Sony busts out VAIO upgrades aplenty in Japan

Much as they did back at the time of Vista's launch, Sony decided to refresh a bunch of its laptops in one fell swoop, today announcing no less than 21 new VAIOs in four different model ranges. Those include the VAIO A, BX, FZ and G series, which each get upgrades of varying degrees. The top end of the lot are the VAIO A series laptops, which pack 17-inch displays (1920x1200 on the higher end model), T7100 or T7300 Core 2 Duo processors, up to 2GB of RAM, two 120GB hard drives, an optional Blu-ray drive, and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics. Taking things down a notch, the FZ series laptops each boast 15.4-inch displays, along with Core 2 Duo processors and slightly smaller hard drives, while the VAIO BX models will give you a choice of 14.1 or 15.4-inch displays, Core 2 Duo processors, up to 2GB of RAM, and a max 120GB hard drive. Rounding out the line-up is the VAIO G, which is lightweight in more ways than one, boasting a 12.1-inch display, a Core Solo U1400 processor, 1GB of RAM, and an 80GB hard drive. Look for all them to roll out in Japan over the course of July, with them starting at just ¥109,800 ($900) and going all the way up to ¥400,000 ($3,285).

[Via Impress and Akihabara News]

[Ismael @ Jun 12th 2007 12:21PM]

These laptops are quite nice but a good configuration can be damn expensive lol

[Benz145 @ Jun 12th 2007 1:57PM]

Also it looks like UX models are getting a little bit of love, while its hard to toss new upgrades at the unit because of the proprietary and tiny hardware, it would appear as though SonyStyle Japan is offer cheap CPU upgrades on its UX models, read more here - http://www.pocketables.net/2007/06/sony_vaio_ux_pr.html

[lee moorhouse @ Mar 26th 2008 4:47PM]

i sent my new tz for repair because of hard drive error, they claimed it had further damaged and physical damage and it was my fault and warranty did not apply.
I never caused this damage, there was a hdd error from new. I want to complain to sony, japan, headquarters about this disgusting service and to enquire if they can help.
i cannot find any contact details?

[Jack @ May 31st 2009 10:50PM]

ALso this laptop is very well, but its price is too high. So I dont want to change my two years old vgn-fe550, I just buy a battery replacement VGP-BPS2C : http://www.laptops-battery.co.uk/sony-vgp-bps2c.htm