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i am so tired of this fad called "touch"....i will repeat, i do not want my finger prints to look back at me 24/7...i can't stand smudges, especially on a monitor or tv
 
[citation][nom]nebun[/nom]i am so tired of this fad called "touch"....i will repeat, i do not want my finger prints to look back at me 24/7...i can't stand smudges, especially on a monitor or tv[/citation]
fad? probably. is it useful? sometimes. do you have to use it? no.
 
[citation][nom]nebun[/nom]i am so tired of this fad called "touch"....i will repeat, i do not want my finger prints to look back at me 24/7...i can't stand smudges, especially on a monitor or tv[/citation]

at least now there will be a reason for all the fingerprints on my desktop, it's not touchscreen but for some reason someone always touch it!
 
The first one the 20" table top by VAIO is pretty far out. If the price comes down, I might buy one just to hang on the wall and use it for media streaming and such.
 
The slider is nice, but not the price. The gold VAIO is so tacky. ewwww.
 
[citation][nom]nebun[/nom]i am so tired of this fad called "touch"....i will repeat, i do not want my finger prints to look back at me 24/7...i can't stand smudges, especially on a monitor or tv[/citation]


Its not really a fad. Its an inevitable feature which is here to stay. Will it be useful for every purpose? Obviously not. But there is no point making an operating system which does not offer it for people who want to use it, even if it is not for everyone.

Additionally adding touch to screens is simply the right thing to do. Eventually the cost of a touch screen will be about on par with an old dumb screen. It is just a matter of time.

I can see many uses for touch besides just tablets and phones (which is a big use), such as a media pc for the wall, or a store display. I also envision a time when every person has a small touch screen linked to their PC for added utility (including uses in gaming). Think of it as a HUD display in a fighter jet, for example. There is a lot you can do with all of this. It is just a matter of bringing it to the market place. I do not see this as a challenge to the traditional PC, but rather a way to make the PC better.

And finally from what I have read, Windows 8 is even more efficient than Win 7 so you can't blame touch for bogging down the system.
 
Oh! look at the pretty colors, Oh just what I was looking for, NOT! Give me some specs! no Specs no sale, list the ports. list the processor make and model number, latest processor what? Give me a data sheet! can the superlatives!!!, superlatives are for marketing morons! This is an ad masquerading as an article!
 
Totally do not want smudges on my laptop screen because I need to touch it all the time?? Really?
Who thought this was a good ideal? Will a pay over a grand for a 11.6" netbook with a low power CPU and 64Gb storage? Not me.
 
Sony Exec:
Guys, let's release a crappy laptop, add a touchscreen and call it a "hybrid"! Those suckers will think they are getting two awesome pieces of hardware and pay through the crapper for it when instead they get left over parts from last year in a "cool" new design!
 
Other companies promote same laptop with various specs (like i5, i7, 4gb, 8gb etc) at different prices. Sony, on the other hand, interested in promoting same laptop in different colors. Totally eccentric.
No wonder they are losing money.
Another thing about them:
My next door guy bought a cool $400 Sony 5.1 sound system(1000W RMS) from all the money he had earned from a small summer job. Only a few days later he discovered that sound system doesn't have a 5.1 aux-in but stereo only. He had downloaded a ton of BR movies to watch with this sound system. And the crappy DVD player that came with sound system doesn't even accept single one of those movies. I felt really sad for him.

Sony sucks when is comes to providing the things that really matter. I feel providing more info about processor/ram/gpu matter more than what colors the laptops will come in. Same goes with the sound system. 5.1 input was more important than how cool those speakers look on the wall.

Maybe it's just me, when I see at a sony product I see a sacrifice of an important aspect of that product for the sake of other unnecessary stuff that was cramped in.

These kind of things work well with Apple but then they have a long line of followers. Sony doesn't. If they think, they can be an Apple too then they will suck even more.
 
My wife has been very happy with the Sony Vaio S we got about 6 months ago. I was kinda surprised that they weren't much overpriced compared to other laptops, we got a good deal on it, and it's quite fast. (7200rpm drive, ivy-bridge i7m, gt 640m iirc, 6GB ram., 15" screen, and almost ultrabook weight/thickness/battery-life)

I was quite shocked to get what I thought was a reasonable price on a Sony product; as I had always thought they were very over-priced. Came with a free PS3 which I promptly sold for nearly full price :)
 
Removable Battery
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That is a good start for those with long long flights. I have 3 batteries that I carry with my Samsung flagship phone. The one in the phone will do in the course of a normal day, but if I have a long trip I can easily go through 2.
 
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