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Sony Vaio Pro 11, Vaio Pro 13 in the flesh

This afternoon, we went to the Sony Store to check out some of the gadgets already in the market. The latest Intel Haswell-powered Vaio Pro was already there ad being sold at a starting price of 128,000Yen.


The basic configuration includes a Core i5-4200U 1.6GHz processor, 4GB of RAM and 128GB SSD storage. That’s on top of the full HD 1080 IPS LCD touchscreen display on Windows 8.

The units are very light, even the 13.3-inch model, thanks to the carbon-fiber body. Some parts of the design were borrowed from the older Vaio ultrabooks but this one is much thinner. Despite that, Sony managed to include the regular-sized ports for the USB 3.0 and the VGA.

Sony VAIO Pro 11 specs:
11.6-inch full HD Triluminous touchscreen IPS LCD display @ 1920×1080 pixels
Intel Core i5-4200U 1.6GHz (Intel Turbo Boost 2.6GHz)
Intel Core i7-4500U 1.8GHz (Intel Turbo Boost 3.0GHz)
Intel HD Graphics 4400
4GB DDR3 1600MHz SDRAM
256GB SSD internal storage
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0 + H
NFC
1 x USB 3.0
1 x USB 3.0 with USB charge
HDMI out
SD memory card reader
0.92MP 720p front-facing camera with ‘Exmor R for PC’
TCG ver1.2 Security chip
HDMI to VGA adapter
AC powered Ethernet to WiFi Router
Stereo speakers with ClearAudio+ mode
Windows 8 or Windows 8 Pro
285 mm x 197 mm x 17.2 mm (dimensions)
0.87kg or 1.92lbs (weight)

The Vaio Pro 13 has exactly the same options for the hardware specs except that it also allows up to 8GB of RAM instead of the max 4GB on the Vaio Pro 11.

The Vaio Pro 11 starts at 128,000yen for the Core i5, 4GB and 128GB combo while the Vaio Pro 13 of the same configuration starts at 138,000Yen. Upgrades are also available for up to 8GB RAM (+5,000 Yen) and up to 256GB SSD (+15,000 Yen).

The red color is a special edition model that sells for 190,000 yen.

I am told that Sony Philippines is set to launch the Vaio Pro series in the country on August 12. We’ll know the details and retail price by then.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

14 Responses

  1. Avatar for Sam Sam says:

    Any updates on the pricing and release dates here in Phils.? Tomorrow’s Aug 13 already

  2. Avatar for jdGONEMAD jdGONEMAD says:

    ganda. pero ang mahal. is it really worth it to buy expensive laptops eh mya-mya lang eh may lalabas na agad na mas bago at mas magandang specs.

  3. Avatar for Vance Yap Vance Yap says:

    Sana po binili nyo, pwede naman ireinstall ang OS hehe

  4. Avatar for Pislit Pislit says:

    Sana may option na non-touchscreen panel para bumaba ang price. Kahit hindi HD, basta above 1366×768, okay na.

  5. Avatar for sham sham says:

    Bakit 84k computation mo? How did you arrive on,such amount? 56k un 128,000¥ and 61k ang 138,000¥ even if you add the upgrade of 5,000 ¥ plus 15,000¥. And,villman is selling VAIO pro 11 and VAIO pro 13 at php109,000. Duhhhh

  6. Avatar for abuzalzal abuzalzal says:

    Ang labanan ngayon sa notebook market, pataasan ng presyo…Waay to prematurely kill the ”already dying” PC industry.

    Good luck with that…

    • Avatar for cipher cipher says:

      Sorry to burst your bubble, smartphone fanboy.
      The PC is still alive and well thanks to those gamers, college students, software and web developers, system administrators and businessmen out there. Also, those convertible laptops kepp the PC space alive. Only a dumbass like you would think that smartphones and tablets will completely kill the PC. Do you really think you could get your work done on a lame and feedbackless touchscreen device?

      I guess you’re just a normal consumer who uses computers for surfing and porn, aren’t you? Do you really think you’re some expert analyst? Go get some reality check.

    • Avatar for Pislit Pislit says:

      Even normal consumers use PC for…everything.

    • Avatar for abuzalzal abuzalzal says:

      Eh, whatever!
      I’ll stick to my dearest Android Tab when it comes to watching porn and waiting for the latest episode of Mang Kanor!

      Fuck you PC users!

  7. Avatar for Jay Jay says:

    Nice specs! Probably 90-110 T pesoses here.

  8. Avatar for meganekko meganekko says:

    that red sony vaio looks badass. gotta buy one of those ultrabooks once i got my salary at a game company here in japan. i love japan!!!

  9. Avatar for Wha Antolin RIGOS Wha Antolin RIGOS says:

    Thats 84,550 bucks with an exchange rate of 0.445

    • Avatar for sham sham says:

      Bakit 84k computation mo? How did you arrive on,such amount? 56k un 128,000¥ and 61k ang 138,000¥ even if you add the upgrade of 5,000 ¥ plus 15,000¥. And,villman is selling VAIO pro 11 and VAIO pro 13 at php109,000. Duhhhh

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