Official Vaio Y 13.3 Series Owners Lounge

[SoundsGood]

Hmmm... that MSI X360 sounds pretty darn good...

[zeth006]

The only negative I can see the MSI getting is the materials used for its construction. A while back, I said I would be permissive of plastics only if keyboard flex was minimal. I'll have to make an exception to some extent if I find the weight and build construction are up to par.

EDIT: By "build construction" I simply mean how the parts are arranged together to create rigidity. I'm not ragging on plastic by any means, but I'm a bigger fan of aluminum and magnesium.

[Mikazukinoyaiba]

@Esseti, you have the loose battery issue too?

Strange, as I said for my VAIO the battery has fit in perfectly. I can't feel or hear it wobbling a bit if I tried shaking it. As for performance being sluggish, what are you trying to do with it?

I didn't do a clean install and all of my apps have started up quickly and web-browsing has been going at a great pace too. I never felt any lack of performance.

[Esseti]

Yes it does rattle around, maybe I'll make a video of it if I get a chance. And what am I doing about the laptop? I think of re-selling it because I'm a little disappointed by it's hardware, battery aside. It's just not as snappy as my the ASUS UL30Vt that I previously had (for 2 days).

[zeth006]

Yes it does rattle around, maybe I'll make a video of it if I get a chance. And what am I doing about the laptop? I think of re-selling it because I'm a little disappointed by it's hardware, battery aside. It's just not as snappy as my the ASUS UL30Vt that I previously had (for 2 days).

That leaves me bummed out. Unless Sony refreshes the Y with the new i5 ULV processors, it's down to paying $1,100 for the 13" MBP refresh in April or the MSI x360.

[Mikazukinoyaiba]

Yes it does rattle around, maybe I'll make a video of it if I get a chance. And what am I doing about the laptop? I think of re-selling it because I'm a little disappointed by it's hardware, battery aside. It's just not as snappy as my the ASUS UL30Vt that I previously had (for 2 days).

That's really too bad, but I understand.

As I said, I haven't experience any performance issues on my end for my Y-series.

@ Zeth, I'm not too sure if performance speed would be better with the i5-520UM but that's only because of the lower clock speed.

What kind of things do you intend to use the Y-series for?

[zeth006]

That's really too bad, but I understand.

As I said, I haven't experience any performance issues on my end for my Y-series.

@ Zeth, I'm not too sure if performance speed would be better with the i5-520UM but that's only because of the lower clock speed.

What kind of things do you intend to use the Y-series for?

Taking notes, research, watching movies. I plan to also use it as a portable media player for taking to friends' houses. I'm really anal about multitasking speeds.

[Esseti]

zeth006 if you're not so anal about screen quality, ASUS UL30Vt is your best bet right now. It's cheaper and way more faster (for a CULV, ~400mhz +nVidia GPU). I got this Sony because I thought that it would have a better display, unfortunately it isn't much better if at all.

[Esseti]

I've got one question for more advanced Y users. When I'll format drive C:, will Windows begin to automatically installing after the boot from the recovery partition, just like when you first run your new laptop? Or will there be a boot failure? If not, is there a way to setup it up so it would look like it has never been powered up?

[zeth006]

zeth006 if you're not so anal about screen quality, ASUS UL30Vt is your best bet right now. It's cheaper and way more faster (for a CULV, ~400mhz +nVidia GPU). I got this Sony because I thought that it would have a better display, unfortunately it isn't much better if at all.

Depends...my Asus G50VT has terrible viewing angles, but I was hoping for something that's a little better. I'm not prioritizing the screen quality for now.

But the main thing that's driving me away from Asus' thin and portable notebook line is the tons of areas of flex. I've heard that judging from all the thin/light notebooks released in recent years, they haven't done anything to solve the flex issues.


I've learned life you get what you pay for. I still prioritize build quality. I don't want a notebook's poorly constructed plastic casing and chassis to create a high risk for damaging the internal motherboard and its parts. The MSI X340 has been out for a long time and the X360 looks like it'll get released soon, within 1-3 months. If it comes out to be $800 or more, I'm definitely settling for A MBP 13 or a refreshed Sony Y barring other sudden product releases.