Sony Vaio PC purse sized PC to give MacBook Air stiff competition
Posted on 08 January 2009, at 6:07 am, by Wayne Schulz
Sony introduced their new Vaio P series Lifestyle PC at CES 2009 yesterday. Weighing in at only 1.4 pounds and less than an inch thick the device is looking like one of the first true competitors to Apple’s ultra-thin MacBook Air. The screen is an 8 inch 1600 x 768 LCD (compared to the 13.3 inch screen on the MacBook Air) and under the hood is a 1.3 GHZ Intel processor. When this debuts later this month expect to pay $900 for the entry level model and $1,500 for the premium model (SSD drive and upgraded Vista OS).
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January 8th, 2009 at 4:35 am
Is the only difference between $900 and $1500 model the SSD and OS? Sony's listings have too much information for me to parse all the differences.
January 8th, 2009 at 5:01 am
Wow, that's over 220 pixels/inch. Squint city!
January 9th, 2009 at 6:58 am
I…..WANT….THIS! PANT PANT PANT!
January 9th, 2009 at 7:15 am
Mark Reid: I agree with you, as I grow older, 13.3 inch is still too small for me. On the other hand, 8 inch screen is very generous, compare to that of an iPod touch
January 10th, 2009 at 4:34 am
Make it run OS X. Then maybe I'll consider it.
Here's the thing I love about all this new "netbook" small PC revolution thats going on – The prices. Show of hands: Who thought that $900 was pricey for this? Compared to an Eee or a Wind it is – but 5 years ago I paid almost 2 grand for a similar sized Fujitsu that was about half the speed. Now, I'm not giving up my MacBook any time soon for one of these, but if it was half this price I'd certainly consider losing my iPod Touch. Either way, when I saw the images start to trickle out for this my first though was $1799. I can't believe how cheap it is!