Sony VAIO Flip 1. Review & Rating. ![]() The Sony VAIO Flip 1. Sony recently sold off the VAIO PC business, so VAIO will be releasing future products only in the Japanese market. The VAIO Flip 1. 1 is a convertible hybrid laptop with a screen that pivots around and turns the system into a tablet. Sony saved a few bucks by putting in an Intel Pentium instead of an ultrabook- class Intel Core i. HD touch screen. Collectors and people who appreciate great industrial design will want to pick up the VAIO Flip 1. Design and Features. The brushed metal lid comes in three colors: silver, pink, or black. The system looks very much like a thin clamshell laptop when you first take it out of the box, but a line bisecting the screen telegraphs its innovation. Like the Sony VAIO Flip 1. SVF1. 5N1. 90. X), the VAIO Flip 1. The VAIO Flip 1. 1 measures about 0. HWD) and weighs 2. The system seems heavy when you use it in tablet mode and puts it in the same size and weight class as the Apple Mac. Book Air 1. 1- inch (Mid 2. Dell XPS 1. 1. The Dell XPS 1. Lenovo Idea. Pad Yoga 1. S are the closest in spirit to the VAIO Flip 1. It's (mostly) good to use the VAIO Flip 1. Its 1. 1. 6- inch, 1,9. In- Plane Switching (IPS) screen that shows text, photos, and videos equally well. I am being plagued by this wretched thing, to the point where I am wondering whether or not I need a removal tool to remove this malicious Windows software. Latest trending topics being covered on ZDNet including Reviews, Tech Industry, Security, Hardware, Apple, and Windows. The clamshell chassis makes it easier to find a good viewing angle than on slate tablets like the Sony VAIO Tap 1. Microsoft Surface Pro 2. You can flip the screen around to watch a movie in either Tablet mode or Stand mode, like on the Lenovo Think. Pad Yoga. The VAIO Flip 1. Stand mode and protects the keys in Tablet mode. To flip the display, you have to manually release it via the latch at the bottom of the screen, which is cumbersome.
![]() A magnetic- or friction- based method of holding the screen in place would have been simpler and more convenient. The included VAIO Active Pen stylus worked fine for drawing and precision work, but it isn't as natural when navigating the Web, as with the stylus on the Microsoft Surface Pro 2, and you can't store it on the chassis. The 1. 28. GB solid- state drive (SSD) comes with more than 8. GB available and very few pieces of software preinstalled. There are some Sony- and VAIO- branded apps, plus a full copy of Adobe Photoshop Elements 1. The backlit keyboard is smaller than the full- size keyboard found on the Apple Mac. Book Air, but we had no trouble adapting to it in a few minutes. There is an HDMI port, an SD card slot, a headset jack, and two USB 3. The VAIO has a one- year warranty. Sony claims that it will honor existing warranties for current products, but with the sale of VAIO to Japan Industrial Partners, driver updates and post- warranty support may become scarce for non- Japan- based customers in the future. Performance The system has an Intel Pentium N3. GB of non- upgradable memory, and that 1. GB SSD. It should work perfectly fine for day- to- day performance, as shown by its score of 3,1. When you download Windows 7 SP1 ISO from Digital River, you can be 100% sure that the ISO image is original and untouched. If you have brought Windows 7 and have a. PCMark 7. In that regard it was almost as fast as the Lenovo Idea. Pad U4. 30 Touch. On just about all the other benchmark tests, however, the VAIO Flip 1. Intel Core i. 5 and Core i. In particular, it was very slow on the photo editing test. No doubt Sony picked the Pentium processor to save a few hundred bucks on the price tag. Unfortunately, the Pentium CPU's low power usage doesn't extend the battery life. The VAIO Flip 1. 1 scored a mediocre 5 hours 2. This is hours less than most of the competition, aside from the Dell XPS 1. Sony VAIO Tap 1. 1 (3: 5. Sony VAIO Duo 1. 3 Review & Rating. With the Sony VAIO Duo 1. Sony improves upon the design of its predecessor, the Sony VAIO Duo 1. D1. 12. 13. CX). This model offers a larger screen and a smaller hinge, and it's outfitted with a fourth- generation Intel Core i. The biggest improvement has to do with battery life; it managed over eight hours on our battery rundown test. Sony still has a few kinks to works out though; the display loses luminance when viewed from an angle and cannot be adjusted while in laptop mode, which on a hybrid tablet is a significant issue. Design and Features. As with the Sony Duo 1. Duo 1. 3 uses Sony's Surf Slider design to make the transition from a tablet to a laptop. It still uses a spring- loaded hinge mechanism to move the tablet into a semi- upright position, but this time around the hinge is much smaller (3. As was the case with the Sony Duo 1. The screen is held in place by two metal studs on the keyboard deck that fit into two notches on the bottom of the tablet. The 1. 3. 3- inch screen has white borders (a black version is also available) and is housed in a silver carbon fiber chassis. It weighs in at 2. The keyboard matches the carbon fiber case has a clickable touchpad at the bottom. The pad is very small but it's better than no pad at all, as with the Acer Aspire P3- 1. The chiclet- style keyboard is a bit cramped and key travel is fairly shallow, but it is full- sized and gets the job done when typing is essential. The 1,9. 20- by- 1,0. IPS (in- plane switching) technology to deliver excellent color quality but its viewing angle performance was disappointing; when viewed from an angle the image loses luminance and is noticeably dimmer. On the plus side, colors remain intact, but I expected wider angles from an IPS panel. The fact that you can't adjust the screen angle while using the Duo 1. The Duo 1. 3's 1. It also supports digitizer technology and comes with a two- button stylus and a couple of pen- centric programs including Art Rage Studio Pro and Note Anytime. As with the Duo 1. Sony added a much needed stylus clip to the right side of the tablet as well as a pull out holder that keeps the pen upright and ready to use. Ports include two USB 3. HDMI output, a headphone jack, and a Magic Gate card reader slot. Also included are a 2- mp front- facing camera, a rear- facing 8- mp camera, Wi- Fi N and Bluetooth 4. NFC (Near Field Communication) and Wi- Di (Wireless Display) capabilities. The Duo. 13's 1. 28. GB solid- state drive (SSD) is loaded with Windows 8 and boatload of VAIO- branded apps including VAIO Care, Arc. Soft Camera for VAIO, VAIO Message Center, VAIO Update, and VAIO Movie Creator. There's also the usual assortment of web apps such as i. Heart Radio, Hulu Plus, Skype, and Slacker. Sony covers the Duo 1. Performance. The Duo 1. Intel Core i. 5- 4. GHz, 4 GB of DDR3 RAM, and an integrated Intel HD Graphics 4. GPU. As such, it turned in impressive scores on our productivity and multimedia benchmark tests. Its PCMark 7 score of 4,5. Acer Aspire S7- 1. Dell XPS 1. 3- MLK (4,4. Microsoft Surface Pro by 2. On our Photoshop multimedia test the Duo 1. Acer S7- 1. 91- 6. Dell XPS 1. 3- MLK (5: 3. So were the Asus Zenbook Prime Touch UX3. A- BHI5. T (5: 3. The Duo 1. 3 completed our Handbrake encoding test in 1 minute and 2. Acer S7- 1. 91- 6. Dell XPS 1. 3- MLK (1: 2. In fact, it had the fastest time of the pack, beating the Sony Duo 1. It's Cinebench score of 2. Core- i. 5 powered ultrabooks, second only to the HP Elitebook Folio 9.
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