to see how this performs with OS X on it. It's the nice.
Oh, and I would love to see some more "content" in these videos, more than just another underage marketing drone (did they kidnap this one on the way home from school?) oozing out its spin. If they claim the keyboard is nice, it would be sooo informative if you actually put the thing down, typed a couple of sentences and let us know about your feelings, you know... otherwise these vids would be pretty worthless.
Gorgeous machine and really good specs for a netbook but its just a shame about the price ... actually considering the 3G option then it might be worth a punt on a £40/month carrier subscription if it came "free".
They've got the size right (sort of, I hate those nipple mouse pointers) but at that price it's too expensive for a Netbook and too small/limited as a proper laptop. Sony's various hardware divisions don't seem to be having much luck lately, what with the PS3 nosediving and TV sales plummeting.
The droid tells you (twice) it's "1.4lb". And it's "under 20 seconds", not "120 seconds".
Boasting about its eight inch *diagonal* screen is about as honest about counting individual colour sub-pixels as entire pixels: the screen's so un-square the area is far less than you'd think from that figure.
Matt, $900 doesn't come close to £400 to £500 according to Sony.
I know the dollar to pound has got worse, but we're pretty much back to the dollar = pound syndrome for conversion. The base model in the UK starts at £850 and goes up to a whopping £1369!
Have a look at the Sony style site where you can pre-order for a mid Feb release:
"$900 - if that equates to £4-500 then one of thems mine!! :D"
Chances are they will probably go for the £=$ option. Even if you are right, this doesn't compare well with some of the other netbooks out there, possibly because of what it needs inside to actually run Vista. I'd wait for a more detailed spec and a few benchmarks first before shelling out.
Actually, the keyboard reminded me of the Tandy Colour Computer keyboard. Odd, that. ;)
"Under 20 seconds" - I heard "one twenty seconds". I must be getting deaf in my old age.
I missed the 1.4lb, I guess I'm not used to hearing mass (or even weight) mentioned in Imperial any more.
It does look nice, however, to run Vista I reckon it's going to require significant resources which means, with such a small size, it might get hot and not have fantastic battery life. Let's see what the first proper reviews are like.
If Sony want to promote a new product, they should be innovative and capture the viewer's attention - here is an example - watch the video:
It seems like the manufacturers are going a little bit crazy with the whole netbook market.
I'm amazed at how many "high-end" netbooks I've seen at CES this week, from the Sony at $800 to the HP Vivienne Tam at $600.
Even Asus are in on the act with tablet and gaming models.
The disappointment for me has been the lack of updates on the SCC side of things, the next £199/£249/£299 models, and that Samsung didn't showcase the NC20 (as had been rumored).
Paris as maybe she'd heard of Vivienne Tam before the show.
Velocity Micro Edge Z30 Midsize Desktop (2.66GHz Intel Core i5 750, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, DVD±RW DL, Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit)
Apple iMac All-In-One Desktop (3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR2, 1TB, DVD+-RW DL, Mac OS X v10.5 Snow Leopard, 27" LCD)
HP (Hewlett-Packard) Pavilion p6210f Mini-Tower Desktop (2.6GHz Athlon II X4 620, 6GB DDR2, 640GB HDD, DVD±RW DL, Windows 7 Home Premium)
HP (Hewlett-Packard) Compaq Presario CQ5210F Mini-Tower Desktop (2.7GHz Athlon 64 X2 215, 3GB DDR2, 500GB, DVD±RW DL, Windows 7 Home Premium)
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Sony Vaio P netbook taken for a spin
Roger Williams
Cute, but why bother with WIndows? #
Posted Friday 9th January 2009 21:03 GMT
"...boots up quickly and easily to a unique operating system..."
Heh. Can I get one with just the "unique operating system", and skip Vista altogether?
Bad Beaver
Can't wait #
Posted Friday 9th January 2009 21:03 GMT
to see how this performs with OS X on it. It's the nice.
Oh, and I would love to see some more "content" in these videos, more than just another underage marketing drone (did they kidnap this one on the way home from school?) oozing out its spin. If they claim the keyboard is nice, it would be sooo informative if you actually put the thing down, typed a couple of sentences and let us know about your feelings, you know... otherwise these vids would be pretty worthless.
Ryan Barrett
Bezzle's bigger than the screen.... #
Posted Friday 9th January 2009 21:03 GMT
..shame, it looks like they could have crammed an 10 inch screen in there, or made it a couple of inches thinner/shorter.
Robert Moore
Sony #
Posted Friday 9th January 2009 21:03 GMT
Over priced crap.
