The FCC has posted some information about an upcoming refresh of the Sony Vaio P mini-laptop. The Vaio PCG-1R2L will have 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth, and be the same size as the current Vaio P. And that’s about all we can learn from the FCC filing. But the news comes on the heels of rumors that […]
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A Sony Vaio W, Vaio P, and Vaio TT walk into a photoshoot
With the recent introduction of the Vaio W, Sony now has ultraportable computers in a range of sizes. The Vaio P has an 8.1 inch, super-widescreen display and is almost (but not quite) small enough to fit in your pocket — if you have an enormous pocket. The Vaio W has a 10.1 inch display […]
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Sony Vaio P “Mark 2” coming this fall
The Sony Vaio P is an interesting animal. It has the basic guts of a netbook, but it’s smaller, lighter, and generally has a better build quality than most netbooks. It also has a slow Intel Atom Z520/Z530 CPU and a screen ridiculously wide aspect ratio of 1600 x 768 pixels, which is somewhere around […]
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Gemsta Viva crams a typical notebook into a Sony Vaio P-style case
You could make the case that the Sony Vaio P is really just a glorified and overpriced netbook. But it does have some premium features like a 1600 x 768 pixel display and pretty solid build quality. The Gemsta Viva doesn’t have either of those things, but it certainly looks a lot like a Vaio […]
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Sony figures out a way to charge even more for the Vaio P
Just in case you were under the impression that falling Sony Vaio P prices in Taiwan meant that Sony was rethinking its decision to charge an arm and leg for its glorified netbook, think again. Because now Sony has introduced the Vaio Signature Series which includes a limited edition “Glossy Black” Sony Vaio P for […]
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Sony slashes Vaio P prices in Taiwan
While Sony will tell you that the Vaio P mini-laptop isn’t a netbook because it’s smaller, features a higher resolution display and better build quality than most netbooks, the main thing that sets the Vaio P apart from your average netbook is the price. Sony USA sells the Vaio P with a starting price of […]
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Sony Vaio P gets a CPU boost (Intel Atom Z530)
Sony is slowly turning its Vaio P mini-laptop into… well, into every other netbook out there. While the little laptop is smaller, lighter, and vastly more expensive than most netbooks, the other things that set it apart from the crowd when Sony launched the Vaio P earlier this year were the fact that it ran […]
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Updated driver for Intel GMA 500 graphics brings performance boost
While a huge number of netbooks released over the past year are equipped with Intel Atom N270 or N280 processors and integrated GMA 950 graphics, Intel also offers another chipset that shows up in a handful of netbooks and mini-laptops. For instance, the Dell Inspiron Mini and Sony Vaio P both use Intel Atom Z520/530 […]
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Sony Vaio P drops Vista, picks up Windows XP
There have always been four things that set the Sony Vaio P apart from most netbooks: It’s smaller, has an incredibly wide screen with a crazy display resolution, it costs a heck of a lot more than most netbooks, and it runs Windows Vista… poorly. Now it looks like Sony Japan is getting ready to […]
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Sony Vaio P getting an Intel Atom Z630 CPU?
Intel has released a number of versions of its low power Intel Atom processor over least year or so. But so far I haven’t seen one called the Intel Atom Z630. But in a product listing for a new version of the Sony Vaio P mini-notebook, Italian retailer Computer City HW claims the ultraportable has […]