http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/ Engadget Comments for Sony applies next-gen snowflake tech to boost VAIO W's appeal 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/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/
Windows 7 Home Premium would have been a welcome upgrade, but not Starter.]]>Nov 17th 2009 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/
It's not simple registry hacks either, Microsoft has gone out of there to severely block lots of the OS functionality.

There's really no point to use Windows 7 Starter over XP Home Edition, let alone XP Professional. 7 Starter exists only because Microsoft refuses to sell XP anymore, and needs a cheap OEM version of 7 to give out to vendors.]]>Nov 17th 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/
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http://netbookindia.net/news/sony-vaio-w-updated-now-comes-with-windows-7-starter-and-more-new-features/]]>Nov 17th 2009 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/
Really, netbooks are on their way out, or at least the Atom processor is.]]>Nov 17th 2009 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/"Is $500 a good enough reason for you?"

No, but $599 is.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115670&cm_re=SU7300-_-34-115-670-_-Product

So what's stopping you from saving up a extra hundred or two to get 10x better hardware, is there some kind of weird circumstance dictating you must have a netbook this second?
These netbooks with crappy Atom CPUs are no longer worth $500 when compared to CULV equipped laptops. Current netbooks should be at no more than $350, then maybe $400 when the next-gen Atom hits the market or a ION solution is added to the specs.

@daytripper

$350 for brooze money, when it could instead be used to get you a better (less frustrating) laptop?! Seriously, what the hell are you doing on Engadget?! You ani't no techie? Your priorities a'screwed. No one chooses brooze over hardware, $350 for the girl Yea, but not brooze.
(Oh, I recommend you don't drink $350 worth of brooze by yourself, you might end up in a ditch somewhere.)]]>Nov 17th 2009 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 18th 2009 1:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/
Barf. At least macs come with OSX. Browser preferences aside, if you don't admit OSX is better than Win7 Starter you're seriously kidding yourself. ]]>Nov 17th 2009 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/
Well then, where is the $499 MacBook to compare it with??]]>Nov 17th 2009 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/sony-applies-next-gen-snowflake-tech-to-boost-vaio-ws-appeal/Nov 17th 2009 10:52AM