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For all y'all Sony vaio lovers.This comes as an interesting news. Sony plans to release the 1.4 lbs vaio P-series in February to major retailers in the United States. This $900 a piece laptop report indicates is as thin as a mobile phone.


Some of the features are:

OS: Windows Vista

CPU: 1.33GHz Z530Intel Atom

Memory: 2GB RAM

Hard drive: 60GB(standard), 64 GB and 128GB SSD options

Display: 8-inches (1600 X 800 pixel)

Ports: 2 USB ports, headphone, included dongle adds connectivity to VGA, Ethernet and additional USB

Slots: SD, MS

Weight: 1.4 pounds

Size: 9.6X4.7X0.78 inches



LAS VEGAS, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp (6758.T) plans to launch the world's lightest 8-inch notebook PC, taking aim squarely at a rapidly growing market for ultra-portable personal computers.

The new Sony Vaio PC will come with Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) Windows Vista operating system, supporting all the software programs found in full-sized notebooks, and sell for about $900, setting itself apart from Netbooks.

Netbooks, pioneered by Taiwan's Asustek (2357.TW) in 2007 and one of the rare bright spots in the electronics industry in recent months, are generally described as low cost, mini-laptops optimised for Internet use, and sell typically for $300 to $400.

Sony said on Wednesday the new notebook, weighing 1.4 pounds and as thin as a mobile phone, will be available for pre-orders on Thursday and be sold at major retailers in the United States beginning February. (To see blog posts from the Consumer Electronics Show, please visit MediaFile at blogs.reuters.com/mediafile. For other CES stories, see here) (Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Phil Berlowitz)

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSN0750712420090108

Sony Corp likes to fools them selves in this desperate time of economy depression. why would anyone want to get a computer which is essentially a netbook for $900 when you can get a better deal for like $250 $400 and there would offer even better performance. why would any one in their right mind want to run Vista on top an Intel Atom processor something that was designed for and intended low computing and low-power applications. Vista is a beast and would not run well on an Atom processor of infact any processor designed for low-powered applications. HP tried it with the mininote 2133 when it shipped vista on it with a low powered VIA processor. the outcome was a failure. The advantage that subnotebooks have over traditional notebook are the small size which allows for the user to be truly mobile with their computing. especially web-based. netbooks are built for speed. the boot up time are usually 10 secs. to achieve this most use SSD and a light operating system like xp or something linux based. the other reason people use netbook are their price. i saw one in parknshop for 45k and am sure you can get them for less in the uk or us. why would i pay $900 for a tiny computer when i can get a full laptop for much less. and if i wanted a small notebook there is always the dell min9 or the hp mini1000 heck the Acer Aspire One cost $250. sony really needs a wake up call and start making computers that matters to the average guy.

I think the market is intended for the Vaio crazed.