Sony announces VAIO X ultraportable
By Nilay Patel 
posted Sep 2nd 2009 11:52AM
posted Sep 2nd 2009 11:52AM
Update: We grabbed some shots of the X in the flesh, but they won't let us hold it, and specs are still a mystery.
Update 2: Well, no wonder the battery lasts all day -- we're told the VAIO X currently has an Atom processor, although final specs haven't been locked in. Still -- Atom? Whatever Sony's going to charge for this thing is way too much.
Nice.
if it's $399
That's some terrible backlight bleeding.....
The world's best netbook has just landed on earth.
I'd rather have a cool, long-lasting ultralight than have the grunt to play games or run 3ds Max.
Atom is sufficient.
It should be "Make Believe" instead of "Make.Believe" :(
@Bevon
It's like.no.other
i set the new standard for stamina....if you get what im saying.
It just happens to be the lowest standard...
no, we don't. Please explain in 20 words or less.
woah...
For only $2999...
oh Sony.
Come on, a Vaio P with a 1.33GHz Atom and a 128GB SSD costs $1500. What did you expect.
Sony needs to realize that the Sony of the 80s and 90s is not the Sony of today. No one is willing to pay for their overpriced product when the Koreans are selling it for much less.
Well it does say "Make Believe" on the screen. They're just making believe people will actually buy it.
actually we all have to factor in the big packets of money the board of old clueless directors have to receive to get the products approved and manufactured.
Everyone's complaining about Apple's overpriced stuff, but I think Sony is even worse... Dunno how much this will be, but it's probably gonna be even more than the VAIO P.
Sony is just flat out overpriced. Apple still isn't as expensive, and with them you actually get what you pay for (most of the time).
Whenever I see a new Sony product, I never think, "Damn, that's going to be hot!" I think, "Damn, that's going to be expensive."
Wonder if that's the affect they are going for.
well said
And after that, I think "Damn, how are they going to make any profit from that?"
"Whatever Sony's going to charge for this thing is way too much."
Regardless of past experiences, that's a little unfair to throw out blindly. Kind of like saying, "I don't have all the facts, but the police acted stupidly."
@NHAnimator: So if someone kicks the shit out of you, "regardless of past experiences", you wont expect them to do it again? Take your politics and bias elsewhere.
@OneLove
Just because I was paraphrasing a President doesn't mean that was a political statement. Both our recent and previous Presidents have done a splendid job of running my country into the ground. In fact, I'm all for dumping the entire of Congress. But that's probably a little too politically-touchy for me to say in this forum.
I was simply making an analogy to a recent, well-known gaffe. Next time I'll paraphrase someone you've never heard of who said something you can't relate to. Maybe then I won't piss touchy people off.
...Are we leaving out the fact that the police DID act stupidly?
two words: Perceived Value
@NHAnimator: Ok, I apologise.
That thing is ugly in black. Come on sony.
Looks amazing... my only fault with Sony's ultraportables (and almost all netbooks) is the lack of decent graphics. If this uses Nvidia's Ion, or CULV with the 9400M/equivalent, I'm sold.
what exactly do people who complain about integrated graphics on a NETBOOK think they'd be able to do with discrete graphics? The processor is still far too slow to run any game released in the last five years. That's why these are marketed towards and entirely different segment.
Because you can watch 1080p videos, and play some of the older modern games like Warcraft 3 with an ION.
Please do not be too expensive!
Well there goes my rent for the next 3 months
Typical Sony fanboi.
It was a joke dude, I can't afford however much this will be. I'll stick with my rig, it is nice tho.
@ waffle
typical snobby apple fan boi response!
willing to pay 2500 for an over priced name on a bullshit new OS
ur shits weak son.
nicer than their attempt at a netbook...
But, it also comes with a carbon fiber penis with "Its a Sony" stamped on it.
OneLove, you're trying too hard... too often. Admit it: some have it, others don't.
ouch! BURNNNN
Trying what? ♠
Seriously VGA ports need to die on these machines. Let's try displaylink, mini DVI, or better yet HDMI. Come on.
second that. Sony says HDNA all the time and then VGA...
That'd be hard to pull off in something that small tho. It would raise the price even more on this baby. You already know it'll be ridiculous as it is.
long live VGA! ... let me explain:
I give a bunch of presentations on-the-road & use whatever projector they've got. Chances are, it's VGA. Not because that's the minimum standard for compatibility, but because it's old and facilities aren't on the upgrade cycle PCs are on. That, and the amplifiers and switchers would require replacement, too. Plus, no one wants to read tiny print at a presentation, so clarity isn't an issue.
These ultralights are great for road warriors, and if there is one requirement for people giving presentations, it's a VGA output.
@morcheeba, no thanks, ill stick with hdmi out
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10419&cs_id=1041902&p_id=2029&seq=1&format=2
I still think that mini displayport would be better because it allows you to have both a DVI/HDMI and a VGA output with the use of an adapter. I know adapters are a pain in the neck sometimes but really, mini displayport to VGA isn't that big to carry around plus you get more flexibility...
@morcheeba
I would have to disagree as it is easy to take dvi or hdmi (digital) to vga (analog) with a simple converter. If you have vga, you cannot go to a digital signal without a large converter box or you would need to use a usb - dvi/hdmi switch. Maybe I am wrong, but just last week I was trying to find a quick conversion from vga to hdmi from my laptop to a projecter with hdmi and no matter where I looked online, I could not find a good solution (let me know if there is, I would be happy to be proven wrong.All the ones I saw online had reviews saying they didn't work) So it would seem more practical to throw in an hdmi port and a small converter than vga IMO.
looks cool, but expensive
I got Vgn Vaio Z series, and its great and all but compared to the thinkpads, its all sony quality
sony quality = shit quality
this laptop feels like a wafer crisp in my hand, any part of it you press on, in bends, you can stick yoour finger nail or bend back any peice of plastic anywhere to amazing extent.
I jsut have a feeling like one day this laptop is gona break (oneday soon) and it will be an extriemly heavy paperweight.
That is why i am selling it, and going back to my beloved Thinkpad x200 which i had 2 laptops before this as i was going on my Buy / sell for profit / buy other laptop to try / sell for profit whole thing.
I have a Z690, I love it. Spent wayyyyyyy too much on it, but I still love. Its kinda bendy, but its crazy thin. More powerful than many of my friends gaming desktops. Seriously. How can you compete with that?
The harddrive went bad, and actually SENT SOMEBODY to fix it. Within 24 hours. Usually they will just send the part yadda yadda yadda, but damn. Out to my house!
Sony quality is very nice. Maybe you just got a shitty one. Theres an Apple tax, and theres a Sony tax. If you don't like it don't buy it!