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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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| Lagataw's new home |
HP Folio 13
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MacBook Air
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Sony Vaio T13115FGS
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Price
(4 points)
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P47,000 (card)
P42,000 (cash)
Score:
4
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P48, 000 (card)
P48, 000 (cash)
Score:
2.5
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P49, 000 (card)
P45, 000 (cash)
Score:
3
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Specs
(3 points)
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13.3”
Core i5 (1.6 GHz)
Home Premium
4GB (memory)
128GB SSD (Storage)
Score:
3
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11”
Core i5 (1.7GHz)
OS X
4GB
64GB SSD (Storage)
Score:
2.5
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13.3”
Core i5 (1.7GHz)
Home Premium
4GB
32GB SSD + 500GB HDD
(Storage)
Score: 2
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Ergonomics
(that I care about)
(2 points)
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Blue tooth
2 USB ports (3.0 and 2.0) left and
right
Touchpad (average
versatility but very hard to press right & left buttons)
0.71 inches at its thickest
3.31 lbs
Up to 6.5 hours runtime
(battery)
Backlit keyboard
Brushed metal finish
Macho look with no attempt to look
like MacBook Air
Score:
1.5
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Blue tooth
2 USB ports (3.0 both)
left and right
Touchpad (the best)
0.68 inches at its
thickest
2.96 lbs
Up to 5 hours runtime (battery)
Backlit keyboard
Brushed Metal finish
Original teardrop design
Score:
2
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No Blue tooth
2 USB ports (3.0 and 2.0)
left only
Touchpad (multi-touch but
easily breaks)
0.71 inches at its thickest
3.45 lbs
Up to 5.5 hours runtime (battery)
Not backlit keyboard
Neat industrial exterior
Macho look with no attempt to look
like MacBook Air
Score:
1
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Brand
(2 points)
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HP
Score:
1
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Apple
Score:
2
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Sony
Score:
2
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Freebies
(1 point)
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External 500GB storage
Customized laptop sleeve
Score:
1
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None
Score:
0
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None
Score:
0
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Recommendation
(1 point)
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No positive or negative feedback from
people I know
Score:
0.5
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Highly recommended by
people who have used it
Score:
1
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Got a lot of negative
feedback from people I know.
Score:
0
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Total
Score
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11
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10
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8
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