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1) faster processor
2) touch screen
3) load Windows 7 on it (not a problem really, I could do that myself)
4) reduce the size of the bezel, thereby allowing the screen itself to be larger
5) shave a few hundred off the price, no need to be silly like Apple when it comes to milking your customers dry]]>Jan 10th 2009 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/
I think Sony should have used a ~1.2/1.4Ghz Core 2 Solo ULV, even if they had to include a heavier battery for decent battery life. Atom is just too damn slow, particularly with Vista!

Similarly, Intel will probably have faster 32nm atoms out by summer, and most netbook version will undoubtedly be >~2Ghz and dual-core.]]>Jan 10th 2009 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/
Dell Mini 10 is the obvious winner.... hell the Everun Note is better than that "netbook".
]]>Jan 10th 2009 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/
Maybe I should buy myself a bridge so you can live undernearth it.]]>Jan 10th 2009 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/
I can't seem to find out which graphics card it has. Sony's site has it has an Intel GMA, but it doesn't appear to support Aero Glass. Obviously you're not going to be playing games on it, but it's nice to know.]]>Jan 10th 2009 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/
I see what you did there]]>Jan 10th 2009 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/
The more relevant thing to the Vaio P is the performance. Other browsers will run faster than IE7 and hopefully end up using less power (by virtue of being less CPU-intensive), plus those of us Engadget readers who use Windows probably run Firefox or Chrome.]]>Jan 11th 2009 4:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/
I agree on every single point.]]>Jan 10th 2009 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/
yeah... Windows sux.... but has much higher marketshare than OSX, which sucks much less, or linux, which sucks a little bit less than windoze]]>Jan 10th 2009 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/
I use IE7 on Vista and run it along with IE7Pro, and I love the experience.]]>Jan 10th 2009 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/
@Saad: You might appreciate the performance difference better if you started using a netbook with a 1.33GHz Atom CPU. ;) My current laptop is a Fujitsu Q2010 with a 1.2GHz Core Solo, and the differences between various browsers are very noticeable. (I ended up sticking to Chrome.)]]>Jan 10th 2009 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/
The problem with IE is that it is so ingrained into corporate applications and you often have to use it. If you are using the Sony for personal computing then perhaps this isn't a problem but businesses (assuming that they would even consider such a device) will continue to rely on IE. It's annoying but this a fact of life that I have come to accept, yet I hope that at some point my corporation will change its IT standards to allow alternative browsers.]]>Jan 11th 2009 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/
About $500 less comfortable to use.]]>Jan 10th 2009 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/
Don't use Vista then.

Use Windows 7 instead.
It works wonderfully with a wide range of devices, even lower powered units such as this where Vista would cause performance issues.

If you even like, I have 3 serial keys, 2 of which Im not using that I could send your way.]]>Jan 10th 2009 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/
HOLY CRAP!

i want to marry you right now.

i've been scouring the internetz for a product key for the past several days for my torrented win7 and YOUR'E MY HERO!!

]]>Jan 10th 2009 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/
Anyways, this seems to be typical Sony fare...excellent aesthetic and design mixed with proprietary cluster f#@ks and similarly designed software.]]>Jan 10th 2009 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/
Screw that.]]>Jan 10th 2009 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/
I am as big a gadget freak as the next guy, but even I must draw the line on this. I have been one of the fools who bought into that UPMC of Sony and swore never again. So again we have a slow, underpowered, impossible to read, albeit it "great screen" micro/mini/tiny notebook that is basically useless.

For the bucks, the competition blows it away.

Just think, for less money you can pick up a first gen MacAir.]]>Jan 10th 2009 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/
Just because you don't want this does not mean your only option left is the Macbook Air...it should still remain as the last option on anyone'e list, not 2nd, not 3rd, and by no means 1st.]]>Jan 10th 2009 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/
It's very nice but the price is nuts. $1000 just for the base model? WTF Sony.]]>Jan 10th 2009 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/vaio-p-in-depth-impressions/Jan 10th 2009 5:11PM