Review: Sony VAIO VGN-TZ150N

PC Magazine has published a review of Sony’s latest ultraportable laptop, the 11.1″ VGN-TZ150N. The TZ series is one of the first in the 11.1″ range that has an LED-backlit display (which helps with weight, thinness, battery life, and usability). While the TZ series is … Read more

Review: CNET’s Laptops for “The Lightweight”

CNET has put together a profile of “The Lightweight” – laptop users who want ultraportable laptops for heavy traveling (or rather, not so heavy). One thing they don’t mention, which would have a huge impact on just what a person looking for a lightweight/ultraportable laptop … Read more

Article: A Buyer’s Guide to Ultraportables (InformationWeek)

InformationWeek has posted their Buyer’s Guide to Ultraportables earlier this week. As Kevin Tofel at jkOnTheRun pointed out, they left out UMPCs and Tablet PC “convertibles” and went for traditional laptops. They highlight one “image” problem (my term), that ultraportable laptops sometimes fall in between … Read more

Sony VAIO SZ6 Available Soon

Sony has released an update to their current 13.3″ LED-backlight series, the Sony VAIO SZ6 series. It weighs in at around 4 pounds / 1.8kg (with an internal optical drive), and is powered by Intel Core 2 Duos, on the Intel Santa Rosa platform. Sony … Read more

Review: Sony VAIO VGN-TZ12VN (TZ191N) – TrustedReviews

A few days ago, TrustedReviews published their review of the Sony VAIO VGN-TZ12VN. Being that it’s Sony, and they have different model numbers for different parts of the world, the equivalent in North America/US is the Sony VAIO VGN-TZ191N (albeit with different options), which recently … Read more