Slew of Sony VAIO products get minor spec bumps

It's that time again boys and girls -- the time when Sony pours out enough VAIO updates all at once that your head starts throbbing uncontrollably. Without further ado, we'll start by tackling the Type T (pictured), which gets upgraded to a 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo U7600, goes from 1GB to 2GB of RAM and now comes in a bevy of swank designs. Moving on, we've got the 17-inch Type A, which now sports one of those speedy new Penryn chips (exact model apparently depends on how you CTO it) but otherwise remains similar to the prior iteration. Lastly, we find that the outfit's adorable TP1 now houses a Core 2 Duo T8100 CPU, a 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M and a Blu-ray burner to boot. For all the nitty-gritty, put on your patience cap and wade through the links below, but be forewarned, it's a jungle down there.

[Via AkihabaraNews]
Read - VAIO Type T / F / N updates
Read - VAIO Type A, TP1 and Type R Master updates

[Tamer Brad @ Jan 29th 2008 12:09PM]

Those designs are BEAUTIFUL. I hate my MacBook now.

[Michael LaFramboise @ Jan 29th 2008 5:15PM]

Oh sheesh, whats w/ the whining :p - you're forgetting that the eye candy of these books ends at the back of the screen, but once you open it, its the same ol' same ol' - same ugly ports, same holed sides and bottom same everything...

Atleast w/ macs you get the eye candy all around - atleast the ports on my MBP look like they're a part of the case instead of just hanging there w/ gaps all around

Deny all you want, but you know its true :/

oh yeah, and btw http://gelaskins.com/ -- some very nice covers there :)

[C.A.M. @ Jan 29th 2008 5:41PM]

I read Michaels last name as "The Fanboy".

[yorda_ico @ Jan 29th 2008 6:42PM]

@C.A.M.
That was freaking hilarious lol

Deny all you want but you know you're owned by instead of owning them; how pathetic.

[Tamer Brad @ Jan 29th 2008 11:23PM]

I agree that likely the MacBooks are more beautiful when you look at the whole package ... for example, I love the smooth bottom of the MacBook; I think it's an overlooked area. I just wish Apple was so bold as to offer patterns like these.

[rubu @ Jan 29th 2008 12:14PM]

Very chic

[Kalen @ Jan 29th 2008 12:19PM]

Finally an ultraportable that I can get excited about.

[mmh @ Jan 29th 2008 12:19PM]

MSI from a few posts back should take a couple of cues, or just give up trying to decorate and stick with can't-go-wrong-plain-colors.

[AC @ Jan 29th 2008 12:29PM]

I LOVE the existing TZ. These designs look pretty good too; different at least (top right would be my choice).

[holycow @ Jan 29th 2008 12:29PM]

You missed the update to the CR models, which came out like a week or so ago. They have a new Crocodile Brown colour in that, and come with integrated bluetooth etc.

[Jewel @ Jan 29th 2008 12:38PM]

I think the design on the top left looks like bathroom tile.

[Josh L @ Jan 29th 2008 1:25PM]

I like the other 3, but the one on the bottom left looks like somebody tried to see if it would blend.

[holycow @ Jan 29th 2008 1:40PM]

Its spideys web design!

[patsy @ Jan 29th 2008 1:58PM]

It's all very Zune-ey.

[Hax Or @ Jan 29th 2008 2:48PM]

Gaudy notebooks like this say one thing: "Steal me"

Also says "My owner has no style of his/her own so they bought me hoping to trick others"

[Kyang @ Jan 29th 2008 3:11PM]

Also says: "I like bashing other people's personal choices, when they have no impact on my life what so ever."

[Hax Or @ Jan 29th 2008 3:26PM]

OK em0 kid, calm down.

I'm bashing your notebook, not you.

[Hax Or @ Jan 29th 2008 3:33PM]

My mistake... I forgot that some people judge their self-worth by their material posessions.

And for that... I apologize! It must be ruff... too bad you can't take it with you, huh?

[Zak @ Jan 29th 2008 3:37PM]

@ Kyang - Could you pass that sentiment along to all the people here who bash Macs and Mac users every chance they get? Because, you know, the hypocrisy is getting a little thick around here. Thanks heaps!

[Kyang @ Jan 29th 2008 3:59PM]

"""My mistake... I forgot that some people judge their self-worth by their material posessions.

And for that... I apologize! It must be ruff... too bad you can't take it with you, huh?"""


It's pretty reasonable that someone bought one of those designs, just because they liked it. :-/ .

[Hax Or @ Jan 29th 2008 4:14PM]

You're taking my comments waaaaay too seriously.

Also who cares what I think? Besides me, I can't think of anyone.

[Zephyr @ Jan 30th 2008 3:57AM]

Then I suggest you stop posting, thank you.

[trumpton @ Jan 29th 2008 3:13PM]

I like them. Nice looking machines.

[Andrew Fong @ Jan 29th 2008 3:39PM]

Now if they would stop preloading Spiderman-related crapware on these things ...

[ZeroCorpse @ Jan 29th 2008 3:44PM]

They look like computers you'd find in the bathroom & kitchens section of Home Depot.

[Kyang @ Jan 29th 2008 4:19PM]

"""You're taking my comments waaaaay too seriously."""



Haha, oh, I see.

Hard to read sarcasm around these parts.

I apologize. For what it's worth, I wasn't being too serious either.

[tekdroid @ Jan 29th 2008 4:44PM]

...and the humans were freed from their faux silver and grey shackles.

[Ivan Hsu @ Jan 29th 2008 5:43PM]

What am I missing here? U7500 is an UPGRADE?

The current TZ already uses U7600 @ 1.33GHz. Someone please enlighten me!