Vizio Thin and Light Touch Release Date

Does anyone know or have any idea when Vizio will release their new 2013 thin and light touch laptops?

 

i've been trying to find the answer as well. i'm starting to wonder if they're waiting for haswell until they do so, which would be smart. if they release prior to haswell, then they're going to have to update it just a few months later with haswell (unless they want to miss sales).

so it seems they're a bit stuck in the middle right now. from the CES video, it doesn't appear they've done any real work on the keyboard or trackpad from the 2012 versions. they said the keys will have a bit more travel, but who knows. the real issue is that the keys are too wide and flat. and how they can't release a backlit keyboard version is beyond me as well.

it still seems that their only real strong points are screen, unibody design, and no bloatware. keyboard, trackpad, and poor battery were all major issues with their first releases, so they must improve all of these to really become a player.

 

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What OP said

 

Actually, I think the thin and light touch lineup was technically launched yesterday

http://store.vizio.com/news/cat/news/post/vizio-launches-new-premium-pc-line-up

I, for one, want to get my hands on a CT14T-B0 model, especially if it drops below $900. With the A10, bigger battery, and touchscreen, all my excuses for not getting this have suddenly vanished

Only the 15" i7 model is on sale now. I hope the rest come soon.

 

I have been waiting for these as well. I just have some questions. Does anyone know if these use Richland APUs and the website is just misnaming them? My reasoning is that the 15 inch has an 8670 dedicated-LEVEL gpu, which I imagine means it still uses the integrated graphics and Vizio is trying to make it appear more appealing, which would mean it is in fact using a Richland APU.

Just hoping the community could clarify these questions/statements.

 

From here, scroll down and you will find the answers for your questions.

 

Is the CT15T-B1 user upgradable to 16GB?

 

In case anyone is wondering these latest thin and lights will carry on the tradition of not being upgradeable. This is a reply to an email inquiry I sent the company.

 

I was hoping the SSDs in the thin and lights was at least of the mSATA form factor, this kills it for me.

 

128GB/256GB and 8GB RAM is acceptable enough. Still, the not even using an msata SSD in a 14"-15" notebook is a major fail.

 

vizio has officially lost its mind - $1,400 for a 14" ultrabook without a Full HD screen, non-upgradeable, and a terrible keyboard and trackpad? they're clueless.

 

The trackpad issues have been fixed with later revisions of the previous model (changed to a Synaptics trackpad and have updated the software). The keyboard I don't know about, since I haven't seen any hands-on impressions, but I recall reading that Vizio was aware of the concerns and were supposed to have fixed it with the new touch models. Just because the keyboard looks the same doesn't mean it performs the same.

I'd really like the 14" A10 model myself (assuming the keyboard is fixed), but the price points have gone a little overboard (though they did upgrade the RAM to 8GB, the wifi to 802.11ac, doubled the battery capacity, and added a touch-panel, to be fair). $1100 is just a bit too much for me to justify -- if these are in the wild anytime soon at below MSRP (as the previous model often was), like say $800-$900, that'd be more like it.

As for upgradeability, the RAM is soldered, yes, but that's par for the course for this form factor and 8GB is plenty anyway. Unless they changed it with the new models, a poster in this thread noted on his teardown of the CT15 that it uses an mSATA SSD which could in fact be upgraded. The battery should also be replaceable.

In response to jheathusmc, no, this is not Richland. It's the highest-end mobile Trinity. While Richland would've been great, it's not a deal-killer for me. The CT15-B0 does, inexplicably, actually have a (decidedly low-end) discrete AMD GPU in there. It would've made more sense to put that in the more expensive Intel-equipped version to supplant the much weaker HD4000 graphics, IMO. I could be wrong if they COMPLETELY fudged the specs on the website, I guess.

 

APUs still not available... What's the deal with these trinity based laptops anyway? Does every brand delay them?

 

Thin it is but 4.18lb isn't exactly light IMO.

 

vizio needs to exit the computer business ASAP, they have zero clue as to what they're doing. stick to mass production low margin tv's.