Sony VAIO VPC-SB4X9E Pro Reviews

Well, the Sony VPC-SB04 looks extremely elegant and also feels that way. The keyboard is high-end and the touchpad is also impressive (except for the somewhat odd positioning of the fingerprint scanner between the click keys, which leads to unintentional activation). The delicately designed, matte black case simply looks tempting and Sony has managed to put a lot into the light device. Not many manufacturers install a DVD drive in such a slim case. And if it then even runs under Windows, the competition truly becomes scarce. Then we'll put an outdoor suitable screen on top, which should make any contemplating about the price unnecessary. However, if you start to dig a bit deeper into the Vaio, you'll find the devil in the details. Stamina mode partly limits the performance noticeably and doesn't really supply a plus in runtime (around 4.5 hours of practical runtime). In contrast to that, Speed mode reduces the battery runtime even more and the thus enabled AMD 6470M GPU is too weak for up-to-date games. Here, too many compromises are made to include all features that ultrabooks offer apart from a DVD drive. If you buy an ultrabook, you buy battery runtime fused with long-lasting, mobile surfing fun. So, what makes this Sony special?