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I had two Vaio laptops. The first one was my first laptop, it was really cheap, around 400 EUR, and worked wonders. When it was time to upgrade I needed a Mac s

by iaskwhy 13y ago

I had two Vaio laptops. The first one was my first laptop, it was really cheap, around 400 EUR, and worked wonders. When it was time to upgrade I needed a Mac so I bought a MacBook Air. I gave the Vaio to my father and he's been using it everyday since. It's been six years and it still works perfectly, not a single issue. Sometimes I still play with it, it's fast enough for me, almost too fast for my father. The second Vaio I had was bought my by line manager at the time so I could work with C# for a new project. It was a high end one, probably more than 1000 EUR. It was an amazing machine. At the time, I have never seen a screen like that and I was surrounded by Macbooks, really great quality. Maybe it was because of its pixel density, can't quite figure out why it felt so good on the eyes. Also, the keyboard and the sound, things I usually nitpick about, were very good. I quit that company some years ago but I know that one is still being used when needed. I would say that machine was very on par with the Macbooks even after a couple of years. And then came the SSD (and also my Macbook Air). It's sad if the Vaio label goes away.

exDM69 13y ago
My experience with the Vaio brand is pretty much the polar opposite from yours. I bought a high end 1.5 kEUR Vaio laptop a few years ago and it's still with me. It had the best perf/EUR when it comes to CPU, GPU and memory out of the options I had back then and the monitor resolution was good. But the build quality is just crap. The case is cracked, the touchpad is just awful, the connectors are in silly places. Now the battery has died so if you unplug it, the machine powers down immediately. And the cooling is just inadequate for the CPU + GPU, albeit it has a Sandy Bridge and a Fermi and neither of those are known for their power efficiency. The fan is yelling like hell all the time, despite the fact that the interior of the machine is just a huge copper heat sink that weighs a ton. I wouldn't buy another Vaio. But all our experiences can really be taken as evidence of is that they had a huge lineup of different models.
- contingencies 13y ago
  To be fair, all laptop batteries die, and many laptops have inadequate cooling (this 2011 17" Macbook Pro certainly does).

by iaskwhy 13y ago

exDM69 13y ago

My experience with the Vaio brand is pretty much the polar opposite from yours. I bought a high end 1.5 kEUR Vaio laptop a few years ago and it's still with me. It had the best perf/EUR when it comes to CPU, GPU and memory out of the options I had back then and the monitor resolution was good. But the build quality is just crap. The case is cracked, the touchpad is just awful, the connectors are in silly places. Now the battery has died so if you unplug it, the machine powers down immediately. And the cooling is just inadequate for the CPU + GPU, albeit it has a Sandy Bridge and a Fermi and neither of those are known for their power efficiency. The fan is yelling like hell all the time, despite the fact that the interior of the machine is just a huge copper heat sink that weighs a ton. I wouldn't buy another Vaio. But all our experiences can really be taken as evidence of is that they had a huge lineup of different models.

contingencies 13y ago
To be fair, all laptop batteries die, and many laptops have inadequate cooling (this 2011 17" Macbook Pro certainly does).