http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/ Engadget Comments for Sony's Vaio C series of 13.3-inchers http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/Sep 27th 2006 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/Sep 27th 2006 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/Sep 27th 2006 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/Sep 27th 2006 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/Sep 27th 2006 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/
oh they come with windows...ugh


1350?! So after tax it comes to about 1500.... FOR A LAPTOP..

so much for macs being overpriced..]]>Sep 27th 2006 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/
...And ubuntu works quite well on Vaios...]]>Sep 27th 2006 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/"these are the 13.3 macbook wannabes?"

So because Apple released a notebook with a 13.3" screen, anyone else who releases a notebook that just happens to use that same standard screen size, is a wannabe?
Get over yourself, and get over your Mac idolizing tendencies.
It's a laptop, that’s it.]]>Sep 27th 2006 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/Okay I agree that Apple is "cool". But that doesn't mean Sony is any less.

By the way I'm been keeping an eye on Apple and even longer on Sony. And I can tell you most products that Apple is launching nowadays, were available (sometimes) years ago via Sony. 13.3inch laptop?? macbook wannabe's check out the S series by Sony. and even before that Sony was making much smaller 12inch, 10inch and "cool" laptops. They are much older than the macbooks and in my opinion still look much better than a macbook. I still love the design of the Vaio Z serries, the C1 series picturbooks with builtin webcam years before anyone else made them.

Okay Mike I'll give you one thing I do envy a macbook and that's the Magsafe powerconnector, and maybe Mac OSX (but M$ Windows gets the job done)

Cheers,

Shah]]>Sep 27th 2006 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/
Granted, they say prices starting at $1350; not sure if the GeForce 7400 is an additional configuration or something else. They don't seem to actually be up at Sony's site yet. But the prices actually sound pretty reasonable, and from a hardware standpoint it sounds like you do seem to get more bang for your buck (dedicated graphics, C2D) compared to a MacBook.]]>Sep 27th 2006 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/Sep 27th 2006 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/
Apple needs to update the Macbook line with an option for dedicated graphics ASAP.]]>Sep 27th 2006 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/Sep 27th 2006 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/
Will be curious to see what the actual prices are. For the time being I guess this is in a bit of a different price range from the MacBook, but still not by much. ]]>Sep 27th 2006 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/Sep 27th 2006 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/Sep 27th 2006 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/
if the macbooks will just get C2D it'll be an easier choice for me :p ]]>Sep 27th 2006 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/]]>Sep 27th 2006 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/
core2duo instead of core duo, 100GB instead of 60GB, 1GB instead of 512 MB, dual-layer burner, card reader.

The macbook costs £899 and has:

VGA camera, bluetooth, DVI out.

both have integrated graphics and all other specs are largely the same, including software, as the Vaio comes with some equivalent iLife-type stuff.

The extra £100 would get you the RAM upgrade and most of the way to the HDD upgrade. In other words, except for the Core2 processor, these laptops are largely the same. They even weigh the same!

However of course the black Vaio has the Geforce, and only costs an extra £100 - overall this Vaio may be better value.]]>Sep 27th 2006 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/"these are the 13.3 macbook wannabes?

oh they come with windows...ugh


1350?! So after tax it comes to about 1500.... FOR A LAPTOP..

so much for macs being overpriced.."


Did you even compare the darn specs?

Sony Core 2 Duo vs Apple Core Duo
Sony 120GB HDD vs Apple 60GB HDD
Sony DL DVD-+RW vs DVD-Rom/CDRW in the cheapest Sony NVidia 256MB video card vs Apple Intel shared 64MB video card


Good allah, you mac fanboys jump to conclusions way too fast.]]>Sep 27th 2006 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/Nice features and nice sleek design.

Gotta love it!]]>Sep 27th 2006 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/Sep 27th 2006 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/
When looking at the pictures I noticed that the pink Vaio in the first picture has black keys while the pink one in the second picture has white keys. I also don't understand why the green Vaio is grey on the inside of the shell, which just kills the design. ]]>Sep 27th 2006 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/
I want to buy a MacBook, but with all the issues you hear of, and now Sony Vaios that offer quite a bit more are coming out...maybe I'm not so Mac-curious anymore (notebook-wise)...

Can I assume "multi-format" media card reader means I can plug in my SD card? No need for a Memory Stick-having digital camera or PSP? Good lord, I'm sold! If not, oh well, just dreaming.]]>Sep 27th 2006 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/
If you're worried about "issues", note that Sony hasn't been immune to those at all. Just look on some sony forums to find a whole host of complaints relating to the SZ series in particular (spacebar issue, etc.). ]]>Sep 27th 2006 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/for some reason i'm attracted to that green one also. if only they hav the same spec. as the black one..=/]]>Sep 27th 2006 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/Oct 1st 2006 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/Sep 27th 2006 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/Sep 27th 2006 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/
does that occur to anyone else?]]>Sep 27th 2006 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/Sep 28th 2006 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/laptops started coming in, they sold like crazy, despite having the Pentium M processor. Several girls in my office bought them. Style and form seem to have really risen in importance (as opposed to specs and value). And that's cool -- I personally see it as a part and parcel of the computer becoming something that's part of your daily life.]]>Oct 4th 2006 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/
Kimono/gi white
Sanrio pink
Yen/$$$ green
Ninja black
Yakuza gray

"Man, Sony wants to take over the world"

"Hey, I've seen the Last Samurai. Maybe we should let them"

Banzai!!!!]]>Oct 4th 2006 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/Oct 9th 2006 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/Mar 11th 2007 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/
My sister bought the black one and for such a versatile laptop, holy crap its amazing!

Regards,
Is]]>May 12th 2007 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-vaio-n-series-of-13-3-inchers/thanks]]>Jun 26th 2007 6:32AM