Sony refreshes Vaio T series with CULV processors

After briefly disappearing the Vaio T, Sony has added the thin and light laptops to the company’s Japanese web site again. But the models now feature Intel Consumer Ultra Low Voltage (CULV) processors including 1.2GHz Celeron SU2300, 1.4GHz Core 2 Duo SU9400, and 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo 9600 options. All three chips use the same Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics.

The notebooks are available with up to 8GB of RAM, and with hard drives up to 500GB of SSDs up to 512GB. You can also get pretty much any version of Windows 7.

In other words, despite the CULV processors, these new Sony Vaio T models don’t come cheap. They’re clearly not designed to compete with budget thin and light models from Asus, Acer, Lenovo, and other companies. In fact, the cheapest model goes for the equivalent of about $1400.

But you do get some premium options that you wouldn’t find on lower priced notebooks. For instance, Sony offers batteries that are good for 11 to 17 hours. The laptops have optical disc drives including optional Blu-Ray drives. And there are also optional TV tuner and fingerprint scanner options.

via Netbooked

Posted on Wednesday, December 30th, 2009, 5:13 pm by Brad Linder

http://www.facebook.com/jas1190 Jarrett Stewart

?? The TT already had the SU9400 and SU9600 long before they were called culv.
Michael

Sony doesn't learn its lesson. Its Vaio P, nobody bought. Now this, it will be the same.

With the advent of cheap netbooks, who in the right mind would buy a US$5000 800g in weight machines?

Those who could and did afford such expensive machines were businessmen. And businessmen don't do graphics nor games. The normal CULV processor can do ALL the business applications as fast as a Core2Duo 2.8Ghz.

So who is going to buy ALL these notebooks? Look at Dynamism, they have even dropped the US$5000 Toshiba's from their lineup.

Like I said, with the advent of the netbook, especially the CULV sets, all the super expensive ultra light notebooks will suffer big time.

Fujitsu and Sony, think carefully.
http://liliputing.com/ Mikez

Unless Sony includes making a market segment for these devices;
I have to agree that there doesn't seem to be much point outside
of “Bragging Rights”.

Unless Sony intends to include a proprietary, “runs only on our
hardware” system with these machines like one common “name”…
They seem to be out of touch with the market place.
Tony

@Michael “And businessmen don't do graphics nor games”

Poor generalization unless you have spoken to every businessman on the face of the earth and can confirm that statement to be fact. But I know for fact you haven't spoken to me.
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Corinn

I hate the assumption that business laptop owners don't need a good discrete graphics chip.

I love the fact that business laptops are well-built, durable and are subtle or “boring” in design. I love the matte displays, the 16:10 aspect ratio, the latching lid designs. I love pretty much everything there is to love about Thinkpads specifically–except the lack of a decent discrete graphics option.

I'd love a Thinkpad T400 Core 2 Duo P8700 with a good midrange graphics chip, like an nvidia GT 230M. I'd happily shell out cash for that and avoid the ugly gaudiness of “gaming laptops.”
Corinn

I hate the assumption that business laptop owners don't need a good discrete graphics chip.

I love the fact that business laptops are well-built, durable and are subtle or “boring” in design. I love the matte displays, the 16:10 aspect ratio, the latching lid designs. I love pretty much everything there is to love about Thinkpads specifically–except the lack of a decent discrete graphics option.

I'd love a Thinkpad T400 Core 2 Duo P8700 with a good midrange graphics chip, like an nvidia GT 230M. I'd happily shell out cash for that and avoid the ugly gaudiness of “gaming laptops.”
Arina2735

Hi,
I bought a VGN-TT250 last year but the tocuhpad had a horrible defect: I would ignor 1-2 stocks in every 3-4 ones. I thought it was just my instance but a quick search in the net revealed that many TT owner had the same problem so I retuned my otherwise beloved machine. So, you can imagine how happy I was so see it back in Japan, but can we assume that it is just the matter of time that it hits North American market too or it may or may not ever make to this end of the world? I was even thinking of ordering one fro conics but then had clod feet: what is same kind of issue strikes again. I am a little worried it may never pop up here because it looks like conics has had it on sale since June 2009. What would you think folks?

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