Comments on: Sony Vaio X reviewed: Nice, but still too expensive

By: sony laptop battery

sony laptop battery — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:17:00 +0000

I love sony, Sony has had the surface tension on the screen for a while, but it is never mentioned in reviews. The high surface tension makes the screen more durable by far.

By: berniemadoff

berniemadoff — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:34:55 +0000

This is great machine because all i do is surf and email anyway. I have the 256G SSD and WWAN which makes it great if there is no wifi. even with the big battery its still light and I dont care about being next to a power supply.. Expensive? Who gives a f*ck. Money is free nowadays anyway…i bought mine using the taxpayers bailout…hahahaha

By: berniemadoff

berniemadoff — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:34:55 +0000

By: jtbxl

jtbxl — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:33:37 +0000

I'd rather buy a MacBook Air! Sony has always been out of touch with what the market wants, instead they keep “forcing” shit like this on to us!!

By: Richard Hackett

Richard Hackett — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:30:30 +0000

$1500 is for 128GB SSD, $1299 for 64GB SSD. Also, 10 hours was for use with WIFI on, surfing continuously, Sony doesn't make that claim. It's disingenuous to claim they fell short of a quote they'd made for just general use, with the radio off.

Poor heat dissipation refers to sitting the thing on your lap, if you read the review. Pretty poor transcription job, all told.

Worth noting is the surface tension on the screen. Sony has had this technology for a while, but it is never mentioned in reviews. The high surface tension makes the screen more durable by far. The best screen tech on the market without question.

I'm just glad the thing isn't going for $2000, because I would have to have come up with it. I need a durable machine that is go-anywhere, has great battery life, will work with any projector, and is light to carry. This is the best machine on the market for those needs, and Sony will sell thousands of them.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:09:10 +0000

$500 max on the netbook and add $300 for a “good” SSD (ie one that can handle lots of short writes)

By: TrackSmart

TrackSmart — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:15:03 +0000

The Asus 1008HA has 5+ hours of battery life, similar performance, similar thinness, and only weights 2.2 pounds. That's the same weight as the Vaio X with it's more useful 6-cell battery.

With the Sony you end up paying $1100 more than the Asus for a 1-inch larger display, cramped keyboard, and burns on your lap (from the Sony's poor heat dissipation).

Sounds like a poor trade-off to me! Plus it looks terrible with it's extended battery (making it lose all of it's fashion points).

By: MonkeyKing1969

MonkeyKing1969 — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:10:34 +0000

For that Vaio X I'd pay $750. That is just for the light weight and the extra features, not really for the power. The weight of many netbooks is really a big deal for me, in afct I'd rather have a in-between battery that was less weigh then their 'extended battery' but more power the their standard 3-cell. A device that could be 1.9 lbs with that sort of in-between battery shaving off the weight would make me very happy to pay $750.

By: tom

tom — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:24:13 +0000

One word…. Vilv S10

Hmm, you can get a touch tablet, 10hrs with no bulge, 10″ 720p screen for probably a lot less than this X.

By: Sang

Sang — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:01:20 +0000

USD$500-600 would sound more reasonable to me