Indeed, if you apply some finger pressure to the VAIO SB's screen, you'll see it gives way a whole lot more than any of these other models.Īs Apple is wont to do, Sony stacked all of the ports and slots on one side, save for a DVD burner and headphone jack on the other - a potentially crowded, impractical arrangement. Once we saw that, we started comparing the display to those belonging to other laptops we happen to have lying around, including an HP Pavilion dv6t, a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 and a year-old MacBook Pro. But, we noticed that even when we set the laptop down lightly, the lid wobbled forward and back - something we noted on the VAIO Z as well. Let's start with the good news: the palm rest feels rigid when you hold the 13.04 x 8.84 x 0.95-inch frame one-handed. Judging by Sony's unflinching judgment, though, we gather there are lots of you who don't mind it.įor the most part, the 3.8-pound laptop feels sturdy, though we have to say we were a tad disappointed by the uneven build quality - something VAIO stalwarts often swear by. We've always been of the mind that this clutters the chassis and can make an otherwise cutting-edge laptop look dated. And if you've ever seen a VAIO, you know all those buttons and switches are labeled with large, sans serif lettering.
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(Unlike other companies - ahem, Dell! - Sony isn't charging a premium for colors that aren't black.) Clearly, Sony hasn't taken any big design risks, and we suspect that's just fine by those customers who already swear by the VAIO brand.Īnd there are plenty of other ways in which the SB series looks like VAIOs of yesteryear: it's got dedicated switches for turning on WiFi and toggling between "speed" and "stamina" modes a power button and DC port that glow orange or green depending on whether the laptop is asleep and dedicated keys for launching the default browser, VAIO Assist, and VAIO Care. The lid, also available in white, bubble gum pink and an arresting blue, has an ever-so-slightly textured feel and that same 'ol chrome VAIO logo, emblazoned across the center in large lettering. Sony decked out the 0.95-inch thick SB series in a familiar matte magnesium alloy casing that doesn't exactly mask fingerprints, but at least makes them less conspicuous. It's not - we repeat, not - the slightly slimmer, higher-end SA series Sony introduced in May, after the SB laptops were already on sale. It can be tough getting all of those VAIO S series notebooks straight, so before we dive in we'll go ahead and set the record straight: this here VAIO SB is the same 13.3-inch VAIO S series laptop Sony brought stateside this spring.
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