Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1610 in Personal Computers
- Color: White
- Brand: Sony
- Model: SVJ20215CXW
- Released on: 2012-11-28
- Dimensions: 7.30" h x
19.00" w x
12.00" l,
11.00 pounds
- CPU: Core i5-3317U 1.7 GHz
- Memory: 4GB DDR3 SDRAM
- Hard Disk: 750GB
- Processors: 2
- Display size: 20
Features
- Intel Core i5 3317U 1.7 GHz
- 4 GB DDR3
- 750 GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
- 20-Inch Screen
- Windows 8
Sony VAIO Tap All-in-One Touchscreen SVJ20215CXW 20-Inch Desktop (White)
Product Description
The VAIO® Tap 20 features exceptional picture quality and a capacitive touchscreen. Every touch of your finger elicits snappy performance no matter what you're doing. The 20” 1600 x 900 touchscreen LCD is equipped with IPS (in-plane switching) technology so you can enjoy a crisp image from any viewing angle. Backed by Sony TV technology, the Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2 adds sharpness filters and noise reduction to display rich, beautiful content on your VAIO® Tap. Experience deep and vivid colors, noise reduction for seamless video, and sharpness filters to bring out every minute detail.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
Excellent form factor, great home computer
By Eric Carson
This computer contains more than enough horsepower for most home computing tasks (save PC gaming, but come on, get a console and game on that). This is essentially a low voltage Core i5 laptop bolted onto a 20" glass monitor.Full disclosure - I replaced the spinning hard drive (5400 RPM is terrible performance) with an Intel SSD (the 330 series 160GB). My family keeps our media on a separate network-attached server, so we don't have need of much storage on the home PC, so this solution works best for us. After switching out, we are getting almost 5 hours of battery life, which is very good for the size of the display.The battery adds some heft to the machine. Even after swapping the hard drive for SSD, the machine weighs in at just under 10 pounds, so this is a tablet that gets set on the couch, dining room table or bedroom floor, rather than the lap.The build quality of the machine is fantastic. It looks good, and the hinge is very well built on the stand. The one thing that is a bit disconcerting is that the glass surface of the display is not as smooth as it should be, and this makes playing some games (like air hockey, for instance) a bit more difficult than they should be. Hopefully, this is the result of some process at the factory, and after cleaning the display a few times, fingers will glide smoothly.For a unique home computer with functionality and wow factor, this is it.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Surprisingly Wonderful!
By Long Time Amazon Customer
First: The hardwareI have been in computing for my entire career (35+ years) outside a stint in the military. I have watched as computers continually shrunk while their power has continually increased. I still clung to the notion of a minitower as the basic unit of computing - until this arrived - i was able to clear a mid size tower out of my bedroom and take up less space with this unit than my previous monitor.It is every bit as functional - indeed it is speedier than the older tower was. Very solid build - not something you would normally disconnect and trek with you through your house - but with a built in battery (that supposedly lasts 2-3 hours) this unit can be picked up and transported to show visitors or other people things you want them to see - without their need to trek into my bedroom. Very solid build, and very snappy performance - although serious gamers might not be satisfied - needing that millisecond advantage on their opponents.Sony provided usb ports, etc. that are eminently useable and this unit can be expanded with peripherals (not quite to the extent of a minitower with expansion slots) - but certainly more expandable than most people would want or need. Five stars for build quality and performance. Five stars to amazon - fast delivery and decent price.2. Windows 8Regarding Windows 8, I honestly didn't think I'd like it much - but I really, really like the new interface - it's so easy to jump from desktop to metro to desktop app to metro app - i am going to sell my ipad2 - it really is a clunker compared to Windows 8 - of course one has to have a basic windows experience behind them to appreciate the integration of metro/ipad style apps with a windows desktop - but I guess I qualify there. Corner hovers with mouse or side/top swipes allow the easiest navigation that I could imagine. For experienced windows users - there are a few irritating moments when you know exactly what you want to do - but haven't a clue how to do it - usually corner hovers with a mouse or taps bring up menus that contain the items you're searching for - such as task manager. Use google liberally at first to find how to do what you want - within 30 - 60 minutes you will have mastered the vast majority of those things you tended to do on windows in the past and the metro apps are such a bonus, cheap ( I haven't spent a cent yet ) and in the case of the included mail app - so much nicer than a traditional windows experience. well done Microsoft!3. Response to Other reviews:Regarding slow response (unit vs Windows 8) in prior review - I have not experienced this myself - the unit is crisp and responds quickly to swipes or mouse clicks and app processing is normal - one possibility might be using wireless in a weak spot - but I quit using wireless after configuring my machine and moving it to the bedroom where it has a gigabit wired connection.Regarding hang-ups - losing apps / data as stated by another reviewer. I have not experienced this at all - it is solid and runs perfectly - haven't needed to reboot since I finished configuration about two weeks ago. Perhaps a defective unit that needs replacement? Amazon will accomodate this quickly also - if done right after a purchase (I think within 30 days).
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.my semi-portable love affair
By Z. Barnett
Over the years, I've come to rely on amazon reviews for everything from my pasta strainer to my newest telephoto lens... Give how much I've gained from amazon reviews, I wanted to take some time and "give back" to the community.For a while I wanted a computer in the kitchen so that I could use epicurious and listen to music while cooking. When Christmas came around and my wife got me this Sony VAIO Tap All-in-One 20 inch Touchscreen, I have to say I was very disappointed. I had been eyeing the vizio all-in-ones. For example:VIZIO CA27-A4 27-Inch All-in-One DesktopSo, grudgingly I turned on what I thought was going to be a real let down. Set up was easy and within 15 minutes I had installed the windows 8 epicurious app (which looks AMAZING by the way) and was playing a song from the amazon mp3 cloud player on google chrome.So far so good. I put the computer in the kitchen and took out my laptop and started doing some work--that's when something funny happened. I kept thinking of excuses to use my brand new sony--oh, I want to download some pictures--or oh, I want to get a few windows 8 games... that type of thing. Eventually, I picked it up (it has a battery, so no need to turn it off) and sat it down on the carpet in my living room. Usually I work lying down with a pillow on the ground while my wife works sitting on our couch--and so I started working on the sony.The huge screen is so much better than my lap top--beautiful! I even downloaded the windows 8 kindle app and now I read books using this computer. And when I do want to cook, bringing it over to the kitchen is a snap (again, because of the battery, but also because the stand snaps in and out--unlike the vizio stand).So, to summarize:-This is not something that I would consider portable (lol, I wouldn't bring it to a coffee shop), but it's portable in terms of easily moving it from one room to another.-The screen is beautiful--touch gestures work perfectly.-Unless you're into serious gaming or video editing, the processor is plenty powerful.-Smart design (battery, kickstand, nice keyboard and mouse, aesthetically pleasing)-Not necessarily for everyone, but definitely worth thinking about...~Brand New Sony FanP.S. Wrote this review on the computer I'm reviewing :)P.P.S. Only downside is that the sound is not great.
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