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| My new HP Folio 13 |
Vaio T or MacBook Air?
My budget for a speedy ultrabook was P50K. Vaio T and
MacBook Air were within the budget.
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| The Sony Vaio T13 |
I love Sony products so Vaio was on top of my list. The only
initial problem I had with Vaio T was the stupid design! Its two USB ports are
both on the left side of the 'dashboard'. That means you'll be forced to buy a
blue tooth mouse or depend on the touchpad if you don't want to deal with cords
snaking around your laptop. Well, not unless you're left-handed. And your
printer should also be conveniently placed on the left. So I was in Cyberzone
tinkering with the touchpad of Vaio. Impressively, among ultrabooks in the
market today, Vaio's touchpad comes the closest to the versatility of Mac's. But
as I was trying its three-finger and four-finger features, it lost its
clickability. I could still hover but I couldn't click. Booo!
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| The Apple MacBook Air |
It then left me with just the 11 inch MacBook Air (64GB). I
spent about an hour testing the MacBook Air at iStore. And its smooth
multi-functional touchpad made other touchpads feel like sandpaper! My problem with Mac was that I use MS Word
extensively at the office and in blogging. I tried using MS Word for Mac but
some features in Windows MS Word were either missing or difficult to find. But
I knew I would get used to it eventually so software change was not a major
problem for me. The price of the MacBook Air, however, turned me off! I don’t
have a credit card. I use cash whenever I buy something. Mac don’t offer a lower price
for a cash purchase of any of their products, which was very disappointing!
So I went to Silicon Valley to have more options. Next on my list were HP Folio 13 and the rest of the ultrabooks in the market. What I hate about other ultrabooks is their eagerness to emulate the teardrop shape of MacBook Air. They look flimsy and unoriginal. I wouldn’t want to hear a friend saying “Cool laptop you got there huh! It looks terrifically like a Mac!” . I would have ‘a laptop that looks like a Mac’ for the rest of its operational time. On the other hand, HP and Sony made no attempt, whatsoever, to look like a Mac. Although the keyboard of HP does try to look like the keyboard of the MacBook Pro! What made me decide to get an HP Folio 13 instead?
So I went to Silicon Valley to have more options. Next on my list were HP Folio 13 and the rest of the ultrabooks in the market. What I hate about other ultrabooks is their eagerness to emulate the teardrop shape of MacBook Air. They look flimsy and unoriginal. I wouldn’t want to hear a friend saying “Cool laptop you got there huh! It looks terrifically like a Mac!” . I would have ‘a laptop that looks like a Mac’ for the rest of its operational time. On the other hand, HP and Sony made no attempt, whatsoever, to look like a Mac. Although the keyboard of HP does try to look like the keyboard of the MacBook Pro! What made me decide to get an HP Folio 13 instead?
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