* Weight: 8.4 pounds
* Display: 17-inch WXGA wide screen
* Price: Starts at $2,299
* CPU: 2.0GHz Intel Pentium M

* Memory: 1GB of RAM
* Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon X700 GPU with 256MB of video memory
* Hard drive: 160GB
* Optical drive: Double-layer DVD burner
* Features: Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

CNET reviews Sony VAIO VGN-AX570G and writes: “With the VAIO VGN-AX570G’s integrated TV tuner and beautiful 17-inch wide-screen display, Sony seeks to compete with the Fujitsu LifeBook N6210 and the Toshiba Qosmio G25-AV513, delivering a self-contained laptop that’s equal parts TV and media-center computer. Though the VAIO VGN-AX570G lacks the best-in-class performance of the Qosmio and some of the features found on the LifeBook, it offers a competitive multimedia experience for several hundred dollars less.

Still, all these systems are designed for people who are quite serious about making their laptop the entertainment hub of their home; more casual users who can do without the integrated TV tuner are better off with the much less expensive HP Pavilion dv8000z.” Read full review at CNET

This entry was posted on February 9, 2006 and is filed under Sony Vaio AX series.