After comparing many models and finally ordering and receiving this Sony I can state that I couldn't be happier. This is such a beautiful machine and such an incredible value for the price. While Windows 8 is still growing on me, the machine itself is wonderful. First off, is the screen. Text and photos look gorgeous. There is no substitute for pixel density when rendering text and this machine renders text and web pages beautifully. I loaded up my Nikon photo software to review a number of photos from my D90 and they looked wonderful. I held out for a 1080p screen because I also like to watch movies. I loaded up Windows Media Player Home Cinema edition and threw a 1080p MKV at it, which it rendered wonderfully using only about 20% CPU during the busy action scenes with the Intel video chipset. This had been a point of potential concern for me since there isn't a discrete graphics card in the machine.
The sound is just okay, as is generally the case for a laptop. Certainly acceptable for watching a movie and general use although I wouldn't want to try to rock out to them. I could have done without the DVD drive, but as an old school programmer and PC user I appreciate having it and am creating system recovery DVD's as I write this. The variety of ports is also appreciated. Having a GigE ethernet port was a must for me. The VGA port was also not required, but is darn nice to have. The USB-3 port will come in handy for more rapid backups and perhaps occasional device charging.
The aluminum chassis, shiny chrome strip and backlit keyboard all add touches of class that make this a thing of beauty as well as a workhorse.
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I am a student going into college in the fall of 2013 and had been searching for a laptop for a very long time. After months of searching for a laptop that had what I needed AND what I wanted, I finally found the Sony VAIO.Pros:
-15.5" is a great screen size; big enough to watch movies or play games if you want, yet small enough to be portable.
-Quick turn-on time due to the solid state drive. The laptop boots up within 3 seconds at the most.
-The screen resolution is solid. HD movies look beautiful and small words are relatively easy to read.
-The touch screen is accurate and smooth and makes Windows 8 easier to use
-600 GB of storage space is more than enough for most people
-I love that this laptop comes with an HDMI port. I can hook it up to any TV and the picture is very clear.
-The backlit keyboard is useful for using the laptop in the dark. I'm surprised at how many laptops these days do not have backlit keyboards.
-The number pad on the side of the keyboard is a must-have for a college student like me
-The keyboard is very sensitive, which could be a good or bad thing depending on the person. I like having a sensitive keyboard since I have small hands. Someone with larger hands may find it bothersome.
-The design of the laptop looks sleek and professional.
Cons:
-The touch pad is very loud when you use it to click
-The fan can, at times, be somewhat loud
-The left side of the bottom of the laptop gets very hot, so don't let it sit on your lap without some kind of pad to put it on.
-There is only one USB 3.0 port; I wish there were more.
-The speakers aren't the best, but they are tolerable. I use headphones most of the time anyway.
-I wish the CD/DVD drive could play Blu-rays.
-I don't know how well the battery works or how long it lasts because I have almost always have my laptop plugged in to an outlet.
Even though there are some negative aspects to this laptop, I give the VAIO five stars because I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting a computer for both work/school and for entertainment purposes like watching movies and playing some simple games. And for a laptop like this, the price is amazing. I'm overall very pleased with this product.
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Bought this for my son who wanted touch screen and he could not be happier. Screen is beautiful. Lightweight and thin.Honest reviews on Sony VAIO T Series SVT15114CXS 15.5-Inch Core i5 Touch Ultrabook
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I did a lot of research into my laptop purchase and eventually chose this one. A decision which I'm already regretting. I run my own business and work a lot from home, or remotely with my clients. I needed something that was portable, but powerful, and a desktop equivalent in many senses. What I got was a laptop that crashed after 5 weeks and entered a perpetual loop of saying it had encountered an error and needed to restart... restarting, and saying the exact same thing again, so that I could never get it to start up. I took it back to the retailer who said it needed a completely new hard drive and everything on the current hard drive would be lost. Luckily I sought a second opinion at a Sony Store, who ran a system reboot and got it up and running again. Thank goodness. But it continues to shut itself down for no reason at least once a week, has problems starting, and generally just makes me feel nervous that it's going to crash at any point.But by FAR The most annoying thing about this laptop that makes me want to return it every single day, is that it won't hold a WiFi connection. 50% of the time it connects automatically when I log on, the other 50% it doesn't and I have to try and do it manually. But even when it does connect, this often lasts about 10 minutes before it automatically disconnects for no reason (and still says its connected...although I can't open a webpage or send an email). I have to either reboot, or put it into airplane mode then back to normal to restart the WiFi connection. In a normal working day, I probably have to do one of those 2 things at least 20 30 times. It's beyond annoying and wastes about 40 minutes of every day just trying to fix the connection. It drives me mad.
If I had realised within my 30 day return period, I would have got a full refund and bought a completely different laptop. I feel like I'm stuck with this one, and every time I take it in to get these problems looked at they update the software and say it should be fixed. It never is. In my opinion this is a massive fault with the machine, and having Googled it more since my purchase, it seems it's not an uncommon one either.
I had a very basic Toshiba notebook for 4 years prior to this Sony, and didn't have a single problem with it. Very disappointing.
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