Comments on: Sony Vaio X Series Ultra Thin Notebook Review

By: Kryptic

Kryptic — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:19:39 +0000

Used one of these in a Sony Store today. To be honest, I couldn’t care less if the battery is rubbish, or that Aero runs like a bulldozer through treacle; I wanted one! At almost exactly the same thickness, my iPhone looked so chunky beside it…

By: JIN

JIN — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:42:33 +0000

Shutting down does drain the battery….. The best thing to do is put it into sleep mode so really that’s not an issue or is it ?

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:11:27 +0000

Fred:

There may be confusion on the battery life and rated hours. Depending on what country the X ships in, there are 3 different batteries: 2-cell (S), 4-cell (L), and 6-cell (X). In the U.S., the Vaio X ships with the S and X batteries standard, but in the UK (and I think also Australia), the Vaio ships with only the L battery, which is not available in the U.S. The marketing sheet for the U.S. VPCX115KX/N gives a rating of 3.0 hours with the S and 12.0 hours with the X. I don’t know how the L is rated overseas.

By: Snezok

Snezok — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:54:22 +0000

Excellent laptop. It remains only to save money. And thanks for the excellent review. As always you are at height!

By: Sprokonoitmambu!

Sprokonoitmambu! — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:34:55 +0000

wow it’s nice

By: jehzlau

jehzlau — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:30:54 +0000

I agree that it’s overpriced. But there’s nothing we can do.. It’s a SONY.

By: Roland Hutchinson

Roland Hutchinson — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:32:21 +0000

Hi Fred

We tested it over the last week, and we didn’t notice any drain on the battery at all.

I am not sure about the total battery life as, I know that the Sony website says ‘up to’ 8 hours, but on the model we tested it said five hours left, after a full charge.

By: Nuisance

Nuisance — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:47:36 +0000

Did you really test the drain? I tried two models and the same result. Battery drainage.

And no, 8 hours is advertised for the standard model. Just go to the Vaio homepage and you will see.

I think the drain is something which should not happen. And I was really annoyed by it. Especially when you talk to support and they want to sell it as something normal, treating you like an idiot. This relly sucks!

Fred

By: Roland Hutchinson

Roland Hutchinson — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:58:33 +0000

Hi Fred

Thanks for your comments.

I think the up to 8 hours battery is an extended one, the model we tested had a five hour battery.

I know what you mean about the battery drain, I have have had problems with this on previous Sony Vaio’s I have owned.

The one we tested didn’t suffer from this problem, and the battery worked fairly well.

By: Nuisance

Nuisance — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:53:27 +0000

No, I really do not agree with the decency of the battery. The specifications say up to 8 hours and not 5 hours.

But the most annoying thing is that there is a battery drain while the notebook is shut down. This has been an issue for several Vaio models and here they have not learnt a thing. Drainage of 15-20% in a day without use! It is unbelievable! A nuisance!

Fred