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    Vaio S13: Regular vs Premium

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by mintus, Jul 22, 2012.

  1. mintus

    mintus Newbie

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    I'm having troubles deciding between the Regular and the Premium version of Vaio S13.

    I understand that the permium slightly slimmer and lighter than the regular, but is the build quality the same?

    Is the entire body of the premium made of carbon fibre? The Norwegian Sony site says that the Regular is made of magnesium and the Premuim is made of carbon fibre.

    Especially here in Norway, I can save some big money upgrading the Regular to the Premium's specs, so my questin is: Is the Premium worth it?
     
    mintus, Jul 22, 2012
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  2. Suffering Succotash

    Suffering Succotash Newbie

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    It looks like the premium has the option for the 1600x900 resolution screen, gold viao on the back, TPM, a fingerprint reader, a hard drive accelerometer, different colors, and option for 2gig graphics.

    Just look at the website:

    S13

    S13p

    I would get the premium simply for the better screen.
     
    Suffering Succotash, Jul 22, 2012
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  3. Rhoel

    Rhoel Notebook Guru

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    depends on your budget... both are great machines, its a matter of what applications you will be running. if you got good eyes, get the premium...if not, go for the other and save some cash for an ssd upgrade... which ever among the two you choose... they are both good workhorses.. :)

    btw, I'm typing this with my S13 premium :)
     
    Rhoel, Jul 22, 2012
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  4. mintus

    mintus Newbie

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    Thank you for your replies :)

    I'm just wondering about the carbon firbre, I've seen that some people say that it's only the lid that is made out of carbon fibre, and the main body of the regular and the premium is the same, can someone confirm this?
     
    mintus, Jul 24, 2012
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  5. Darkimmortal

    Darkimmortal Notebook Evangelist

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    I saw a silver S13 in a sony centre recently and it didn't seem different materials-wise at all to my black S13A, didn't pay particular attention to the lid though
     
    Darkimmortal, Jul 24, 2012
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  6. mintus

    mintus Newbie

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    Thank you again, think I'm just gonna buy the regular one :)
     
    mintus, Jul 28, 2012
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  7. luckyknight

    luckyknight Notebook Geek

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    The screen on the 13" reg is horrible - is the p any better?
     
    luckyknight, Jul 30, 2012
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    I'm assuming its the same screen with a higher resolution?
     
    otakumaster, Jul 30, 2012
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  9. razamit

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    I have the premium and its great!!! the screen is amazing and its all carbon fiber.
    I would get the cheapest one and upgrade the ram and ssd by myself (thats what I did)
     
    razamit, Jul 31, 2012
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