Sony Vaio P deets begin to appear
That mystery Sony Vaio we hit on recently is poised ready for announcement at CES next week. UMPC Portal has some sketchy information about the Vaio P that tends to create as many questions as it answers. According to those guys, the Vaio P has an Intel 1.33 GHz processor which makes one think it is the slow Atom processor. Not an auspicious beginning if true. They also report the P will come with 2 GB of RAM, a HDD (no capacity mentioned) or an optional SSD, GPS and UMTS. The information also implies the P will start at less than $1,000 which pushes the netbook limit quite a bit.
The quoted price is 700 euros. This will very like translate to $700.
As I posted over on Engadget, if this is a Z520 Atom it can’t have 2GB Ram with an Intel chipset. That leaves a few options for 2GB:
1) Either is is a Core2 variant
2) It is an Atom using a 3rd party (Nvidia?) chipset. It would be sweet with a 9400M, though I don’t know if it is working with Atom yet
The promo photo, btw, seems to suggest the whole notebook fits in something vaguely business envelope shaped, judging by the brighter arc of light’s shape. Like Sony is two-upping Apple’s interoffice envelope stunt (and Lenovo’s follow-up with a more featured laptop).
Patrick
This teasing is driving me crazy!!!
@ Patrick: The Kohjinsha SC3 I’m typing this comment on has 2GB of RAM, Atom Z520 CPU, and Poulsbo chipset. So it’s very possible that this new Sony could be similarly equipped. Not ideal, perhaps, but possible.
@Jenn: That’s odd re: the Kohjinsa. Before posting I went to Intel’s site see what chipsets the 520 supported and there was only one, which specifically only supported 1 GB (similar to the Fujitsu U810 I had, but I’m sure a different chipset). I am very curious about the Sony, and there are obviously many ways to make a decent performer. In fact, my late U810 w/ only 1GB ran Vista acceptably for how I used it (I had, however, upgraded the HD to a 5400 rpm 100GB drive). In the end, the screen res was too small for my 44 year old eyes, and the U820 was certainly not an improvement in that aspect. Frankly, changing font size/screen res in Windows is half a loaf of a solution until it becomes a resolution independent OS.
Patrick
@Jenn (again): well now I’m all confused. According to Intel’s site, the US15W chipset only supports a maximum of 1GB http://ark.intel.com/product.aspx?id=35444 and according to Kohjinsha’s site the SC3 comes with 1 GB and no indication of expandability http://www.kohjinsha.com.sg/products/sc.htm
Your review at pocketables clearly indicates by text you’ve got 2gb, and the screencap of the Vista Experience Index gives a memory score of over 4, so memory certainly isn’t an issue. It looks like Intel has not given correct info on their site.
Patrick
first image
Looks like the widely acknowledged Photoshopped TT image to me, not a real image of the device. Although I’m sure the form factor / look and feel will be similar.
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