Sony is onto something quite important about the role today's mobile devices can serve, in that they don't need to deliver a traditional PC experience. The VAIO P is a real laptop: It delivers the same fundamental capabilities of a desktop or laptop, but in a really small form factor. Its use of an Intel Atom processor and Vista makes it a bit underpowered, but the actual computing experience is not that much different from what you get with a basic desktop or laptop.
It's very small, at 245 x 120mm. It has a bright and very high resolution 8in screen, showing 1600 x 768 pixels. It comes with 2GB of memory, and a 60GB hard drive. If it also had an ultra-low voltage Intel Core 2 Duo chip, that would be nice. Unfortunately, it has a 1.3GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor, which is horribly slow.
One novel extra is a button that toggles between Vista and a Sony Xross Media Bar (XMB) experience. XMB is also used to run media in the PlayStation Portable and the latest Bravia TV sets.
It's very small, at 245 x 120mm. It has a bright and very high resolution 8in screen, showing 1600 x 768 pixels. It comes with 2GB of memory, and a 60GB hard drive. If it also had an ultra-low voltage Intel Core 2 Duo chip, that would be nice. Unfortunately, it has a 1.3GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor, which is horribly slow.
One novel extra is a button that toggles between Vista and a Sony Xross Media Bar (XMB) experience. XMB is also used to run media in the PlayStation Portable and the latest Bravia TV sets.
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