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Wow, what an ignorant article. I own the previous version of this (Sony does iterate...this is the 4th iteration of the Z series), and I absolutely love it. I c
by ghc 15y ago
Wow, what an ignorant article. I own the previous version of this (Sony does iterate...this is the 4th iteration of the Z series), and I absolutely love it. I can't speak about the new version, but the version I have has a fantastic keyboard with much more key travel than an Air. I wouldn't be shocked if Sony messed up the keyboard and trackpad though. They have a certain talent for screwing up ergonomics in the name of looks.
But really, my main issue is that this article appears to be written by someone with an agenda and little actual knowledge. The laptop's name, for example is the Z14, not that long string which is the model number. Practically all laptops, even the Air, have those model numbers associated with the specific configuration. The box for my Air has it listed on the back, in fact.
- bonesinger 15y agothey really did fug up the keyboard and trackpad. The 2 finger swipe to scroll like on macs barely works, you have to do it a few times to make it work. The keyboard, you can type well on it, but its not the most comfortable feeling and the space bar flat out sucks. I have to tap the SB pretty hard to have it register.
- tikhonj 15y agoAs I said elsewhere, scrolling with two fingers works perfectly for me, so it pretty much has to be a driver issue. In fact, I set the scrolling up to work in all directions, and it's sufficiently accurate and responsive to make scrolling sideways with the same gesture as normal scrolling completely practical.
- zobzu 15y agototally is a driver issue i use the linux driver and scrolling works like a charm much better than on the previous Z on top of that. it works as well as the mac trackpad, except its smaller. but it really works very well otherwise.
- Steko 15y ago"Wow, what an ignorant article... I can't speak about the new version, but the version I have has a fantastic keyboard with much more key travel than an Air. I wouldn't be shocked if Sony messed up the keyboard and trackpad though. They have a certain talent for screwing up ergonomics in the name of looks." Make up your mind? It sounds like you just agreed with the central thrust of the article -- Sony had a great design and junked it to have something "new".
- NoPiece 15y agoIf you go to the sony store, and search for "Z14" you get a bunch of camera accessories, and no Z series laptops in the results. No laptop results on page 1 of a google search either. I have an old sony Vaio that I really liked, and I only know how to describe by its model number: VGN-S360. I think they could benefit from more coherent model names.
- tikhonj 15y agoOh, they could definitely do better with the model names. Happily, that doesn't affect the computer itself once you've bought it--if anything, it makes it more exclusive ;) I also think they should break VAIO up into two brands, one for cheap computers and one for high-end ones. They could be like Toyota/Lexus.
- ghc 15y agoMy apologies. The model is the Z21, not Z14. A letter (or two) followed by digits denoting the series iteration is Sony's standard naming convention. If you google "VAIO S360" or "VAIO Z12" you'll find exactly what you want. But, if you're not looking for your model year, you can google "VAIO S Series" or "VAIO Z Series" and get what you want. I don't find it very hard, especially since the series names stay pretty consistent over a long time.
- mikeryan 15y agoSony does iterate...this is the 4th iteration of the Z series I believe the author is delineating between "iterating" being small improvements to a relatively static product as opposed to "versioning" which are fairly significant changes between releases. Compare the 2008 MacBook Air 1 to the 2011 MacBook Air 4.
- notatoad 15y agoBeing the fourth model in the z series does not make it the fourth iteration of the z series.