Sony's VAIO NS packs Blu-ray for $1000

Sony's string of new VAIOs continues today with the NS series, slick little numbers that can be ordered with a Blu-ray drive under that magic $1000 price point. The 15.4-inch laptops come in blue silver and white and all run Vista Home Premium with special Sony media features on 2GHz T5800 Core 2 Duo processors and integrated X4500 graphics, with prices starting at $650 for 3GB of RAM and a 250GB drive. Release date is unclear, but Sony's got them up on its web site, so we're guessing it'll be soon.

[Via Electronista]

[rickjamess @ Sep 12th 2008 11:29AM]

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[Guilty @ Sep 12th 2008 12:36PM]

$ Ours Not Yours

SONY. Give over your $$$$. ™

[Guilty @ Sep 12th 2008 12:38PM]

$ Ours Not Yours

SONY. Give over your $$$$. ™

[konshuss @ Sep 12th 2008 11:36AM]

wow, finally a 1080p bd player that takes advantage of optimum viewing distance - in your face!

[Prhime @ Sep 12th 2008 11:36AM]

^ is the new first

i wonder what the full specs are (battery, weight etc). and this could signal the expected drop in including blu-ray.

she does look nice though

[Viaono @ Sep 12th 2008 1:33PM]

Why is Apple becoming a standard comparison of everything now? Or because it's just "standard"?

Apple is better than every company inthe world just because...

Apple - Sony , just because the vaio x505 is thinner than the Macbook Air?

Apple - Microsoft , just because 90% of the "Computer" in the world run Windows? and Apple wants more market share by advertising the very breakthrough "BOOTCAMP" to run windows?

Apple - Zune , Just because Zunes get free "firmware upgrade" and has a full album art picture on now playing screen 3 years ago - just like the new nano?

Apple - Nintendo , Just because an iPod touch isn't the "Funnest gaming device"?

So,

Apple - Orange , Just because Apples come with two colors - that's green and red compare to only one in orange?

[Paul Mensah @ Sep 12th 2008 11:36AM]

These are some nice @$$ laptops ... MacBook's are still better tho ... i wish Apple Ruled The World

[Guilty @ Sep 12th 2008 12:42PM]

Crapple makes laptops worse than $ony, and that's saying something...

[Jonathan Keim @ Sep 12th 2008 11:39AM]

Integrated Graphics?
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NEXT!!!!

[Ruben @ Sep 12th 2008 11:54AM]

For that price, im not suprised its integrated graphics. Its under 1000 with a blu-ray player. Thats not bad at all. 1300 and then expect discrete graphics. For 1000, this is about right.

Do they still have the "unbloating" feature when ordering?

[Jonathan Keim @ Sep 12th 2008 11:55AM]

I agree, but it makes a person wonder how well 1080p is going to run on integrated graphics

[Wolfticket @ Sep 12th 2008 12:38PM]

GMA X4500 is a pretty up to date DX10 chip, that and the Core 2 Duo should mean it can handle High Def. However, as mentioned below, it has a low res display and no digital display output, which renders the whole bluray thing a bit of a waste of time.

[Jon Acheson @ Sep 12th 2008 11:46AM]

What's the point of Blu-Ray on a laptop with a 1280x800 screen?

Apart from that, it looks nice, though.

[John @ Sep 12th 2008 12:59PM]

well, 720p is still very nice resolution, and better than you'll get off of DVD. If it has HDMI out though, well, there's your answer.

[Ben@GearPatrol @ Sep 12th 2008 11:54AM]

Got the right direction in styling. Pretty sweet feature set for the price.

[Skyride @ Sep 12th 2008 12:20PM]

Ye, Although I cant help thinking that looks sooo similar to my vostro 1400. Just the whole curve shape a is more exagerrated (Which i like).

[voodoo @ Sep 12th 2008 11:54AM]

I think its relevant to note that none of the models linked have 1080-capable displays. Actually, none of them have above 1280x800, which is pretty low for a 15.4" in 2008, 1440x or 1680x is the norm. None of them have HDMI either.

[Valgas @ Sep 12th 2008 12:00PM]

i might get this

[Ninjakamster (PS360 FTW!) @ Sep 12th 2008 12:12PM]

Why have Blu-Ray on a laptop with a 1280x800 screen and not even HDMI out!?

[abu @ Sep 12th 2008 3:39PM]

for ripping =D

[Maestro @ Sep 12th 2008 12:12PM]

I have a 6 month old HP DV9000 with BluRay and it was $1000 bucks with discrete graphics (8600 gs)...

Not sure hitting 1000 is such a milestone.

[Guilty @ Sep 12th 2008 12:45PM]

This is $ONY's first laptop that costs less than 1000 grand. What's the point? Boo-ray sucks sh**. Piss poor.

[Marvin Quach @ Sep 12th 2008 12:48PM]

This might be cheap[er], but how much does it weigh?


Always some sort of catch...

[Tamer Brad @ Sep 12th 2008 3:13PM]

Makes me hate my MacBook. Wish Vaios could run OS X because they're beautiful and very well built.

[Vicada @ Sep 12th 2008 4:28PM]

Sweet! Now to just wait 2-3 years for the price to drop...

[slarity @ Sep 12th 2008 4:40PM]

As already stated the resolution is bad, not only because of the lack of pixels, its the wrong aspect ratio!!!!

[aleksey @ Sep 12th 2008 9:57PM]

Are you guys mentally demented or something? blu-ray can also be used for storage.... hence lots of files. Not only movies.

[Tobin @ Sep 13th 2008 1:33AM]

My Vaio VGN-FZ348E was $999 back in the spring at Circuit City: Intel C2D, Blu-ray, HDMI-out, GeForce 8400M GT 256MB