jimmyfal Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 When Steve Jobs introduced an easy to use music player called the IPod, my first reaction was not how smart he was, but how stupid all the other manufacturers were. Here Vizio does something so simple. A gorgeous Ultrabook, 15.6", crapware free, 2 year warranty at no extra charge, and all north American technical support. Duh! JF +Warwagon, Obi-Wan Kenobi and BoyBoppins 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Wan Kenobi Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 that's one gorgeous piece of machinery right there! nice!!! (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Posted last month: https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1084525-vizio-launches-line-of-drool-worthy-bargain-price-pcs/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdsams Veteran Posted July 23, 2012 Veteran Share Posted July 23, 2012 Posted last month: http://www.neowin.ne...gain-price-pcs/ He posted an unboxing, not news...not sure what point you are trying to make? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 If I was buying a Windows machine this is definitely something I would consider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eins.MY Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 looks sexy as hell how is the battery life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migo Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Got a direct link? IE10 has very limited flash support, so I've only got a red X with it embedded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BajiRav Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 OP: It's not vector graphics that causes smooth zoom in-out on Macs, I don't really know what is the reason but Safari might be animating layout changes that IE10 does in some cases. Can you try doing that in IE10? It's scary how fast Windows 8 booted on that thing :blink: Got a direct link? IE10 has very limited flash support, so I've only got a red X with it embedded. I just watched it on desktop-IE10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siah1214 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 The other OEMs should be running scared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migo Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 The other OEMs should be running scared. Or copying them. Would be nice if Asus follows suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoyBoppins Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Im looking forward to hearing more about Windows 8 on it and touchpad related findings. Who supplies the drivers? Vizio stated that when Windows 8 launched there would be some surprises - a ?pseudo-touch interface that?s pretty neat?. I assume it's related to Synaptics and InterTouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealexweb Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I'm sure the quality is very nice but it seems very underpowered, my laptop gets a 5.9 on WEI and it was ?392 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 That was some great boot up times with win8, will be interesting to hear your impressions with the system and win 8 after a while. Keep us posted, vid was good too covered alot, should keep em coming :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaAddict Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 looks sexy as hell how is the battery life? Battery life is supposed to be on par with Apple's 7 hours for their MBP line based on the specs from previous articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyfal Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 I will be posting more tests later, but I too was puzzled by the Windows Experience Index, then I realized I didn't rerun the assessment after all the updates. So here are the new and improved WEI scores. I'll assume lack of proper Win 8 video drivers could explain the lower score. Not sure. Windows 7: 7.1 - Processor 5.9 - RAM 5.8 - Graphics 6.4 - Gaming Graphics 7.9 - SSD HD Windows 8 7.1 5.9 5.4 6.3 8.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siah1214 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Jimmyfal, could you redo your startup tests with a timer? Your seconds are long :-\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoyBoppins Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Youtube has times displayed where you can figure it out or you could time it yourself. I got about 17 seconds for Win 7 and 8 seconds for Win 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilkurt Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 No ethernet is a ultrabook standart now, too? C'mon, the only thing that this device lacks is RJ45 port. That little thingie is must. I saw there are usb to ethernet dongles out there but why? Serious networking still needs an ethernet cable with a wired router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted July 31, 2012 MVC Share Posted July 31, 2012 Very good review! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaAddict Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 No ethernet is a ultrabook standart now, too? C'mon, the only thing that this device lacks is RJ45 port. That little thingie is must. I saw there are usb to ethernet dongles out there but why? Serious networking still needs an ethernet cable with a wired router. The ethernet port is by far the biggest/tallest port on the laptop. Up until recently, hardware was never small enough to bother. But now, the only way to slim the laptop even further to ditch the ethernet port. Vizio isn't the only one taking this approach; Apple did it with the Retina MBP and others are following as well. It's an unfortunate hassle to if you rely on ethernet for a stable connection. For most users, they have wifi at home or work that this will never be a problem. Another thing to consider is that if you are connected to ethernet, then chances are you sitting at a desk in order to be wired up. So the dongle doesn't really interfere with usage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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