Sony VAIO X-Series review

Why why why..

Why didn't they use the Nvidia ION? I have a media-centre PC using that processor with an NVidia ION and it flies through Windows 7 - Aero effects and all. It can't have been to keep costs down so why such a strange omission?

By Bassey1976 on 8 Oct 2009

Nvidia ION

Main reasons are likely to be heat and battery life - Nvidia ION consumes more power than the Intel chipset (off-hand I'm not sure how much more), so will need more cooling. And more heat + more cooling = worse battery life.

By TimDanton on 8 Oct 2009

Full circle?

Haven't Sony always sold ultra small laptop PCs for an absolute fortune? Only the ones they sold before did have some proper welly behind them.

Still, I suppose Daniel Craig will be using this in the next Bond movies, so many a personality-starved idiot will be forking out for one.

By Lacrobat on 8 Oct 2009

Fan

Hey, did you notice how the fan is on? Does it spin only when youre doing serious things, or is it always on?

By laser21 on 10 Oct 2009

Fan noise

Thanks for the post re fan noise - I've added this to the review.

In short, it very rarely spins (not at all when I was using it as my day-to-day laptop) but is noisy when it does.

By TimDanton on 12 Oct 2009

re fan

Thanks for your answer - this is important to me - Im a writer, so this machine is heaven for me :) Light, not noisy, great for word processing...I dont mind a small keyboard. Plus the awesome battery life...

By laser21 on 12 Oct 2009

fellow vaio x owner

The touchpad seems to be fine to me and also according to another awesome review here.

http://gadgetmix.com/index/sony-vaio-x-review-does
-this-size-zero-notebooknetbook-has-the-x-factor/

However, the main hit to me is its battery life. I get just 2 hours from it. Also, I've 64GB SSD version unit and not the 128GB or 256GB SSD one.

By vaioXowner on 16 Nov 2009

Fan

These posts are a bit old but the laptops selling now do Not have fans the shell and components allow for cooling without one

By Craigr12 on 17 Nov 2010