Sony VAIO P Series – US Models, Ship Dates

The 8″ Sony VAIO P-Series is now available for pre-order, at least in the US, through the Sony Style Store. Everything at the Sony Style store matches what we saw on Dyanism earlier – Intel GMA 500 (Menlow/Poulsbo), 533MHz Frontside Bus, 2GB of RAM, and … Read more

Sony VAIO P Hands-On, Faster CPUs (Engadget, SlashGear)

SlashGear and Engadget have both published hands-on previews of the high-resolution 8″ Sony VAIO P. SlashGear included a large number of photos and some videos, and mentioned that there won’t be a GSM version in the US (no surprise). Engadget has also included videos, and … Read more

Sony VAIO Officially Revealed, Dissected

After teasing us back in December, Sony has finally taken the wraps off of the 8″ Intel Atom-powered Sony VAIO P Series. It’s not quite a notebook – the starting price is $899 and it has an interesting form factor and resolution. The 8″ display … Read more

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 – New SSD Option

In a sign of things to come (hopefully), Dell is now offering a 64GB Solid State Drive (SSD) option for Ubuntu Linux-equipped Inspiron Mini 9 netbooks. An example configuration of the 8.9″ Intel Atom-powered Inspiron Mini: – $499 (USD) – 512MB DDR2 at 533MHz – … Read more

MSI X320 Hands-On (LAPTOP Mag, SlashGear)

LAPTOP Magazine got a hands-on with the new 13.4″ 16:9 Intel Atom-powered X Slim X320. The X320 they tried out was running Microsoft Windows Vista Basic. This is interesting – they mentioned that the 8-cell battery that MSI claims will give the X320 up to … Read more