New pics, specs for Sony's Vaio CR laptops

Sony never really got official with us on this Vaio CR series of laptops, that would just make things too easy, but that doesn't mean the info has to stop flowing. Notebook Italy scrounged up so more dirt on the things, and apparently these units are due to hit in the middle of June, and naturally will be bringing Santa Rosa with them. The look seems in line with Sony's other all-new laptops this season, if perhaps a tad frumpier, and the specs are fairly familiar as well, with Core 2 Duo 1.8GHz T7100 processors, GMA X1300 integrated graphics, Vista Home Premium, 2GB of RAM, a 160GB HDD and dual-layer DVD burner. The 14.1-inch 1280 x 800 screen includes a webcam, and Sony has tossed in an SD card slot along with its usual complement of Memory Stick, FireWire and ExpressCard inputs. Notebook Italy is betting on a 1,350 Euro tag ($1,815 US) for most of the configurations, with a 1,550 Euro ($2,084 US) option coming alongside with beefed up Radeon HD 2300+ graphics.

[Subaru_Nation555 @ Jun 4th 2007 10:14AM]

Looks nice, has the same clean lines as a MacBook. Nice feature set also.

[Bilbo @ Jun 4th 2007 10:14AM]

Apple rip off anyone???

[Tyk @ Jun 4th 2007 10:14AM]

Meh, when is the VIAO TZ coming to North America? I want one with the SSD! Now!

[Evan @ Jun 4th 2007 10:53AM]

Almost looks like a MacBook... a little bigger than a MacBook, a little less powerful than a MacBook (1.8GHz vs 2.00~2.16GHz)... and more expensive than a MacBook ($1800~$2000 vs $1100~$1500)... color me unimpressed.

[Rellin @ Jun 4th 2007 11:06AM]

What the hell is GMA X1300? Typo?

And why ATI? T.T

[Rynth @ Jun 4th 2007 12:08PM]

Holy crap!!

I'm going to nuke the next person who cries "Mac rip off!!!"

Freaking Fanboys.

[Andir3.0 @ Jun 4th 2007 1:39PM]

At least they didn't say it was a Wii or DS ripoff... or a "paper ripoff" because it's white.

[noisia @ Jun 4th 2007 12:28PM]

the only thing beeing a little bit ripoff is the white colour.
it's true, since apple's succeed with white notebooks other producers start to use the white finish. i never saw white notebooks from another manufactor before.
but hey, apple didn't patent white coloured notebooks. so what...it looks nice, even without apple branding.

[silverblackvoid @ Jun 4th 2007 12:37PM]

wow that looks amazing. i wish i had one of those! n who the F*** said its a apple rip off. eat ur own words.

[mike @ Jun 4th 2007 12:38PM]

Holy crap!!

I'm going to nuke the next person who cries "Mac rip off!!!"
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Rip Off. I'm using a white MacBook right now. The resemblance is hilarious. Too bad that thing runs Windows only. And comes with NO software.

[perfectionist @ Jun 4th 2007 1:30PM]

What do you call WMP, IE7, Windows Movie Maker...? They might not advertise it and it's a mess, but it's there. And no software from either company is that advanced.

And Apple does NOT have a patent on the color white being used in combination with simplicity. Might bear some similarities, but what product doesn't? Take a look @ Apple's own products.

Apple should be held on an equal platform as MS, not higher or lower or in an RDF.

[Supermutt @ Jun 4th 2007 12:46PM]

I wish they would hurry up and release a santa rosa version of the SZ.

[Anfronee @ Jun 4th 2007 1:33PM]

CR = Complete Ripoff

[Elieser @ Jun 4th 2007 3:59PM]

Excelente esse post__??>.

[Tim @ Jun 4th 2007 5:06PM]

Yes complete and utter mac ripoff,
same white with the camera above and the same ports almost exactly but it is clearly designed after a macbook: come on sony give us something original

[DB @ Jun 11th 2007 10:11PM]

sony had cameras mounted in the top of monitors looooong before apple. you fanboys don't know what you're talking about. but i guess you wouldn't know about other products because you are so closed minded and only pay attention to apple products. get your info correct before you make yourself look dumb.

And also, the color argument is just sad and lame. as with anything in life, there are always going to be trends. right now

[Jacques67 @ Jun 4th 2007 10:40PM]

ZOMG RIPOFF!!!!!1 iT HAS A MONTIOR JUST LIEK MY MACBOOK!!!!!1111oneoneeleven

[OSCAR SANCHEZ RIOS @ Jun 5th 2007 4:10PM]

EL MEJOR VAIO QUE HE VISTO ME LO COMPRARE

[Damageinc @ Jun 23rd 2007 10:19PM]

F@#$ the white CR the other colors like the indigo rock oh and F@#$ apple.