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Sony Vaio P-Series | Configuration & Review
August 9th, 2009
Sony launches the world’s lightest 1.4-pound and 8 inch notebook VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC which as usual is a unique gadget which comes with good features.
SIZE:
Sony Vaio P-series measures just 245mm wide, 120mm deep and 20mm in height which can just fit into a big back pocket, and very comfortable inside handbag, briefcase or small backpack.The power adaptor too is not much big which weighs under 700g including the power adaptor and the LAN/VGA block.
Sony Vaio P-series
Display:
Sony has always had a better display technology which has been put to good use in this P-Series. Although the 8inch screen is smaller than most of the netbooks, the display is crystal clear and packs in a resolution of 1,600 x 768.
Communications:
P-Series lacks slots and sockets so its made powerful in wireless connectivity, packing in the usual Wi-Fi and Bluetooth along with GPS and a 3G modem.
Configuration:
The P-Series offers a great 2 GB of DDR2 RAM , shared with the Intel graphics card, and either a 1.33 GHz or 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor. Storage ranges from 60GB hard drive to a 128GB solid state drive which depends on you.For video calls, the P-Series includes a reasonable 0.3-megapixel webcam.
The P-Series runs Windows Vista by default . Performance will be considerably improved by upgrading to Windows 7, and Sony is already promising for free upgrades with new purchases directly from its online store.
Price:
Sony is not well known for being cheaper, so as usual the price tag shocks every one which is P-Series starts at £750 for the entry level model, and tops out at a whopping £1,370
Drawbacks:
- Wrong aspect ratio and icons are tiny
- The SIM card slot is behind the battery, which can be slightly annoying if you need to swap it out often
- The webcam is oddly placed to the right of the screen and not angled well , so during calls you have to move yourself slightly off to the right if you want to be in the centre of the video.
- windows vista which makes it annoyingly slow sometimes
- Price is high.
Rating:
Overall rating is like 3 stars out of 5 but can it depends on specific needs .
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