For the last 9 months or so I've been using a 11 inch Sony Vaio. My Macbook arrived last week. I was chatting to a friend the other day and asked why I moved to a Macbook. I really loved the Sony Vaio and it's impressed most people who've seen it. Alan convinced me it was a good laptop and he's right. Now ignoring the obvious reason - my laptop is owned by my previous company, not me - why did I switch and which did I prefer?
The answer is the Macbook. One of my main reason things I look for in a laptop is the portability and here the Sony Vaio is supreme:
- Weight and size: light and small. Actually is usable on a plane.
- Hibernation support: good, restart is about 20 secs (time to restart and Windows to think about it).
- Battery life: excellent 8 hours if you put on maximum, I've rarely run out.
- Weight and size: heavier and bigger. But nowhere as big as some.
- Hibernation support: fantastic restart, about 2 seconds
- Battery life: good 6 hours advertised, haven't tried yet.