hdmi and vga (projector) at the same time? Please think. Three USB are perfectly on the right side, I’m not a left hand user. Even if you are a left hand user, I highly doubt you use your mouse with your left hand. I’ve got many friends that are left hand user, they’ve never use mouse with their left hand

By: Haris Radzi

Haris Radzi — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:46:00 +0000

I found that my 23'' 1080p led is a little bit hard to read and I need to increase dpi for reading pleasure. What would you expect on 13.3'' if it is 1080.

By: Haris Radzi

Haris Radzi — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:44:00 +0000

Typo. Probably is 1067 MHz or 1600 MHz

By: David Hollingshead

David Hollingshead — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:39:00 +0000

Who uses a 13″ laptop? And why would you want all the ports on the right side, with cables and flash drives getting in the way of your mouse? Have laptop manufacturers gone crazy?

By: First Name

First Name — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:58:00 +0000

1366×768 with no room to upgrade even to 1600×900. Eww. Can we just all agree to stop using anything less than 1080p? Please?

By: soujisama

soujisama — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:26:00 +0000

666MHz RAM? That can’t be right.

By: soujisama

soujisama — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:26:00 +0000

666MHz RAM? That can’t be right.