http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/ Engadget Comments for Sony Vaio TZ sports 32GB SSD and 160GB disk -- the best of both worlds 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/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/May 17th 2007 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/
This is SSD hype for the sake of it.]]>May 17th 2007 4:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/
Not true, at least not 100%. If this is the Tom's piece you are referring to:

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/09/20/conventional_hard_drive_obsoletism/index.html

You are correct, the Sammy 32GB SSD they tested is limited by its UltraATA/66 interface when compared to SATA disks, especially when reading data. However, you can see that the SSD crushes the fastest HDDs during XP boot, battery efficiency, and I/O performance.

SSDs are not hype.

Thomas]]>May 17th 2007 4:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/
The more you know ...

Ken]]>May 17th 2007 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/
]]>May 17th 2007 4:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/I still remember the sony vaio x505, that is where I first saw that kind of keyboard. I do not think that engadget does not know that. This is also not the first time that engadget has wrongly accused sony of something. I hate sony too, but doing it this way makes me hate the writer. not sony.]]>May 17th 2007 5:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/May 17th 2007 4:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/May 17th 2007 4:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/
It appears that you can opt for a 1.8-inch HDD with optical drive, or 1.8-inch SSD with 2.5-inch HDD in place of the optical drive.

http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?&u=http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2007/0517/mobile377.htm



Thomas]]>May 17th 2007 5:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/May 17th 2007 5:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/May 17th 2007 5:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1112/sony1.htm

note the date. while the MacBook Pro was introduced in early 2006?

so unless the keyboard was used in even earlier Macs, I really don't think Apple can claim a first on this one.

I did have a chance to see an X505 not too long ago, and despite its age, I was still quite impressed by the design. It's so incredibly light. But type G is almost as good and certainly much more useable. Unfortunately, US seems to be the only place that Sony is not releasing type G. Perhaps they were annoyed with the cool reception of PS3 in the US.
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Thomas]]>May 17th 2007 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/May 17th 2007 5:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/
I'm almost certain that keyboard style has been around a while now on various Vaio notebooks. A response to the apparent popularity of the Macbook keyboard? Probably. A new thing? Not at all.

This from a guy who wouldn't dream of buying a PS3 in a million years (or when God of War 3 comes out and I don't have a choice any more). Sony do, and always have, made some boner-inspiring tech - it's just the PS3 and DRM fiascoes that have cooled my appreciation for the brand.]]>May 17th 2007 5:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/May 17th 2007 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/
The ULV Celeron M is just base config. The processor is configurable up to a Core 2 Duo U7600

http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=ja%7Cen&u=http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/TZ1/lineup.html

Thomas]]>May 17th 2007 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/May 17th 2007 5:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/ What's with the giant enter key?

The handy sized Enter key is usual on keyboards outside America.]]>May 17th 2007 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/Boot time, battery life, and possibly faster read/write in near future- these all things that laptop users ALL WANT.
Who the hell cares if something looks similar to Mac or IBM or whatever?
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It was an incorrect jab at sony, but the writer promply corrected it professionally, so no harm.]]>May 17th 2007 6:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/
Back on topic. This is a sweet device. Just a couple of days ago I was thinking that someone should build a notebook with both types of drives in it, but I didn't actually think it would be possible on an ultraportable due to the lack of space. Nice engineering Sony.]]>May 17th 2007 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/
Magic.]]>May 17th 2007 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/May 17th 2007 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/
I too am surprised they can fit a 2.5" drive in there.

I think the idea of being able to boot from a SSHD, and use a conventional drive for big applications and storage, is a great idea. I won't upgrade just for that, since I keep my TX in "hibernate" when I put it away, and it resumes pretty quickly.]]>May 17th 2007 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/May 17th 2007 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/
...HDDの代わりにフラッシュメモリ32GBを搭載可能。また (probably missing a character here, which threw off the translation)、光学ドライブの代わりに160GB HDDを選択できる。光学ドライブを非搭載とした場合...]]>May 17th 2007 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/May 17th 2007 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/May 17th 2007 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/May 17th 2007 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/May 17th 2007 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/May 18th 2007 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/May 17th 2007 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/May 17th 2007 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/
And...does anyone besides Apple make notebooks with backlit keyboards?

no WiFi N...e-gads Sony. Agree with Donnie...nothing but crumbs. I think this has changed my purchasing decision.]]>May 17th 2007 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/May 17th 2007 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/sony-vaio-t-sports-32gb-ssd-and-160gb-disk-the-best-of-both-w/
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