So, I'm due for a new laptop

[Fuzz@tinyNET]

Just some advice needed from you awesome Fanatics tech-heads :rollsmile:

I am due for a laptop upgrade at work, and basically I can choose whatever I like :bravo: so I need ultra portability, decent battery life, looks great and good performance (I need portability over battery life)

So I have found the Sony Vaio Duo 11, it is a convertible laptop that looks amazing, and looks superb on paper... I have read reviews, but no reviews look very recent, has anyone used it, or does anyone own this laptop, that is on ths site???

Here are some pics:

With any suggestions that might follow, I do require an ethernet port, and don't want an Alienware laptop :joy:

Thanks guys and girls :thumbs:

 

[murali]

Check for Microsoft surface release date in SA:joy:

 

[Fuzz@tinyNET]

The surface pro is awesome, but doesn't have the hardware specs that the vaio sports :thumbdo:

 

[murali]

I see, haven't seen or used the Sony as yet

Good luck!

 

[msm]

My primary laptop is a Macbook Air 13". Can go through almost an entire day at the office on one charge and with the i7 processor and 256 GB SSD drive, let's just say it's not lacking ito performance too.

On paper, there's lots of Windows equivalent, but I've sat in countless workshops alongside my peers who needed to plug in their Windows ultra-portables by lunchtime...

 

[OppositeLockMT]

MacBook Airs are cooler :fencelook:

 

[Dippies]

I am a DELL fan but that is just me, my Personal laptop DELL XPS and at work the DELL precision M6400.

more than satisfy my needs :thumbs:

 

[Fuzz@tinyNET]

:ty: thnks Mo, I need a Windows environment as a primary, unless you're running Windows on your Mac, in which case, isn't that as good as getting a normal 'Windows 8 Optimised' machine??

 

[msm]

MacBook Airs are cooler :fencelook:

They are the ///M versions of the PC world :fencelook:

Almost every ultra portable Windows machine always ends up using the Macbook Air as the benchmark for comparison.

 

[Fuzz@tinyNET]

I am a DELL fan but that is just me, my Personal laptop DELL XPS and at work the DELL precision M6400.

more than satisfy my needs :thumbs:

I looked at the Dell XPS initially bro, but the lack of an embeddeded rj45 port is an issue

 

[msm]

I looked at the Dell XPS initially bro, but the lack of an embeddeded rj45 port is an issue

The future is wireless :fencelook:

Anyway, seriously, almost all ultra-portables don't have RJ45's.

For Windows ultraportables, have a look at the Asus range, but they are not cheap.

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Edit: Asus Zenbook range

 

[Fuzz@tinyNET]

I've around 25k to play with... And the reality is that in the environments I work in, there isn't wireless access, hence the need for rj45... The Asus looks good but the Vaio pieces look amazing :inlove:

 

[msm]

I've around 25k to play with... And the reality is that in the environments I work in, there isn't wireless access, hence the need for rj45... The Asus looks good but the Vaio pieces look amazing :inlove:

Just get a RJ45 to USB converter, for places where you don't have wireless.

 

[Fuzz@tinyNET]

I've around 25k to play with... And the reality is that in the environments I work in, there isn't wireless access, hence the need for rj45... The Asus looks good but the Vaio pieces look amazing :inlove:

Just get a RJ45 to USB converter, for places where you don't have wireless.

:fencelook: of all the clients i work at, i only have wireless access at two places :thumbdo::nonono:

I've never used the usb to rj45 convertor, and i just want to eliminate points of potential failure

I think that I have already made my decision, i just want to justify it now :fencelook::roflol:

 

[MikeR]

:thumbs: samsung is off the charts with all you need.

 

[Rory]

I'm not an apple fan at all but I was looking quite seriously at getting an ultraportable so did lots and lots of reading and reviews etc. Basically the MBA still came out tops. Recently they dropped the prices on the retina MacBook pros so I'm waiting for them to land here, or someone to bring me one from Hong Kong

 

[Twinz]

I love my sony vaio pocket notebook Can carry it around in my bag, do logging of my car etc..it does not have a CD drive or ethernet port...wireless is the game.

The one in your pic looks good. And with windows 8...going touch pad is briliant :thumbs:

 

[Fuzz@tinyNET]

I'm not an apple fan at all but I was looking quite seriously at getting an ultraportable so did lots and lots of reading and reviews etc. Basically the MBA still came out tops. Recently they dropped the prices on the retina MacBook pros so I'm waiting for them to land here, or someone to bring me one from Hong Kong

Drawing on your extensive research Rory, is the power draw on a Mac with Windows on par with a Mac that MacOS?

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I love my sony vaio pocket notebook Can carry it around in my bag, do logging of my car etc..it does not have a CD drive or ethernet port...wireless is the game.

The one in your pic looks good. And with windows 8...going touch pad is briliant :thumbs:

Thanks Twinz, what OS do you have on it??

 

[Rory]

I'm not an apple fan at all but I was looking quite seriously at getting an ultraportable so did lots and lots of reading and reviews etc. Basically the MBA still came out tops. Recently they dropped the prices on the retina MacBook pros so I'm waiting for them to land here, or someone to bring me one from Hong Kong

Drawing on your extensive research Rory, is the power draw on a Mac with Windows on par with a Mac that MacOS?

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It seems slightly better than the pure windows pcs but significantly worse then MacOS.

 

[herr bmw]

sorry ,but also a dell person.

have the dell inspiron at home and nothing at work:rollsmile: