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    Vaio Duo 11 or Vaio Duo 13

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by aliensony, Jul 2, 2014.

  1. aliensony

    aliensony Notebook Consultant

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    Real confused about which Vaio to purchase:

    1. Vaio Duo 11 - 128gb including sheet battery for $550

    2. Vaio Duo 13 - 256gb with two year extended warrnty until 2015 for $950

    any insights? i dont think space will be the issue, but the screen realestate might.

    thanks.
     
    aliensony, Jul 2, 2014
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  2. Ashers

    Ashers Notebook Evangelist

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    The battery life of the Duo 13 will be about the same as the Duo 11 with the sheet battery (and is only slightly heavier than the 11 without the sheet battery). Duo 11 has a trackpoint (which I think is great!), Duo 13 has a very small touchpad. Duo 11 has VGA and RJ45 - Duo 13 has neither. Duo 13 has a pen holder. Both have the same resolution screen - Duo 11 has better viewing angles and brighter display, Duo 13 has better colors (with triluminous display). Duo 13 has a full-size keyboard, which is meant to be better that the Duo 11's keyboard. It's true - I've never liked the Duo 11 keyboard, but wasn't too keen on recessed keys of the Duo 13.

    So, it depends on what you need.
     
    Ashers, Jul 3, 2014
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