Sony Vaio Tap 20 review

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Verdict:

Sony succesfully splices tablet and all-in-one DNA to create this ingenious hybrid

Review Date: 23 Nov 2012

Price when reviewed: £999

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Reviewed By: Kat Orphanides

Our Rating 5 stars out of 5

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User comments

Feature or menace?

You state the Vaio has a built-in battery as if this is a good thing!

What it *actually* means is that if/when the battery develops a fault you have to buy a whole new PC or send it back to the factory. Also you can't just carry a spare battery around in case it runs down away from an electrical source, because you can't swap them out.

Bad idea.

Also being able to move a *LAPTOP* around from room to room without plugging it in is hardly new nor is it a unique feature. You can do that with *every* mobile device since the first laptops were invented. That's the *whole point* of batteries.

By CeltiKaos on 3 Dec 2012

Or instead of sending it back...

...to the factory if you need to replace the battery, you could actually read owners manual to discover you could change the battery yourself.

http://www.sony-asia.com/microsite/vaio/htmlmanual
s/20123Q/SVJ2021/eng/contents/04/02/01/01.html

By Ignorance_is_bliss on 5 Feb 2013

We probably should have included a photo of this

Ignorance_is_bliss is correct. As we mentioned in the review, the rectangular plastic panel on the back with 'Vaio' written on it comes off to reveal a standard Sony laptop battery, which is entirely user-replaceable.

By kat_orphanides on 5 Feb 2013

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