February 9,2006

Sony VAIO TX series

tx-series
TX series features:
* Intel® Pentium® M Processor Ultra Low Voltage 753 (1.20GHz, 2MB L2 Cache)
* Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2
* Integrated Wireless Wide Area Network (WAN)132 accessing Cingular Wireless National EDGE
* Network with SmartWiâ„¢ technology 4
* Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (802.11b/g)
* CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive
* 512MB RAM and 60GB hard drive5
* Charcoal exterior

I will be updating this post by reviews of notebooks in these series.

Reviews for these series:

CNET reviews Sony VAIO VGN-TX670P and writes: “Less than a year after debuting its VAIO T series ultraportable laptop (and several iterations later), Sony gives its thinnest and lightest model a new look, some new features, and a new name. At $2,300, the VAIO VGN-TX670P costs about as much as the previous VAIO VGN-T350 model but adds a slightly wider screen and subtracts a few ounces from an already lightweight profile.

This is an eminently ultraportable laptop: the VAIO VGN-TX670P’s carbon-fiber body measures 10.75 inches wide, 7.65 inches deep, and less than an inch thick. At 2.8 pounds (3.5 pounds with its small, ice cream sandwich-size AC adapter), it’s one of the smallest and lightest machines around, especially for having an optical drive onboard. The Sharp Actius MP30, which also weighs 2.8 pounds and has an optical drive, costs about $700 less than the Sony, though it has a significantly smaller, 10.4-inch standard aspect display and lacks many of the Sony’s multimedia and connectivity niceties. The Fujitsu LifeBook P7010D weighs less than a pound more, offers a comparable set of features and specs, and costs several hundred dollars less; the $1,379 Averatec 1000, weighing a pound more, is another low-price option. Other laptops in the Sony’s weight class, including the $2,000, 2.7-pound Toshiba Portege R200 and the $2,000, 2.5-pound Dell Latitude X1, lack the optical drive.” Read full review at CNET