2.0
A great ultrabook, held back by one flaw
10/26/2012
Pros
Adequate Storage
Easy To Use
Fast
Lightweight
Screen Quality
Cons
Poor Battery Life
Poor Construction
Best Uses
Web Browsing
Word Processing
Comment:
Here's the deal, I like this computer. I do, it's fast, beautifully sleek, quite responsive, the specs are great, it comes with a clean Windows Signature OS, i.e. no bloatware pre-installed (I'm looking at you HP), the battery has thus far performed pretty admirably, the screen quality is simply fantastic, and even my initial concern about the keyboard being shallow and unresponsive wasn't with merit. In fact, after playing with the desktop Vizio and learning my way around this ultrabook, I can say I think the laptop keyboard is even better than it's desktop cousin. All those pros though don't make up for one glaring and unforgivable fault. The trackpad is abysmal, truly magnificently and unacceptably bad. It does crazy things, like highlight font, make clicks, zoom in and out, etc. without my input. If that wasn't bad enough, it's horrendously unresponsive, it's movements bare little semblance to my input. Coming from a MBP and a subsequent HP Folio, I can say with some certitude it's the worst mouse/trackpad I've ever encountered, and this is after I tried adjusting the input settings and downloaded the latest driver. Just moments before putting in this review, the trackpad stopped working entirely. It wouldn't move or click or do anything. I had restart the system to get it up and running again. Vizio - fix the trackpad, and this could easily be the greatest Windows machine out there. I wanted to love this computer, I've always been a fan of Vizio and I do like Windows 7, but this flaw keeps me from recommending it, and I can't even tell you if I'll be keeping this or returning it. Buyers, beware...
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Bottom Line
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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