If you open the Vaio, so pierces first the touchpad eye. Very shifted far to the left, this has not rendered more buttons, but can directly execute a left or right click at the bottom. This is quite unusual and it takes time to get used to it, because you're never quite sure exactly where the transition between left- and right-clicking is now. In direct comparison to the more favorable Vaio FIT 15E variant, however, the touchpad is very much better and respond unerringly to movements. When FIT15E the touchpad is too hypersensitive and reacts often too fast or does not recognize the intention to perform a click and registered only the touch. The annoying jumping of the cursor is the result. This is not the case here.
Keypad does not spring and the buttons hit immediately. The backlight function is a nice extra. The work surface with keyboard is very large and really enjoyable to work.
After the mandatory initial installation of Windows 8 the Vaio is ready for use.
The start screen is always the App Center, which in any order with a Microsoft Account, can be supplemented and changed. You can tell even clear that Microsoft has ventured into new territory here, because on the user interface as well as the quantity of apps they can Apple and Android not hold a candle. But everything you need for daily use (email, Facebook, etc.) is present.
The notebook needs a few seconds to start up or wake up from sleep mode, which really is a new milestone in comparison to the old Windows notebooks. You can quickly switch between App Center and the familiar desktop Windows key. In terms of operational readiness, this notebook is for a Ultrabook into nothingness.
The battery life is average for a notebook. Two hours I was able to Vaio FIT 15 use with Office, Web browsers and music in the background, without having to hold out for an outlet. I think in the price range you might as well have expected a little more.
Up to VGA, everything is available on ports, you need to make the Vaio the perfect companion for work, university and leisure.
The fan is an unusual way at the top of the work surface directly above the keyboard. The air bounces thus directly against the screen. Whether this is in the long run a good idea remains to be seen. In absolute silence, the fan can be heard, of course, for me but not annoying. He turns in normal use anyway only rarely and then only for seconds.
At the 15.5-inch screen can not be faulted; 1920x1080 resolution, brightness and contrast are for this laptop and for this price range more than okay.
The screen reflects this does not interfere as long as one stays in normally lit interiors. Outside and in direct, bright light is of course quickly gets problems as with almost any reflective screen. The touch screen responds accurately to movement is really an asset.
Graphics and memory for me perfectly fine. This notebook is to work, listen to music, watching movies and surfing thought. Smaller games are likely to be feasible. Video and image processing programs work smoothly. The hard drive includes 750GB, more than enough.
The sound can really see and be heard. No croaking sound or boomy bass, but a clear, pleasant sound, even at slightly higher volume. The speakers are also located above the keyboard, next to the fan.
The Vaio FIT 15 is not really suitable for upgrading. The hard drive can be removed, processor, graphics and memory are not. On the Sony side can be Notebook but also configure itself from the beginning as you need it.
My biggest problem with this Sony Vaio SVF15A1M2EB occurred about a week after I got him on. An unbearable whistling or buzzing noise, similar to Morse signals coming from the lower left corner of the notebook where the battery sits. This noise is continuously available, whether it impossible for battery or mains operation and makes a longer work with the Vaio without headaches. It appears as soon as the Vaio is up and disappear again when he is fully configured. Whether it actually is on the battery, I do not know, but would close. Find the net brought me in this regard not really, except that this problem is probably already occurred in older Vaio E models, but it probably EHR together hung there with the fans.
The one negative to me here also the wireless chip that appears to have no particularly high coverage. One floor or more doors between laptop and router and there is hardly any reception available. Networks of neighbors in an apartment building are mostly not even found.
Additional criticism is certainly the reflective screen, which go just as severely restricts a user. In direct sunlight the Vaio FIT is 15 virtually useless. The battery life and the signal range of the wireless chips could be better. The biggest problem, however, is this buzzing, which is why I probably soon have to turn to the Sony Support.
A smaller nuisance are perhaps the many pre-installation of test versions, the Sony a mitliefert there. Microsoft and McAfee have since even the most harmless, since vast amounts of games and apps are preinstalled.
If the notebook arrives it is therefore once: cleaning up.
