http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/ Engadget Comments for Sony kicks out VAIO N30 laptop, sleek LA3 desktop 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/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/May 14th 2007 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/May 14th 2007 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/May 14th 2007 10:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/This is just the time-lagged French release, without even an update in features. The processors aren't even the new "Santa Rosa" models - they are still the Merom processors which came out August 2006.

There is hope however - the Sony line is due for an update. All of the models on SonyStyle Japan are on sale, and we are seeing a new VAIO laptop pop up on one of sony's numerous international websites every couple of days.

Expect to see their laptops all updated to "Santa Rosa" with some redesign on a few series, notably the TZ and the FZ (Replacing the TX and the FE) all with the NVidia GeForce 8400M. It is likely the Type L (The all in one desktop pictured above) will receive the same update. The UX might now receive such an update yet as it still runs on a Core solo, and it might take some time to adapt its miniature custom motherboard to accept the new processors).
It is also likely that the VAIO Type R Master will receive GeForce 8600GT/GTS card options seeing as the cards fit so well into the Sony blu-ray strategy buy completely offloading all HD Video decoding from the CPU.

Sony's summer release/updates usually ends up being May 27 with updated models shipping immediately, and newer models shipping around June 6th.

Sony typically updates its models (at least in Japan, then later in the U.S. and other countries) in January, May, and September.
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And please, I'm no Sony fanboy. I'm more of a Vaio fanboy/Xbox360 fanboy/Samsung TV's fanboys, and whatever. I just happen to like great products, regardless of what company makes what.]]>May 15th 2007 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/May 15th 2007 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/May 15th 2007 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/
Please stop enabling these consumer-hostile acronyms and tell us the exact screen resolution, please?]]>May 15th 2007 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/
Please stop enabling these consumer-hostile acronyms and tell us the exact screen resolution, please?"

Please stop being a luddite, please?]]>May 15th 2007 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/
I don't think the DPI is related to that tech-spec.]]>May 15th 2007 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/May 15th 2007 12:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/May 15th 2007 2:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/May 15th 2007 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/May 29th 2007 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/
The smaller 13" Vaios are much slicker - they actually do look good in person. This one - nah.

I don't think anything can compete with the black MacBook in the looks dept. at the moment. OF course you won't be alone since MacBooks reportedly took 10% share of the notebook market last month. Seeing that they only come in two colors, you'll see a lot of them in the cafes. Brilliant design - yes. Exclusivity - ever less so. I for one don't really care about exclusivity very much...]]>May 15th 2007 2:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/May 15th 2007 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSXGA+]]>May 15th 2007 4:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/May 15th 2007 5:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/
Kind of. I had to do it for parallelism, since my post was a parody of the one I quoted, and the author of the quoted post used 'please' twice.]]>May 15th 2007 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/May 15th 2007 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/
Actually, I really don't see that much comparison to any Apple products other than it is a nice looking computer / notebook.]]>May 15th 2007 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/
Luddite (noun) - one who is opposed to especially technological change

Are you unfamiliar with the English language?]]>May 31st 2007 1:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/14/sony-kicks-out-vaio-n30-laptop-sleek-la3-desktop/
Are you saying that the person in question opposed technological change simply because he disliked technical discourse surrounding technology? Glib he might be, but he is certainly no Luddite.

I really do dislike people using words they don't actually understand.]]>Jun 2nd 2007 7:51AM