For two years I owned an Apple MacBook Pro, which was nothing but trouble. I eventually replaced two months ago with a Sony VAIO Z In this article we will compare the two notebooks.
Before you begin, I would note that the MacBook Pro is a 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo 2008 costs £ 1300 update of the model, it was like new, with 4 GB of RAM and 7200 RPM hard upgrade. The VAIO Z is a custom from the Sony Style store, the VAIO LF-lacks a DVD player and build a normal hard diskits more expensive SSD instead of the X-series Quad brothers. In this model, I have an update of £ 30 (as an increase to £ 50) from 2.4 GHz to 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5 and £ 50 (now increased to £ 70) 1920 x 1080 pixels on the screen instead the standard 1600 × 900 This led the VAIO smaller than £ 1400, an increase of 100 pounds.
I'll break the comparison between the two categories in which:
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I opted for the £ 50 upgrade to 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)Displaying the 13.1 "VAIO Z, and while the range of colors is much better than the MacBook Pro 15" (on par with or perhaps even slightly better than my HP LP2475w monitor it with the left side), the full HD resolution simply too for a "13.1-screen comparison. the 2-inch MacBook Pro largest had only a 1440 × 900 screen, and that a high pixel density at the time felt the DPI settings in Windows 7! to alleviate the problem a little ', but a higher DPI iswith his own tribute - incompatibility with some software called Dreamweaver CS4 by one. As you know from the screen, you can see for most of the Dreamweaver interface, DPI settings have no effect (which should make user interface elements and text bigger), but causes the property bar at the bottom of the size broader Among the options are cut off from the screen. Other programs have minor problems, such as icons and pixel user interface elements.
Performance
The 2.53 GHz processor Intel Core i5-520MVAIO is definitely a slight increase over the 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook, but this is predictable, it's been two years since he released the MacBook. To be honest, it is difficult to compare the performance as the MacBook running Leopard and the VAIO is running, of course, Windows 7, so that the operating system probably has a greater impact on perceived performance than the processor.
The 7200 RPM hard drive a bit faster in the MacBook has helped no end of lively, soI'm sure an update from the disk of 5400 RPM for a SSD would help no end, the VAIO.
Both the laptops are to be with 4 GB of RAM, which never seemed quite in the MacBook, and it seems even longer to load Windows 7 feature. Open Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Firefox, the machine slows to a crawl. The VAIO Z is just an intelligent switch to toggle between integrated Intel graphics (good for surfing) and the integrated NVIDIA 330M GT 1GB graphics card, and an 'Auto' positionswitches to integrated graphics when on battery. And 'with some trepidation that I bought another laptop with NVIDIA graphics, because my MacBook is dead because of him, but whatever. You've probably solved this problem. I am not a person to play, so I looked in front of the NVIDIA is an exercise in mass, but for some reason, Photoshop CS4, the VAIO lag. Even with nothing else open (for RAM to eliminate the cause), the simple things such as zooming or scrolling around an image is a fairlydelay ugly. The same actions are used to soften the butter on the MacBook, and are not nearly as bad on my desktop. Odd. Another big problem is that the graphics circuit breaker, turn off the computer and graphics, if anything, that could be affected by the swaps. Sometimes cut into action refused for no apparent reason to change graphics, and sometimes even the cutting operation, causing the computer to crash and blue screen, or at least forcenearby, which was produced using the graphics program. I'm getting a little 'powered by Photoshop crash and lose all my work, just because I unplugged the laptop, so now the switch is pretty firmly set in the NVIDIA-only mode. Great idea, and the battery life is a bit 'better when it is integrated graphics, but the implementation of the operating system within my means without interruption.
Feel
The main point (and the reason it was so nice compared to its competitors), the VAIO is its weight.with a claimed 1.3 kg instead of 2.6 on the MacBook is much more comfortable to carry in a purse. Slipped into a bag, you hardly notice data (unless you also carry the bulky power supply and to increase its three-prong). For comparison, the performance of the MacBook to do some 'pretty stiff shoulders. The chicklet keyboard on the VAIO is ace - very strong and well positioned to distribute keys. The feeling is very similar to a desktop Apple keyboard. The trackpad is not, however.It 'a little' too small, you are too close to the keys, and the actual impact cramps thumb - terrible. The cursor jumps around seemingly at random. Multi-touch zoom pinch there, but only in some software (not Creative Suite) and a very jerky movement. It 'hard to be gentle on the keyboard and trackpad on the MacBook, since he worked only intermittently after about a year (the ribbon cable is not to remain in the corresponding port), but if they worked on was the trackpadPleasure. Pinch and scroll through documents in Photoshop is better than a mouse, and I figure to be even better in more recent MacBook because of its large glass trackpad. The carbon fiber lid on the VAIO is fairly robust considering its impressive thickness and thin and the thick block of aluminum, giving the chassis does not flex and forms' a shame for the plastic cup beneath the aluminum block, which is the basic forms, as this feeling is very cheap compared to full metalShell of the MacBook. It 'full of holes, openings and adhesives such as a laptop cheap and seems really out of place on something costs £ 1,400. The wireless switch on the front end is also stupid - you can leave whenever you're waiting for the laptop, then a backup. Why is it still necessary to disable the Wi-Fi, anyway?
Completion
I have a little 'love-hate relationship with the VAIO Z, could be much better if these small flaws have been ordered,and I'm not sure that you feel is worth € 1,400. I think that would be of great benefit, 8GB of RAM and an SSD, then I must consider that if the prices of DDR3 come down again. I also plan to update the Creative Suite 5 in the very near future, so we hope that many of the problems to sort. I do not feel comfortable working on a small screen, I much prefer to get my desktop with its enormous power and plenty of space on your desk, so help me, I wonder if I could dowith a laptop cheaper. I bought the VAIO line, one that probably never was a big mistake since dead, but with the MacBook, I needed a laptop - fast. That does not even work so well - Sony took almost a month after the end of building a custom laptop and bring it to me. At least they kept me well informed about progress, and I never go to a challenging Apple's Genius Bar "again.
