VAIO Type P
Akihabaranews gets hands on and more photos of the recently announced "Pocket Style PC VAIO Type P.
Specs are...
Vista Home Premium Atom Z520 @ 1.33GHz or with a Z530 (1.6GHz) / Z540 (1.86GHz)
2GB of RAM
60GB of HDD or up to 128GB of SSD
8” UWXGA Screen with a stunning 1600x768 resolution
WiFi B/G/N
a 1.3Mpix Camera Module
WAN and GPS (in Option)
for just 639g and 245 x 19.8 x 120 mm
Akihabaranews got some video footage below too - not only did it look slow bit Akihabara news also said it was slow first hand too.
Performance wise we had some trouble watching Dailymotion HD Video, however, Sony's staff took on this problem and showed us a nice Full HD trailer running smoothly on the Vaio P with Windows Media Player (they had to close all open software). As for boot time... not up to expectations, Vista is still a resource hog and installing 7 on this beast may be the best thing to do.
More of the Vaio P Type at:-
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2009/0108/ces04.htm
http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20090108/sony.htm
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2009/0108/sony.htm
http://japanese.engadget.com/2009/01/07/ces-2009-vaio-p/
http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/P1/index.html?s=jp_bn_vaiotop_typep
Geek Stuff 4 U are taking pre-orders for 1,230 yen.
I used to be a sony fanboi many moons ago and had a few Vaio machines - looked cool but performance was crap.
I asked a comrade who worked at Sony what was that all about and she said that what Sony try to do to keep costs down is to first design a cool looking product and when thats done take existing parts / technology thats 10 years old (her own words) and try to stuff it in.
Anybody here owned and felt the pain of Vaio machines?
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