NEW – Sony Vaio T Series Touch – A Touch Ultrabook Desk

The Ultrabook systems are seen as small and lightweight, but the name is a brand of Intel notebook that accepts that meet exacting specifications, with a diagonal of the display is not necessarily less than 15 inches. A measure which, for better or worse, still stands by ultra-portable notebooks.

Sony offers the Sony Vaio T Series SVT15114CXS with some features: it is an Ultrabook, although the diagonal of the display measures 15.5 inches and has a touch display 10 touch points, to facilitate the use of Windows 8, has a portion of memory SSD to speed up operations on and off and speed up application loading, and door equipped with everything that you need to work comfortably, so even a DVD player / burner optical drive. Perhaps the only downside is the availability of only integrated graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000. But we see the proposal in detail.

Sony Vaio T Series SVT15114CXS – Description

The model Sony Vaio T Series SVT15114CXS Ultrabook is a laptop desk sturdy and robust body encased in magnesium alloy and aluminum. The dimensions are quite generous (it is a 15.5 inch), but thanks to a thickness of 2.3 cm.

The laptop maintains a good overall portability. The test model weighs 5.2 pounds (3.1″ thick x 12.4″ depth and width of about 19.92″). The wide-screen display, LED backlit boasts full HD resolution output on external monitors at resolutions up to 1,920 × 1,080 pixels, it is a touch panel to 10 points of contact.

The finishes are refined, as well as the piano keyboard with a large touchpad slightly off to the left (even larger, since the space of support available would have been better), and the backlit keyboard and that rests on a rigid surface that is right.

At the top are the usual buttons Assist, Web and Vaio designed by Sony to facilitate the use and maintenance of your notebook. On the front, you can see the profile Card Readers and Memory Stick Pro Duo and – separately – one for SD (and SDHC, SDXC), in addition to working led disk, WiFi (802.11n) and burden.

Sony Vaio T Series SVT15114CXS is equipped with an internal DVD writer and reader, and on the same right, profile also has two USB 2.0 sockets. The opposite profile brings with it both the Gigabit Ethernet jack, and a USB 3.0, an HDMI jack, a connector minijack (headphone and microphone together) and VGA output.

Sony Vaio T Series SVT15114CXS – Technical Specifications

We test Sony Vaio T Series SVT15114CXS with its Intel Core i5 3337U third-generation 1.8 GHz (3 MB third level cache). The system has 4 GB of RAM (two banks of 2 GB to 1.6 GHz, luckily both replaceable and not soldered onto the motherboard, but also serve to integrated graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000). The Ram can be re expand up to 8 Gbytes.

Hybrid is instead the storage system with a hard disk of 750 GB (with one disk at 5400 rpm, not fast), 32 GB Solid-State Drive, supported by the Quick-Start system and applications from 24 Gbytes of flash memory. When refitting the cover of the notebook after standby, the system is restarted in a couple of seconds workforce.

Connectivity is entrusted to a board Qualcomm Atheros AR9485WB-EG and Bluetooth 4.0. The HD webcam has a resolution of 1,280 × 1,024 sensors with 1.3 megapixels. In our tests of use, the battery life is more than five hours (6 those indicated by the manufacturer) for a normal use connected to the Internet using Office. For any further technical specifications, please refer to the card manufacturer.

Sony Vaio T Series SVT15114CXS – User Experience and Judgment.

There are more light and shade in the evaluations of this notebook. But let’s start from the latter: the system has a well-balanced configuration. Those who wish dedicated to games and graphics, will soon feel the lack of a discrete graphics solution. It’s a pity then that a system of this type has not reversed the choice with two USB 3.0 and one USB 2.0, would be widely preferred.

Compared to other Sony systems, we found a lower fluidity of the touchpad scrolling Web pages. We would like to give but partly also to the IE browser 10 and Windows 8 that undoubtedly requires further tuning for perfect integration with the hardware. Finally, we observe that the cooling fan is very quiet. The strengths of the solution are given by the price still low (well under a thousand euro) for Ultrabook (desk) with hybrid storage, a great touch display and build quality definitely above average.

Do not underestimate the choice of Sony to leave full freedom to its customers to access Ram (which – thankfully – is not soldered to the motherboard) and the battery for replacement. In many proposals, users have lost both faculties in the name of extensive, integrated components, which forces but always of assistance in case of problems.

The performance of Intel Core i5 and the overall ergonomics meet, especially the keyboard and mounting surface for the hands while typing. The audio sector is satisfactory. Complete, as always, the software supplied with pre-installed Office 2013, and 365 for the test period, Vaio Update, Care, Gate, Transfer, Message Center, Movie Creator, Support, and also Intel Anti-Theft Service with 90 days of subscription.

The main benefits for those who choose this model Sony Vaio T Series SVT15114CXS in summary are buying technology from Ultrabook to an excellent notebook for work and home, and that without stand out for extreme portability, even compromises.

With Sony Vaio T Series SVT15114CXS you can keep your old habits (the DVD burner, the convenience of an Ethernet jack, a large display, ability to upgrade hardware without assistance) without precluding the updates to the future (with the touch display, Windows 8, the hybrid storage).