The Sony Vaio W has never been one of the cheapest netbooks. Initially launched with a $499 price tag and a 1366 x 768 pixel HD display, Sony was clearly trying to set the Vaio W apart from the crowd. Now the company has found a new way to do it, by introducing the Sony Vaio W Eco Edition which…

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[/caption] At first glance, the Sony Vaio Mini W and Toshiba Mini NB205 have a lot in common. I mean, sure, all Intel Atom powered netbooks have a lot in common. They typically have 9 or 10 inch screens, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drives, and run Windows XP. But these two models also have chiclet-style keyboards and a choice…

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Over the past year or two, I’d kind of gotten used to writing sentences like “Apple and Sony are the only two major PC makers without an entry in the netbook category.” But Sony had to go and change that formula earlier this month with the introduction of the Sony Vaio Mini W. Sure, Sony refers to the W as…

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The Sony Vaio Mini W is now available for pre-order in the US from Amazon. The retailer is listing the brown and pink models of the netbook for $499.99 each. The white model is described as “not in stock,” which is funny since none of these netbooks are actually in stock yet. There’s no word on the ship date, but…

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The folks at Notebook Italia got a chance to spend  a few minutes with the Sony Vaio Mini W netbook recently, and they’ve snapped a bunch of pictures and posted a brief hands-on video. From what I can tell, the netbook has a pretty decent keyboard that’s reminiscent of the Eee PC 1000HE chiclet-style keyboard, a nice wide touchpad, and…

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A lot of people have pointed out that the Sony Vaio Mini W’s starting price of $499 in the US makes it about $100 more expensive than similar laptops from other companies. But that’s nothing compared to the premium Sony is charging Australian customers. In that country, the Vaio Mini W will sell for $999 AUD or about $776 US….

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Just a few days after Sony introduced its Vaio Mini W netbook, the folks at UK site What Laptop have published the first review of the mini-laptop, or “internet book” as Sony likes to call it. The Vaio Mini W is expected to sell for $499 in the US, which makes it about $100 more expensive than similar machines from…

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