{"id":13760,"date":"2012-11-09T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13760"},"modified":"2012-11-09T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-09T13:00:00","slug":"sony-t-series-13-3-windows-8-touch-ultrabook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13760","title":{"rendered":"Sony T Series 13.3\u201d Windows 8 Touch Ultrabook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sony-Series-SVT13124CXS-13-3-Inch-Ultrabook\/dp\/B009DXVVB2\/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1352461009&amp;sr=1-1-catcorr&amp;keywords=SVT13124CXS\" target=\"_blank\">Sony VAIO T (T13) Series SVT13124CXS 13.3-Inch Touch Ultrabook (Silver)<\/a> just arrived on my desk as part of our Windows 8 demo kit. It\u2019s a nice ultrabook.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sony-Series-SVT13124CXS-13-3-Inch-Ultrabook\/dp\/B009DXVVB2\/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1352461009&amp;sr=1-1-catcorr&amp;keywords=SVT13124CXS\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"WP_000048\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto\" border=\"0\" alt=\"WP_000048\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/WP_000048.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The model we got has a <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.sony.com\/bbsc\/ssr\/cat-vaio\/cat-vaiomobility\/product-SVT13124CXS\/\" target=\"_blank\">quad core i5-3317U CPU, 4GB RAM, 10-touch point display (not just the minimum of 5), and a 500 GB hybrid drive (32 GB of which is SSD)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What I love about this machine:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 <\/li>\n<li>Full size HDMI port <\/li>\n<li>Full size RJ45 networking port <\/li>\n<li>Full size VGA port <\/li>\n<li>10 touch points which future proofs the touch <\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s not cluttered with default apps\/programs.&#160; There are some Sony add-ons, mainly the care stuff to maintain the machine, which is perfectly fine. And those Sony apps do update through the app store too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sony have sacrificed thinness to get those full size ports in there. It\u2019s not as thin as a UX31 but it\u2019s still ultrabook thin.&#160; Someone who presents a lot like me will be OK with that.&#160; That\u2019s because there are no dongles required to connect to the typical hotel\/office projector that only supports VGA \u2026 no dongles \u2026 no converters \u2026. nothing to leave behind or lose.<\/p>\n<p>Important apps like Skype and Skydrive are pre-installed.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>The touchpad supports Windows 8 gestures.&#160; The keypad is pretty nice.&#160; My test is to type the most common string of text that I use when working: \u201cWindows Server 2012 Hyper-V\u201d surprisingly enough <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-winkingsmile\" style=\"border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none\" alt=\"Winking smile\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile.png\" \/> The keyboard is pretty nice, better than the one on my UX31 (I think most things are).<\/p>\n<p>Negatives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>McAfee is preinstalled, but that disappeared quickly to be replaced by the default Windows Defender. <\/li>\n<li>There isn\u2019t TPM chip. This target market is not business, but I can see work people who travel a lot liking this machine.&#160; It\u2019s attractive and has that dongle-less approach which is all-too rare in the ultrabook market. <\/li>\n<li>I\u2019d like the screen hinge to be a <em>tiny<\/em> bit stiffer. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overall, a nice machine IMO.&#160; It\u2019s got a nice spec, and comes in at a competitive price as an ultrabook.&#160; Another machine arrive while I was setting up the Sony.&#160; More on that later when I can pry it out of the hands of my colleagues.<\/p>\n<div id=\"scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:38b3e8f8-8ad2-4f44-955c-b6b49eb271ca\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\" style=\"float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Hardware\" rel=\"tag\">Hardware<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Windows+8\" rel=\"tag\">Windows 8<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Sony VAIO T (T13) Series SVT13124CXS 13.3-Inch Touch Ultrabook (Silver) just arrived on my desk as part of our Windows 8 demo kit. It\u2019s a nice ultrabook. The model we got has a quad core i5-3317U CPU, 4GB RAM, 10-touch point display (not just the minimum of 5), and a 500 GB hybrid drive &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13760\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sony T Series 13.3\u201d Windows 8 Touch Ultrabook&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[180,109],"class_list":["post-13760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware","tag-hardware","tag-windows-8"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}