Sony Vaio T Series Ultra-book

Sony has joined the mid-segment ultra-book league with its latest T Series ultrabook Vaio SVT11113FGS priced at Rs 49k and powered by Intel's 3rd gen processor.

It features an 11.6-inch screen and a MacBook style keyboard with black chicklet keys. The display augmented by Intel 4000 HD graphics technology offers stunning visuals while the well-spaced keyboard provides an ideal typing experience that's further enhanced by a cohesive multi-touchpad. It is handsomely braced with several ports, and unlike many other ultrabooks has both VGA and HDMI ports. It also features 2 USB ports, one of which is a USB 3.0 port, besides having a multi 3-in-1 card reader and a LAN port. It has light indicators placed right above the keyboard, followed by three short-cut buttons --- Web button for one push Internet access; Vaio button for instant access to Sony's media gallery; and Assist button for help and support from Vaio care. It isn't as thin as Aspire S3 or the Samsung Series 5 ultrabooks, but with a 17.88 mm width it's more like HP's Folio 13 (18 mm width).

In the PC Mark benchmark, it scored an impressive 8276 points. In 3D Mark and Battery Mark tests, it came out an average performer with a score of 3755 and battery backup time of 2 hr 30 min respectively. However, the screen appears too small and could have been a little bigger.

Bottomline: A good performer but loses out on features to the Samsung Series 5 ultrabook.