Official Vaio Y 13.3 Series Owners Lounge

[vaiofann]

Just received my Sony Y Series today. I'll post some comments later once I get it set up, but here's my unboxing video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xJZnwfIUqk

[Qwaarjet]

sweet, finally a small sony power adapater comes standard! hope the Z gets a similar one too

[ota-con]

The Y looks pretty nice.

Thanks for the video!

[istarsaway]

Thanks for sharing!

Let us know how you like your screen and battery life!

[jkelly17]

Let us know how you like your 1.3GHz processor for $1,000!

[vaiofann]

Let us know how you like your 1.3GHz processor for $1,000!

lol.

I considered the UL30VT, Timeline and other laptops, but I need an ExpressCard slot, which those don't have.

The ExpressCard slot will be used for a wireless modem and also for a USB 3.0 port. No other CULV notebook offers this.

Also, it doesn't hurt that the $999 Vaio Y comes with two batteries in the box (standard w/8 hrs life and extended w/12 hrs life). I figure this gives me somewhere between 14 and 20 hrs of battery life when I'm on the road. The Vaio came with Windows 7 Professional instead of Home Premium and the specs say it's upgradable to 8GB memory whereas the others are limited to 4...

Believe me, I price compared a lot and was close to buying a UL last week until I saw the news about the Vaio.

The screen on the Sony is better than the Asus UL BTW. When I looked at the Asus, I could see a discernable dot pattern when looking at a white background, whereas the Vaio is smooth.

The Asus glossy surface and keyboard flex were also a problem. The Sony is just in a different quality category despite the speed difference.

[Skyshade]

Cool video. It's a little bit hard to see in the video, but are there any panels on the bottom for easy DIY upgrade of memory and HDD? I am assuming the 500GB HDD is a 5400RPM drive?

Congratulation on the purchase.

[vaiofann]

Cool video. It's a little bit hard to see in the video, but are there any panels on the bottom for easy DIY upgrade of memory and HDD? I am assuming the 500GB HDD is a 5400RPM drive?

Congratulation on the purchase.

Yep, there's a single panel with 3 screws and I can see the hard drive through the vent, so upgrading the drive should be simple. It is currently a 500GB 5400 RPM drive. I assume the memory is accessible through the same panel.

[vaiofann]

Windows Experience Index...

[marky111]

Could you please test, if the battery drain issue (using battery when off) is still there? Thx