Still, Sony clearly did some re-tooling beneath the surface. Somehow, though, typing feels a little different, which is strange since the pitch of the keys hasn't changed, so far as we can tell. Fortunately, none of the major keys (Shift, etc.) appear to have gotten smaller. In general, the new layout is about as wide as the old one, but shorter, partially owing to those shrunken Function buttons.
The arrangement hasn't changed much either, except that the Function keys here are tinier, as are the arrow buttons, which now sit flush with the space bar. Keyboard and trackpadĪt first glance, the six-row keyboard on the Fit is nearly identical to the one on the T15: same chiclet-style keys, same lettering on the buttons. Anything else you would have wanted? Because that about checks off everything on our wish list. From back to front, you've got the power port, an Ethernet jack, HDMI-out, three USB 3.0 ports, a headphone / mic jack, a memory card reader and a Kensington lock slot. That means the left side is pretty tightly packed. Actually, make that the left: the right side is home to a tray-loading DVD burner, with no other sockets or openings sitting nearby. We're pretty sure that hidden hinge doesn't have anything to do with that, but again, a pretty design never hurt.Īs you'd expect, because the backside is covered by that oversized lid, all of the ports are located along the right and left edges. (And believe us, our battery life results are a testament to that.) Even so, it's slim enough that you can easily carry it around in the crook of your arm.
So, it's a fairly stationary machine, then - the sort of thing you can shuttle from room to room, but will probably keep plugged in most of the time. As such, it weighs a good deal more than the T15 (5.73 pounds versus 5.18), though it's about as thin (0.89 inch, compared with 0.9 inch for the T series). The Fit 15, meanwhile, is not an Ultrabook but rather, a full-fledged laptop - a more powerful, all-purpose sort of thing. There's also lots of give throughout the machine, from the lid to the hinge area, and it can be particularly tough to ignore when you're carrying the machine around in your hands.īefore we get in the weeds with our comparisons against the T15, let's make one thing perfectly clear: the T15 is an Ultrabook, and will continue to be sold for the time being.
One of the first things we noticed about the Fit is that its screen wobbles when you first set the machine down - something the older T15 doesn't do. (Even that's less conspicuous, now that the lettering is white instead of red.)Īs we hinted, though, a sharper design somehow doesn't equate to improved durability. Even on the keyboard deck, there are noticeably fewer buttons, with the only holdovers being the glowing green power button and the VAIO Assist key. Gone is the shiny chrome strip along the hinge, along with the plastic band lining the lid. In general, too, the Fit does away with a lot of the decorative extras used to dress up last year's T series. You wouldn't know they were there unless you knew to look (or if you got the laptop so hot and bothered it started to spew hot air, which is also a possibility). What you might appreciate, however, are the hidden fans: they're not on the sides or even on the bottom, but tucked improbably into the area between the screen and the keyboard. To be honest, we're not sure unsightly hinges were really a problem that needed solving, but we dig the seamless look nonetheless. Available in black, silver and pink, it also has an extra-long lid that covers the hinge.
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While the Fit and T series laptops both have brushed-metal lids, the Fit follows up with a matching brushed-aluminum palm rest - a more dapper touch than the T series' plain magnesium, which could easily be mistaken for plastic. We'll put the lower-end Fit E through its paces some other day, but for now, we're here to tell you the higher-end Fit is prettier than its predecessor, if not necessarily better-made. In fact, though, it actually consists of two very different notebooks: the Fit E, which replaces the E laptops (natch), and the Fit, whose premium stylings make it most similar to the existing T series. Given that the Fit series is the spiritual successor to the entry-level VAIO E series and the mid-range T line, it'd be reasonable to suppose it ranks somewhere in between, with a design that's a loose mash-up of the two.
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