Richard
900 dollars! #
Posted Friday 9th January 2009 21:03 GMT
oh poop.
Gorgeous machine and really good specs for a netbook but its just a shame about the price ... actually considering the 3G option then it might be worth a punt on a £40/month carrier subscription if it came "free".
Matt
YES PLEASE!! #
Posted Friday 9th January 2009 21:03 GMT
I WANT, I WANT!!!
$900 - if that equates to £4-500 then one of thems mine!! :D
Anonymous Coward
Details #
Posted Friday 9th January 2009 21:03 GMT
Battery Life ?
Weight ?
Cost in £ GB
Was that a "quick boot" in 120s - what's the Vista boot time then ?
Runs Vista - needs horsepower, graphics chip ? Heat ?
That said, it really looks nice ! Not sure it's worth £500 but a few execs will want one, for "corporate use" obviously !
Anonymous Coward
Sony seem to have missed the point of Netbooks #
Posted Friday 9th January 2009 21:03 GMT
They've got the size right (sort of, I hate those nipple mouse pointers) but at that price it's too expensive for a Netbook and too small/limited as a proper laptop. Sony's various hardware divisions don't seem to be having much luck lately, what with the PS3 nosediving and TV sales plummeting.
Anonymous Coward
@Details #
Posted Saturday 10th January 2009 00:22 GMT
The droid tells you (twice) it's "1.4lb". And it's "under 20 seconds", not "120 seconds".
Boasting about its eight inch *diagonal* screen is about as honest about counting individual colour sub-pixels as entire pixels: the screen's so un-square the area is far less than you'd think from that figure.
Marc Goldman
Scary UK pricing.... #
Posted Saturday 10th January 2009 17:51 GMT
Matt, $900 doesn't come close to £400 to £500 according to Sony.
I know the dollar to pound has got worse, but we're pretty much back to the dollar = pound syndrome for conversion. The base model in the UK starts at £850 and goes up to a whopping £1369!
Have a look at the Sony style site where you can pre-order for a mid Feb release:
http://tinyurl.com/7w244v
Chika
@Matt #
Posted Saturday 10th January 2009 17:51 GMT
"$900 - if that equates to £4-500 then one of thems mine!! :D"
Chances are they will probably go for the £=$ option. Even if you are right, this doesn't compare well with some of the other netbooks out there, possibly because of what it needs inside to actually run Vista. I'd wait for a more detailed spec and a few benchmarks first before shelling out.
Actually, the keyboard reminded me of the Tandy Colour Computer keyboard. Odd, that. ;)
Anonymous Coward
@Details #
Posted Saturday 10th January 2009 17:51 GMT
"Under 20 seconds" - I heard "one twenty seconds". I must be getting deaf in my old age.
I missed the 1.4lb, I guess I'm not used to hearing mass (or even weight) mentioned in Imperial any more.
It does look nice, however, to run Vista I reckon it's going to require significant resources which means, with such a small size, it might get hot and not have fantastic battery life. Let's see what the first proper reviews are like.
If Sony want to promote a new product, they should be innovative and capture the viewer's attention - here is an example - watch the video:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7819714.stm
Paul
Sony time travel included? #
Posted Sunday 11th January 2009 04:44 GMT
"$900 blah....These are shipping the beginning of February, get yours today"
Er, well, do I get Februarys lottery numbers as well? if so I'll take 2! (ones a present)
I'm wearing my coat, its freezing in here.
Adam Harris
Manufaturers trying to take control #
Posted Sunday 11th January 2009 18:24 GMT
It seems like the manufacturers are going a little bit crazy with the whole netbook market.
I'm amazed at how many "high-end" netbooks I've seen at CES this week, from the Sony at $800 to the HP Vivienne Tam at $600.
Even Asus are in on the act with tablet and gaming models.
The disappointment for me has been the lack of updates on the SCC side of things, the next £199/£249/£299 models, and that Samsung didn't showcase the NC20 (as had been rumored).
Paris as maybe she'd heard of Vivienne Tam before the show.
Andrew Moore
Funny #
Posted Monday 12th January 2009 11:09 GMT
Everything he says 'Vaio' it sounds like 'Vile'. Which about sums up all of Sonys computer offerings.
Adrian
History repeating itself #
Posted Monday 12th January 2009 12:11 GMT
That's a Spectrum ZX-80 keyboard.
John
learnings! #
Posted Monday 12th January 2009 14:57 GMT
I guess he didn't take learnings from grade school english class :)