Pros
- Bright, accurate touchscreen
- Good performance
- Attractive industrial design
Cons
- Too few ports
- Minor design flaws
- Somewhat heavy
At A Glance
We'd like this machine a lot more if Vizio made a few design tweaks and shaved some weight to render this good notebook great.
Manufacturer’s Description
Intuitive To Touch. Impossible To Ignore. The VIZIO Thin + Light Touch packs uncompromising performance into an elegantly thin unibody design that stands up to life on the road.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| UPC Code | 845226020643 |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Intel Core i7-3635QM |
| Processor speed | 2400.0 MHz |
| Number of Cores | 4.0 |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 8192.0 MB |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Memory speed | 1600.0 MHz |
| Display | |
| Display size | 15.6 inches |
| Display type | LCD Display w/ LED Backlight |
| Touchscreen | Multitouch |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| Graphics | |
| Graphics Type | Integrated |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | Intel HD 4000 |
| Storage | |
| Drive 1 size | 256.0 GB |
| Drive 1 type | Solid-State Drive |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Available Interfaces |
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| Wireless connection | 802.11ac |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 14.92 inches |
| Depth | 9.9 inches |
| Height | 0.68 inches |
| Weight | 4.84 pounds |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 8 Home |
| Other Features | |
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Performance
| Product Type | |
|---|---|
| Subcategory | Ultra Portable |
| Overall Performance | |
|---|---|
| Worldbench Score | 334.0 |
| Worldbench Version | 8.1 |
| Battery | |
|---|---|
| Battery Life | 6:44 (hh:mm) |
| Start Up | |
|---|---|
| Start Up | 6.8 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| PCMark 7 Productivity Suite | 3226.0 score (higher is better) |
| Web Browsing | |
|---|---|
| Peacekeeper | 2573.0 score (higher is better) |
| Storage Performance | |
|---|---|
| PCMark 7 Storage Test | 5407.0 score (higher is better) |
| File Compression | 63.3 seconds (lower is better) |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| Image Editing | 205.2 seconds (lower is better) |
| Image Editing - GPU Accelerated | 155.6 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 175.5 seconds (lower is better) |
| Audio Encoding | 229.2 seconds (lower is better) |
| Power Usage | |
|---|---|
| Working power usage | 5.6 Watt hours |
| Idle power usage | 20.6 Watts |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| 3DMark, Ice Storm | 32588.0 score (higher is better) |
| 3DMark, Cloud Gate | 4536.0 score (higher is better) |
| 3DMark, Firestrike Extreme | 252.0 score (higher is better) |
| 3DMark, Firestrike | 526.0 score (higher is better) |
| Dirt Showdown, Low Quality, 1024x768 | 46.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 3, Ultra Quality, 1920x1080 | 1.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 3, Ultra Quality, 1024x768 | 17.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Bioshock Infinite, Ultra Quality, 1920x1080 | 4.0 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Bioshock Infinite, Low Quality, 1024x768 | 24.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
