http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/ Engadget Comments for VAIO P gets whole new lease on life with Atom Z550 processor, SSD and WiMAX http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 13th 2009 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 13th 2009 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 13th 2009 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/someone was going to do it]]>Jun 14th 2009 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 14th 2009 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 14th 2009 3:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 14th 2009 5:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lw0HIIguKE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdK2vF54I7c

I still think it is to small.]]>Jun 14th 2009 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lw0HIIguKE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdK2vF54I7c

I still think it is to small. More that the screen is too long for its height. ]]>Jun 14th 2009 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/
How far away is NYC from Baltimore anyway?]]>Jun 13th 2009 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 13th 2009 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 13th 2009 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 13th 2009 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 14th 2009 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/
The device is still far too wide and far too short. The display is like one of those found on those single line word processing type-writer replacement machines I was fortunate enough to use in the 80's... man that sucked. I will never buy a laptop / netbook / electronic device that has a 16:1 screen ratio (yes, I am exaggerating). The horizon is just not that important. I should know, I have 2 24" monitors in span mode now, and that's a literal pain in the neck. 44" of screen x 14" is a little too disproportionate and so is this monstrosity. I've decided that dual monitor configurations just should not be comprised of wide format displays... the only kind available now. :( Dual monitor configurations should be made with 4:3 ratio screens. Otherwise, it's just too friggin wide. And so is this lil bastard. Yuck. ]]>Jun 14th 2009 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 14th 2009 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/
/rant.]]>Jun 14th 2009 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/
I know, I've had dual monitors for probably 12 or so years. Your usage pattern is different from mine. I use them for 1 application with various pallettes, and Help files / tutorials, extra web browsers.... Multi tasking as well as uni tasking.

My point wasn't that I was spanning a single document across the screens, the point was that there wasn't enough Vertical information to go along with the Horizontal information, plus, regardless of what information is on each display, I find 2 monitors at 24" each to be too wide. Not every application benefits from a predominantly horizontal format... and I know I can rotate the monitor for a vertical orientation so I could work on a skyscraper if I want.

I use it for 3dsmax, so the main workspace is on the left and tool panels are on the right. I use it for Photoshop so main window is on the left and the tools are on the right. I use it for multiple documents at the same time, many on each screen. I use it for Indesign, split workspace. I use it for Sonar, split workspace. All of that still leaves me with the same feeling... 2 20" monitors in a 4:3 ratio would probably please me more than the 24" monitors. However, I'm used to my monitors enough that I will not replace them soon. They're the original 2407 Dell's and they work great otherwise.

Regardless, I do not want a machine that has a screen that's almost 3:1.]]>Jun 14th 2009 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/
I have dual wides now... at first I thought it was too wide, but now i think it's way better than two 4:3s. I'm still using sqaure shaped windows for most things (browsers) then filling in the extra space with msn, sidebar/gadgets etc.]]>Jun 15th 2009 5:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 13th 2009 11:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 13th 2009 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/too small? I guess you haven't had some hands-on time with a vaio p yet.
I'm...I dunno, I guess 'dumbfounded' could describe it when it comes to the ergonomics of the vaio p.
By all means that thing should be a PITA to work with, but it isn't. Really impressive.]]>Jun 13th 2009 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 13th 2009 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/
This thing with its trackpoint and 1.4lb weight even beats my Thinkpad X200s for the purpose. I generally hate Sony computers, but this one has me giving credit where credit is due.

N800/810 etc. is okay also, but nowhere near as powerful as having a whole Win 7 machine around. Access to my homeserver and control over anything in my network. I want one. ]]>Jun 14th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 13th 2009 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 15th 2009 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/
Oh shoot! Sorry Sony...]]>Jun 13th 2009 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 13th 2009 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 13th 2009 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 14th 2009 4:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 13th 2009 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 13th 2009 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 13th 2009 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 14th 2009 1:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 13th 2009 11:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 14th 2009 3:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 14th 2009 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 14th 2009 1:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 14th 2009 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 14th 2009 3:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/:D]]>Jun 14th 2009 3:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 14th 2009 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/
This is that Japanese-only upgrade that was posted a while back? I would LOVE to have 2GHz and 256GB SSD; I'm sure everyone else would too. I have fantasies of this thing sitting in my lap with a 360 controller in it playing Super Metroid. *drool*

:(]]>Jun 14th 2009 4:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 14th 2009 4:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/
Seriously, running a desktop UI on a pocket-sized screen is beyond pointless.

Someone should put Sony's engineers back in the gimp-box and stop them running around, off the leash as if they know what they are doing. Stop it. Stop it right now and put some designers in charge, who have, at some point in their lives, have had personal knowledge with a real life clue.

C.]]>Jun 14th 2009 6:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 14th 2009 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/Jun 14th 2009 8:36AM