Sony VAIO Duo 13 Review

The Sony VAIO Duo 13 is a high-end convertible aimed at graphic designers and artists. Keep reading to see if this premium notebook is worth the premium price.

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I really do think the slider design is one of the most useful designs for Windows 8 convertibles. The keyboard is always with you--you never find you left it at home--and it deploys with just one single quick movement, faster than any other convertible's transformation. This allows for very quick switches between the two modes depending on what you need at that moment.

As for the small keyboard, you get used to it. You really do. For the first week or so, it really threw me, but after typing on it for a year, I'm fully acclimated and don't think about it at all.

 

I'm pretty concerned by this review. The author addresses none of the actual glaring faults with the Duo which might be relevant to potential buyers while criticising non-issues and drawing entirely erroneous conclusions about who it's for 'because it has a pen'. It's a completely invalid review IMNHAPFMEO.

*In My Not So Humble And Probably Far More Experienced Opinion

 

Okeydokey, how about you list the "actual glaring faults"? Maybe the reviewer doesn't agree that they're "glaring faults," and maybe the test unit didn't have 'em. The only way to know is for you to list what you think was omitted so that the author can respond.

EDIT: For the record, NotebookCheck.Net gave the Duo 13 an extremely positive 89% review, so these "actual glaring faults" you mention are not universally observed or universally considered glaring. source

 

Not really, he should know what he's doing. This is bordering on the work of an amateur in terms of experience. I know he's the head honcho editor which makes it all the more worse. The keyboard comment is wrong. No reference to the wireless issues which are readily reproducible. Lots of references to 'designer's choice' when this is clearly a general purpose unit. I don't have any issues with many of the straight facts listed on the review, it's his own conclusions which are just totally off if you have relative experience with a variety of other units out there.

 

How is the keyboard comment "wrong"? The Duo line DOES have keys that are more rectangular than most (width-to-height ratio larger than other keyboards). That's undeniable. And it can throw people for a bit; it took me a couple weeks to get used to on the Duo 11. And as for it being "mushy," did you handle the test-unit? Do you know that it didn't have mushy feel?

As for wifi problems, once again, maybe the test unit didn't manifest any problems. I think it would be wrong for a reviewer to mention things in a review that the test-unit didn't manifest. "This one worked great, but according to forums, it's a load of bull feces, so I'm going to call it bull feces." I don't want reviews to read like that. Also, while my Duo 11 used to have wifi issues, I haven't had a single issue in a couple months. It's not hard for me to believe that the test unit didn't manifest any issues during its time with the NBR reviewer.

Refusing to list other complaints with the review, but complaining that the reviewer "should know what he's doing," is just arrogant, rude, and utterly unhelpful.

 

I've always just been very turned off from Sony's ever since my VAIO had crazy overheating problems a couple years back. Is this still relevant today?

 

Interesting, because it would have been an even bigger issue with Apples back then and I see you're an enthusiast of that brand.

I don't think it's never been an issue for Sony in relative terms, at least in machines like this - and definitely not with the Duo.

 

No. As with any brand, overheating is a model-by-model issue, not a brand-by-brand issue. Neither my Duo 11 nor my F23 have any heat problems.