Sony SE Owners' Thread

[jschnyderite]

SSD will consume less battery..i wouldn't say its impossible if you turn the brightness way down, but i wouldn't think you'll see 6 hours on an average charge without slice

I heard one guy says with ssd hd he can took 6 hours it is possible?

[jschnyderite]

I'm getting a slight screen flicker at times on my screen...i think it may be auto adjusting brightness. anyone else get that? if so, how can i adjust?

[outl@w]

Thanks. So someone can do reall life test brightness 60%, wifi on, stamina mode? How long You work on the normal battery and maybe second test for slice one? This will be very bad if this pc can get only 3 hours on wifi. Very very bad. Strongest HP 8560w can take the same timing.

[jschnyderite]

Thanks. So someone can do reall life test brightness 60%, wifi on, stamina mode? How long You work on the normal battery and maybe second test for slice one? This will be very bad if this pc can get only 3 hours on wifi. Very very bad. Strongest HP 8560w can take the same timing.

From ENGADGET review:
In this mode, and during our video rundown test with WiFi on and the display brightness set to 65 percent, the laptop managed one minute short of four hours. Not bad, but not great. With the $150 optional sheet battery slapped on the bottom we more than doubled that.

honestly though, you're comparing apples to oranges. vaio is less than 1" thick, and sub $1000 price range...you can't compare a computer that is almost half an inch thicker and $650 more. With the slice on it prob weighs the same and gets better battery than the HP, albeit with lower specs.

if you want a light laptop with a great screen quality and don't need top end specs, the vaio is for you..if you expect to get that WITH great speakers, superb battery, etc you are going to pay more.

[BigNerd]

I'm getting a slight screen flicker at times on my screen...i think it may be auto adjusting brightness. anyone else get that? if so, how can i adjust?

That's an Intel power saving issue.

If you turn it off, that fixes it.

[outl@w]

Yeah i check this review on, but they dont say they are working on the Wifi and get this 4 hours. That can be readers test who prof nothing.

The problem is i can pay more but i cant find laptop which is light, beauty, it have power and long battery life. Maybe Samsung 7 will be great if they put to this unit better screen (sRGB scale and viewing angles and contrast from this vaio). I reallu thinking about SE but if this computer on the standarsd battery cant hold 4 hours on wifi so weight is not important cus i cant take it with me everyday on the trip... Cus i need power source. If i purchase VAIO i will put a SSD instead slow basic HD. I also like docking and easy acces to the inner parts in Vaio.

[rickuk]

I heard one guy says with ssd hd he can took 6 hours it is possible?

I've installed my own SSD and don't get anywhere near 6 hours using wifi

[icezz]

" easy acces to the inner parts in Vaio." How is this easy. you can only acces hdd, ram and dvd drive. Bios is closed hell too. Sony's drivers are also nothing to be proud of.

I got 2.5 - 3 hours watching hd movie only btw. no ethernet. (i7,sdd+hdd,6630)

[outl@w]

Yeah but You can check how long You take on wifi? If i buy VAIO (with i5) I want to put SSD into old HDD place? What Solid State Drive do You recomend im thinking about crucial M4 128 Gb, do I need some bay for this disc and it is not too thick?

3 Hours on HD movie, then on wifi should be longer... I need minimum 4 h battery life.

[Ryuma]

Fully charged, stamina mode, brightness fully down, wifi on, Samsung SSD, only browsing one tab at a time I get 5 hours.

Fully charged, stamina mode, brightness fully down, wifi on, Samsung SSD, multiple chrome tabs, one HD youtube video, some torrents downloading and Skype on, around 2,5 - 3 hours

That it is for me.

Edit:
without slice and the i7 cpu
BK is off of course